Central to the ability of Sony Pictures Imageworks to create new industry standards of excellence is the Technical Training and Artist Development program. Training and artist development enables animators and effects artists to continually hone their current skills as well as perfect the latest commercial and proprietary animation and rendering tools and to explore visual storytelling. Under the guidance of Executive Director Sande Scoredos, the Training Program offers over thirty courses, including: life drawing sculpting acting specialized tasked-oriented classes for: rotoscoping matchmoving animation particle effects color and lighting compositing, and various production methods Sande Scoredos is the executive director of Technical Training and Artist Development for Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ms. Scordes came to Imageworks seven years ago to set up the training department, having held a similar post at Rhythm and Hues. As Manager of Training for Wavefront Technologies (one of the founders of high-end animation and visualization software), Ms. Scoredos designed the Worldwide Training Program and curriculum, instructing professionals in the use of 3D computer graphics and animation for broadcast, engineering, gaming and scientific visualization.