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Maya: Secrets of the Pros

Posted by Users on 2010/03/19
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Maya: Secrets of the Pros
In this unique full-color book, a cadre of professionals led by Maya expert and best-selling author, John Kundert-Gibbs, team up to share what they’ve learned using Maya in the CG trenches.
Contributing authors include veterans of such high-profiles projects as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Star Wars: Episode I, The Perfect Storm, as well as animations featured at SIGGRAPH.

Whether you’re new to the field or already have solid 3D experience, Maya: Secrets of the Pros offers insights and step-by-step instructions designed to help you build and sharpen a range of critical skills, including:
* Preparation techniques for modeling and animation
* Improving motion capture and lip synching
* Creating crowd scenes from a small number of base models
* Controlling dynamics in plot-driven sequences
* Developing massively complex particle systems for film effects, such as those in The Perfect Storm
* Modeling subdivision surfaces
* Creating a GUI animation set-up for animators
* Using effective natural lighting
* Writing software for a multi-platform renderfarm

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Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds Max, 3rd Edition

Posted by Users on 2010/03/16
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Different tutorials to the Second Edition. Tutorials below:

“Deconstructing the Elements” allows artists to recreate natural effects
using Autodesk 3ds Max.

Part I: Fire-
– Ball of Fire
– Sun Surface- Extreme UV solar imagery
– Angle Grinder
– Afterburner

Part II: Water-
– Ice Aggregation
– Icicles
– Condensation
– Soap Bubbles

Part III: Earth-
– Mountain Weathering
– Atoll
– Snow Drifts
– Mars

Part IV: Air-
– Bubble Stream
– Large Bubbles
– Galaxy
– Ray of Dusty light
3ds Max is the leading 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution for artists, schools, and production environments. The unique tutorial approach of this book permits readers to learn essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create CG environments by recreating the earth’s elements of earth, air, fire and water. No extra plug-ins are required to perform the exercises. Draper studies the real world and then simulates it with 3ds Max -a unique approach that reflects classical art training.
This new edition boasts all new tutorials. All editorial content is updated to be current with the current version of 3ds Max. Inspirational images cover every page as the author shares his professional insight, detailing the how and why of each effect, ensuring the reader a complete understanding of all the processes involved.

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Stop Staring- Facial Modelling and Animation done right- 2nd Edition.

Posted by Users on 2010/03/13
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Breathe life into your creations

With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa’s best-selling book on facial animation. You’ll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animation-while mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author’s detailed analysis of sample animations and discover how to add nuance and sophistication to your designs.

Full of insights drawn from years of professional experience, this book provides the focused and practical information you need to create:
Believable facial animations.
Learn visimes and lip sync techniques
Construct a mouth and mouth keys
Explore the process of facial landmarking
Master the cartoon techniques of squash and stretch
Harness the latest advanced blend extraction tools
Create interfaces for your faces
Understand skeletal setup, weighting, and rigging
Control faces with the book’s powerful rig and learn how skin moves to make various shapes and expressions
Master powerful stretch-and-squash (and squoosh!) techniques

Featured on the CD
Fine-tune your facial animations with the techniques demonstrated on the companion CD. Content includes tutorial files, lip sync samples, models, textures, and more.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Advanced Photoshop Magazine- Issue 30

Posted by Users on 2010/03/12
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Issue 30

Techniques
The latest and greatest techniques;
– Applying Lighting renders
– Integrate Poser renders
– Professional retouching masterclass

Creative Tutorials
Challenging and inspiring Masterclasses including;
– Create a photomontage
– Design a lowlight landscape

Also featured;
– 2007 Graduate Showcase
– Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended update
– Win one of three work placements with McFaul

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The Foundary- Nuke v6.0 (OSX)

Posted by Users on 2010/03/12
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Nuke 6.0
Nuke 6.0 incorporates a completely new shape rotoscope and paint toolset based on a rewritten core curve library and new RotoPaint node. This release introduces a flexible, non-destructive, layer based paint hierarchy integrated with Nuke?s animation and tracking capabilities and supporting per-object attributes such as blending modes and motion blur.
As an additional benefit, The Foundry?s highly acclaimed Keylight keyer is now a standard feature included with Nuke 6.0.
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Deconstructing the Elements with 3dsMax- Second Edition

Posted by Users on 2010/03/12
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Create natural fire, earth, air and water without plug-ins by Pete Draper (Author) Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (April 18, 2006) | ISBN-10: 024052019X | PDF | 96 Mb | 877 pages (With examples)
Size : 116 Mb Un-rared

Get the most realistic effects from 3ds Max without having to spend more on plug-ins!

Boost your effects skill-set with this 3ds Max workshop. Tutorial lessons give you hands-on experience in creating realistic fire, earth, air and water effects. Updated to demonstrate production techniques suitable for any version of 3ds Max, this new edition is co-published by Autodesk Media and Entertainment, and includes new tutorials on entering the Earth’s atmosphere, glaciers, lava eruptions and a Badlands landscape.

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Gnomon Training – 3D Character Design Volume 2: From Concept Model to Presentation Art

Posted by Users on 2010/02/12
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Gnomon Training – 3D Character Design Volume 2: From Concept Model to Presentation Art

Gnomon Training – 3D Character Design Volume 2: From Concept Model to Presentation Art
Type: Training-Tutorials | Language: English |Quick Time (.mov) | Duration: 203 minutes | 1.75 GB | RS & HF Link

In this DVD, Scott Patton continues from 3D Character Design Volume 1 to show the processes he uses to create finished character designs for feature films. This DVD explores Patton\’s fast and efficient methods for creating a final color rendering using ZBrush? and Photoshop?. Patton shows how he squeezes the most from ZBrush?s powerful renderer, side-stepping the often complex renderers of standard 3D packages. In creating both a wide and close-up shot of the character, he shares creative Photoshop tips and tricks to quickly get to a finished piece of concept art from the ZBrush renders, covering topics such as adding and refining skin texture, hair, eyes, shadows and scars. Patton also discusses how to quickly create backgrounds that enhance the character and overall composition.
Chapter:
1. Getting Started
2. Basic ZBrush Painting
3. Photoshop Render Comp
4. Adding Texture
5. Shadows
6. Background
7. Finalizing the Wide Shot
8. The Close-up Shot
9. Eyes and Hair
10. Enhancing the Scars and Textures
11. Finishing Touches
12. Finalizing the Close-up

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James Busby – Making of the “Patient”

Posted by Users on 2010/02/09
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This is a Focused “making of” during which James Busby attempts to explain a lot of the working practices and techniques used to create the photorealistic “Patient” character, illustrated with Videos and images. Also included at the bottom of the article is a link to the scene file, which includes a version of the scene with a frozen mesh and all the textures in JPG format at full resolution. Focusing on Texturing, Shading, Lighting, Rendering, and grading, this is a valuable resource for any lightwave character modeler.

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MARLIN STUDIOS – PANORAMICA – Land & Sky (2 CD Set)

Posted by Users on 2010/01/14
Posted in: Downloads, Textures.

MARLIN STUDIOS – PANORAMICA – Land & Sky (2 CD Set)

Super High-Rez Hemispherical Domes plus 360, 240 & 180 Degree Panoramic Skies.
Make your 3D scenes complete with 180 / 240 / 360-degree and Hemispherical Panoramas! This is a MUST HAVE for every graphics artist’s toobox. Extra large textures (9,0000 pixle range) plus bonuses!

PRODUCT SPECS
The Numbers
– Textures range in size up to 10,000 x 2,000, and are easily reduced
– 20 full hemispherical textures
– 42 sky panoramas in 180 / 240 -degree formats
– 24 sky panoramas in 360 -degree formats
– 30 land backgrounds
– 4 3D objects that fit the textures, in 3DS, LWO and OBJ formats
– 6 Time- Lapse Cloud Animations (Quick Time Movies)

Features
– All textures created using Noblex Panorama Camera
– Panoramic textures in high-quality compressed TIFF format
– Thumbnail browser makes it easy finding panoramic textures
– Tutorials make it easy to use the panoramas with radiosity
– All textures tested for functionality in graphics programs
– Textures may be used royalty free in other graphics images

Applications
– General-purpose 2D and 3D computer art and animation
– 2D and 3D computer games
– Web content development
– Architectural renderings
– Visualizations
– Film industry CGI
– 2D Print Media Applications
– Video/TV Productions
– Engineering/product design and visualizations
– Legal animations and renderings

System Requirements
– Any PC supporting computer graphics
– CD Player
– PC-Windows/Mac/Amiga/DEC/Unix platforms



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