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Digital-Tutors – Creative Development: Using HDR Images for 3D Lighting in Maya

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/26
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PosterDigital-Tutors – Creative Development: Using HDR Images for 3D Lighting in Maya with Jon Tojek

Advanced | 2h 27m | 1.03 GB | Project Files 458 MB | Required Software: Maya 2012, Nuke 6.3v1, Photoshop CS5, PTGui v9.0

This tutorial is a guide to using HDR panoramic images for lighting with Maya and mental ray. Throughout the tutorial, we’ll cover all of the hidden details that are needed to use HDR imagery for lighting in Maya. We’ll start with physically based lighting, world scene scale, color management, proper render preview and verification of valid floating point linear color images. Once the rules for using HDR images are clearly laid out, we will take a look at how you can create your own HDR images at home using a DSLR camera, tripod, nodal head and software. Lastly, we’ll go over examples of using and editing these images for a variety of indoor and outdoor lighting situations as well as covering light extraction and making HDR kooks from an HDR photo of a light.

Home:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=599

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Digital-Tutors – Creative Development: Photorealistic Time-Lapse Animation and Rendering in Maya and modo

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/26
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PosterDigital-Tutors – Creative Development: Photorealistic Time-Lapse Animation and Rendering in Maya and modo with Martin Mayer

Advanced | 2h 38m | 1.25 GB | Project Files 466 MB | Required Software: Maya 2012, modo 501, Fusion 6.3, ZBrush 4R2

In this tutorial we will learn the efficient use of tools and techniques for creation of a time-lapse video. Throughout these lessons we’ll delve into the animated growth of a tree branch as a time-lapse video. We’ll learn everything from modeling, texturing and shading to the animation and final compositing. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a better understanding of how you can employ efficient and productive techniques for a time-lapse video that can be used when up against a tight deadline.

Home:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=616

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Digital-Tutors – Animation Retargeting Techniques in Maya

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/24
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PosterDigital-Tutors – Animation Retargeting Techniques in Maya

Intermediate | 1h 15m | 474 MB | Project Files 80 MB | Required Software: Autodesk Maya 2012

In this set of Maya tutorials you will learn a variety of techniques for retargeting animation to save time building animation assets. We’ll start by learning how Maya’s Trax Editor can be used to retarget animation. We’ll then take another approach and utilize MEL to accomplish the same thing. Finally, we’ll work with Maya’s intuitive Human IK toolset to retarget from a performance-captured animation to a custom skeleton. We’ll also cover techniques for optimizing and correcting animation after it has been remapped. By the end of this set of tutorials, you will be familiar with several tools you have at your disposal for re-purposing animation, to, ultimately, save production time.

Home: http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=602

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Digital-Tutors – Creative Development: Guerrilla Commercial Design Concept in Maya with Ed Whetstone

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/24
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PosterDigital-Tutors – Creative Development: Guerrilla Commercial Design Concept in Maya with Ed Whetstone

Advanced | 2h 22m | 734 MB | Project Files 9 MB | Required Software: Maya 2011, After Effects CS 5.5

In this Maya tutorial we will approach a commercial design challenge from a no-frills, efficiency-first perspective. We will be introduced to a few tools and techniques to create photorealistic material that is suitable for commercial design projects. By the end of this tutorial, we will have touched on modeling, lighting, shading, animation, scripting and rendering for efficiency and quality.

Home:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=617

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Digital-Tutors – Maya Animation Reference Library: Animate Menu

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/24
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PosterDigital-Tutors – Maya Animation Reference Library: Animate Menu

Advanced | 1h 43m | 855 MB | Project Files 382 MB | Required Software: Autodesk Maya 2012

In this set of Maya tutorials you will learn about Maya’s Animate menu. This series takes an in-depth look into Maya’s Animate menu set.

Home:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=609

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Digital-Tutors – Creative Development: Modeling a Cowgirl Character in Maya and Silo

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/23
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Digital-Tutors – Creative Development: Modeling a Cowgirl Character in Maya and Silo with Antony Ward

Advanced | 3h 05m | 1018 MB | Project Files 11 MB | Required Software: Silo 2.2, Maya 2012

In this tutorial we will explore how to build a stylised cowgirl character using subdivision surfaces. Throughout these lessons we will explore the use of subdivision surfaces to help us quickly create a stylized cowgirl character. We will begin with a base mesh before posing her and adding clothing and detail. The result will be a highly detailed model ready for textures and rendering that can be used in an illustration or even animation. Although we will primarily be using Silo throughout the tutorial, the techniques taught in these lessons can be followed along using any subdivision surfaces software.

Home:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=618

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Lynda.com – Digital Creature Creation in ZBrush, Photoshop, and Maya

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/15
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PosterLynda.com – Digital Creature Creation in ZBrush, Photoshop, and Maya

Beginner | 5h 12m | 3.43 GB | Project Files 2.62 GB | Required Software: ZBrush, Photoshop, and Maya

Author Ryan Kittleson introduces the skills digital artists need to create photorealistic 3D creatures for film, video, and game production. The course covers basic design, sculpting, texturing, posing, and lighting and demonstrates real-world workflow, starting with the basic sculpture in ZBrush and moving it into Maya for finishing, while editing textures in Photoshop.

Topics include:
* Brainstorming and refining a character concept
* Installing custom brushes
* Optimizing tablet settings
* Posing the ZSpheres in ZBrush
* Sculpting muscles and midsize shapes
* Working with DynaMesh
* Using GoZ between ZBrush and Maya
* Creating topology for animation
* Sculpting fine detail
* Cleaning up a mesh in Maya
* Creating the UV layout
* Lighting and shading
* Painting texture maps
* Posing with Transpose tools in ZBrush
* Batch rendering a turntable animation

Home:
http://www.lynda.com/tutorial/83781

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Ken Fountain – Animating a Basic Acting Shot

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/14
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Ken Fountain – Animating a Basic Acting Shot

Beginner | 3h 18m | 1.98 GB | Project Files n/a | Required Software: Autodesk Maya

In this 3-hour video lecture/demo, follow DreamWorks Animator Ken Fountain’s process for analyzing and animating a simple, clear and appealing acting performance.
With a presentation geared toward the more advanced animator looking to create a great test shot for their demo reel, Ken let’s you look over his shoulder as he chooses audio, examines the character’s “subtext,” plans his staging, breaks down video reference, works out timing and “attitude” through thumbnailing, uses detailed blocking to define clear acting beats, controls and shapes the scene’s “phrasing,” adds texture to enhance the energy, sculpts the lipsync, and brings a shot to a polished final.
Finished work: http://vimeo.com/26389298

Home:
http://www.jrawebinar.com/index.php/component/content/article/38-rokstories/112-ken-fountain-animating-a-basic-acting-shot.html

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Gnomon School – Master Classes 2011: Making Archetype: The Short Film with Aaron Sims

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/11
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Poster
Gnomon School – Master Classes 2011: Making Archetype: The Short Film with Aaron Sims

Advanced | 3h 37m | 2.50 GB | Required Software: Autodesk Maya, Nuke, Final Cut Pro

In this class Aaron Sims will be discussing the creative process and challenges of creating an effects-heavy short film from ideation, to planning, to creation. The class will discuss the challenges, both creative and technical, involved in producing a film like Archetype. Aaron will demonstrate some of the techniques he used in the various pre-production, production, and post-production phases of the Archetype project.

Home:
http://www.gnomonschool.com/master/2011

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Gnomon School – Master Classes 2011: Realistic Creature Animation for Visual Effects with David Breaux

Posted by unowen on 2011/12/10
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Poster
Gnomon School – Master Classes 2011: Realistic Creature Animation for Visual Effects with David Breaux

Advanced | 3h 06m | 670 MB | Required Software: Autodesk Maya

This course on creature animation for visual effects projects will focus on creating believable creature motion and performance through knowledge of real animals and using that knowledge to inform the movement of a fantasy creature. David Breaux will discuss some of his techniques for blocking, moving into rough animation, and finalization of a shot. He will also cover some approaches to thinking about the shots and tackling the multitude of issues that an animator is confronted with on a daily basis during production.

Home:
http://www.gnomonschool.com/master/2011

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