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Where imaginationand reality converge.Animation inspires games. Effects merge with film. Science conspires with art. Animation technologies drive theentertainment industry, empower independent creatives and inspire new generations to create for ever-expandingvisions.The industry’s top level decision-makers are descending on Stuttgart in greater numbers than ever before. Come soakup the atmosphere, the knowledge and the opportunities. Enhance your perspectives in stereoscopic entertainment, getgame with the world’s most successful makers of interactive content and check in on the latest techniques and milestones.Stay posted and check out our program, now online at www.fmx.de !Unique partnerships with like-minded organizations make for a one-stop trip not just to the conference, but also therenowned Festival of Animated Film and the Animation Production Day, a business meeting on financing animation brands.www. animationproductionday.deFind out more at www.fmx.destashDVD MAGAZINE 55Stash Media Inc.Editor: Stephen PricePublisher: Greg robinsManaging editor: HEATHER GRIEVEAccount managers: APRIL HARVEY,CHRISTINE STEADAssociate editor: ABBEY KERRMusic editor: STEVE MARCHESEProofing editor: MARILEE BOITSONPreview/montage editor:HEATHER GRIEVEPreview opening animation: TANTRUMContributing producer: ERIC ALBATechnical guidance: IAN HASKINCover image: MR. HYDEWWW.STASHMEDIA.TVISSN 1712-5928Legal things: Stash Magazine and Stash DVDare published 12 times per year by StashMedia Inc. All rights reserved and contentscopyright Stash Media Inc. No part of thisbooklet nor the Stash DVD may be copiedwithout express written permission fromthe publisher. Stash Media Inc. does notpromote or endorse products, services orevents advertised by third party advertisers.Submissions: www.stashmedia.tv/submitSubscriptions: www.stashmedia.tvContact: Stash Media Inc.494-1641 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver,BC V7M 2J5 Canada.Curated in New York. Printed in Canada.As New York’s Antarctic winter finally releases its grip and feeling returnsto my extremities, I find myself besieged by strange thoughts of venturingoutside...voluntarily.And those flights of fancy made me think of the real flights of airplaneswhich made me think of...well, Vegas. Not because my gamblingaddiction has resurfaced or because of some dark urge to score aforeclosed bungalow in the desert, but because Stash is making its debutat NAB this year.The Stash crew and I are excited – from April 20-23 we’ll be slinging disksand banging down deals in booth SL4429 then rushing out to Lil’s LiquorBarn before we hit up Andy’s Ammo Ranch and Gun Range to let off a fewrounds and a little steam.If you miss us in Vegas we’ll also be brightening the exhibition floors atBDA June 16-18 in New York and at Siggraph in New Orleans August 4-6.Please drop by. Meet the crew. Pick up a deal or two.Stephen PriceEditorNew York, March 2009sp@stashmedia.tv