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About the Author
Nicholas Bernhardt Zeman started
his career in 3D graphics at the
University of Kentucky, where dur-
ing graduate school he began work-
ing in 3D Studio Max for the rst
time.Determined to make 3D graph-
ics and games his career path, he le
Kentucky for San Diego, where he was
oered a job at Red Zone Interactive, a
then-small company making the NFL
Gameday series for Sony Computer
Entertainment. He continued work-
ing for them as an expert in character
rigging, facial rigging, and facial ani-
mation aer they were purchased by
SCEA until the team was disbanded and the NFL Gameday series was
cancelled aer losing rights to EA ...