In this DVD Hristo Velev starts from the very beginning by explaining what Thinking Particles actually is and then begins to build upon a solid foundation of theory and technical knowledge of the program. From there Hristo goes through an extensive set of basic concepts to guide you through the massive amount of features in TP4. During that time he creates several practical effects that are very useful in production.
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Qualoth is a production-proven cloth simulator aimed for high quality cloth animation creation. It has a sophisticated physical model and numerical algorithms that produce realistic wrinkles and animation, and reliable collision handling mechanism and rich set of controls that give users more time for creativity than trouble-shooting.
This course will provide you with a good foundation for rigging characters in 3ds Max.
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In this course, we will cover the tools and techniques for setting up character rigs in 3ds Max.
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MessiahStudio is a powerful animation & rendering software package specifically designed to handle the most demanding character animation & rendering needs. It has been quietly used in feature films, commercials, games, music videos and print ads for over 10 years; and is now one of the fastest growing CG packages on the market.
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Real-time material editing.
fryrender SWAP is a revolutionary product based on our proprietary physically-based render technology. Sharing a base concept similar to fryrender’s LightMixer: ‘render once and get as many images as you need’, SWAP enables you to change materials in your scene while keeping the photo-realistic quality of the original image, in real-time.
In this DVD, director Aristomenis (Meni) Tsirbas reveals the essentials for creating properly animated stereoscopic imagery. Although Maya and LightWave are used, the course is platform agnostic and can be used with any animation software, even if it doesn’t have stereoscopic tools. Meni guides you through a comprehensive overview of all the major principles of stereo filmmaking. Meni begins with a biological discussion of how the human eye perceives stereo imagery, and then covers the principles of 3D, including near and far divergence, the conversion at the screen plane, and working with camera movement. After creating a final render, he completes the lecture by showing how to display animated stereo sequences. This is a comprehensive yet simple to understand lecture that gives artists all the tools needed to generate exceptional stereoscopic imagery.
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Digital Tutors – Modeling Architectural Destruction in Maya
English | VP6F 782×646 | MP3 96 Kbps | 715 MB
Genre: eLearning
In this series of lessons we’re going to use a variety of modeling tools and techniques to create damage effects using a building.
Damaging 3d models presents some interesting challenges and creates new issues from a modeling point of view. Perhaps you now need to build an engine because a shot calls for the hood of your CG car to be damaged. Or the walls of your set have been damaged, displaying their inner structure. We’ll cover some basic techniques for adding the needed resolution to the models. We’ll talk about how different types of materials react to damage – wood vs. metal or concrete. We’ll cover methods for breaking apart pieces of geometry as well as dressing the set and using dynamics to add rubble very quickly. Once done, you’ll be able to apply what you’ve learned and start destroying your own 3d models.
Lesson Outline (12 lessons)
1. Introduction and Project Overview
2. Isolating relevant geometry
3. Removing large chunks of the building
4. Manipulating the ceiling interior
5. Manipulating the floor interior
6. Dressing the set with props and debris
7. Dressing the window areas
8. Breaking concrete and stone pieces
9. Breaking wood pieces
10. Assembling rubble with dynamics
11. Detailing block damage in Zbrush
12. Detailing wood damage in Zbrush
* Project files are included
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
http://rapidshare.com/files/397960555/DT.MADiM.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/398008602/DT.MADiM.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/398047181/DT.MADiM.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/398082301/DT.MADiM.part4.rar
ENJOY!
This course will provide you with a good foundation for rigging characters in Maya.
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In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to use the locator and wake features of Maya Oceans to make objects float on the surface, and create ripples in our ocean. Using advanced dynamic and boat locators we can define many attributes of our floating object to create realistic motion.
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