Microsoft Corp. today announced that Digital Dimension, a four-time Emmy Award-winning studio specializing in high-end visual effects, 3-D animation and motion graphics, used Microsoft� technologies to create and manage 167 visual effects for the newly released box-office hit "Blade Trinity." All the effects for flame, ash and skeletal degradation of the vampires were executed by Digital Dimension's skilled computer generated imagery (CGI) artists, who saved countless hours and resources by using Windows� SharePoint� Services and Windows Server System (TM) to simultaneously and efficiently collaborate on multiple motion picture projects. The studio's pipeline and business process management relies on the Microsoft .NET Framework.

"The Microsoft environment can support every single angle of our business, so it's easy to create, manage, distribute and share information between applications -- and that is priceless," said Ben Girard, president and founder of Digital Dimension.

Digital Dimension, whose highly acclaimed visual effects have appeared in numerous movies, including "The Last Samurai" and "Scooby Doo 2" and the upcoming "Super Bowl XXXIX (2005)" opening sequence, has a reputation for leaving audiences amazed. Since the company's inception, Digital Dimension's workload has tripled every year, creating a serious challenge for the company. With more scenes to create, review, revise, finalize and return to the production company, Digital Dimension managers needed a collaborative workflow environment to manage the enormous volume of information. The company turned to Microsoft technologies to create a homogenous and powerful collaborative solution.