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I'm not involved in this end of the industry as there are several specialists doing this locally. One article I read last winter in the local paper concerning the use of animation might interest you. The newspaper, Jacksonville Times Union, Jacksonville, FL ran a press release on a new business here in town where the owners were "bragging" about doing animation for the courtroom stating that this is the latest and greatest thing to hit the legal beagles since Perry Mason etc.etc. They also bragged about some recent court cases that they were doing animation for. A week later a News story surfaced that a local judge ruled "no animation simulations would be allowed in his court" The reason was that he didn't care for all the hype this company got in the press. The judge stated that while work of this type is a great way to show what possibilities are the creation of these animations by paralegal amateurs is a waste of the court's time. I got the impression that this specialty of animation is a real tough market. 1. You have to do business with lawyers, 2. The work has to be scientifically accurate to the nth degree. 3. Final word on it rests with a judge and is based on the skills of defense and prosecution attorneys. Unless one is an expert in legal matters it is a specialty best left to specialists. I don't have the articles anymore but it could be researched if necessary. I know one specialist here who probably saved the article as they were his competitors for a short while.