Scheduled for release this month, the full length animated film Thumbelina features five minutes of computer generated scenes which add an intricacy and a visual sense of depth that traditional animators have either struggled with Immensely or found impossible to achieve by hand. Gary Pfitzer

Building a Space Station To test in orbit a multimillion dollar robotic assembly and maintenance process for the new R-Alpha space station, engineers on the ground have turned to computer generated simulations, which are not only saving millions of dollars but are alsospelling the clifference between mission success and failure.

Developers of CD-ROM games are like artists; they need certain "tools" in order to create their works of art. While some developers find that today's more "mature" software programs work best for them, others are experimenting with some of the recently introduced high end products that now offer a variety of features aimed specifically at game developers.