Tagged: LSU Shreveport Animation and Visual Effects

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Tue February 26, 2013
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3-D printer helps LSU Shreveport's animation and digital effects program

Credit Kate Archer Kent
John Miralles, director of LSU Shreveport's animation and visual effects program, purchased a 3-D printer several years ago through a grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents. He said the printer cost about $45,000.

There are a handful of 3-D printers in the Shreveport/Bossier area, and all are being put to different uses, according to the head of LSU Shreveport's animation and digital effects program. John Miralles purchased one several years ago through a grant. He said it’s enhancing the skill set of his students. The printer uses heated plastic in a layering process to turn his students’ computer designs into real objects.

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