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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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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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Side Effects Software has released Houdini 10, the first commercially-available application able to slice up and distribute fluid simulations over a network of computers. 3D artists will benefit from faster simulation times in addition to the ability to create simulations at a much bigger size and scale than would be possible with a single computer. Continue Reading

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The award-winning Autodesk? Maya? software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering solution. Because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (application programming interface) or one of two embedded scripting languages, the Maya Embedded Language (MEL) or Python?. This level of openness, combined with an industry-leading suite of 3D tools, enables you to realize your creative vision for your film, television, game development, and design projects.

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Blender 2.46 has been released with load of new features like; hair and fur combing and rendering, cloth, and lots and lots more. This version supports a new particle system with hair and fur combing tools, fast and optimal fur rendering, a mesh deformation system for advanced character rigging, cloth simulation, fast Ambient Occlusion, a new Image browser, and that’s just the beginning. Some of the Blender 2.46 feature includes;
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– Particle system rewrite
– Image Browsing
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Blender Portable is a software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

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