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Digital Apprentice Workshop Humanoid Animation
Running Time: 3 Hours + | Video Size: 1024×768 | Audio: Stereo |File Type: Quicktime H.264
Humanoid Animation I features the most complex walk cycle ever recorded for an animation tutorial video. In this video veteran animator David Weinstein will show you how he breaks down and begins his walk cycles – moving onto cleanup – and finally the high resolution details. Using a layering technique, David will show the viewer how to understand the mechanics of each section of the body. Building and blending all the body quadrants together to achieve a full character walking performance. Then in the final stages bringing the character to life by adding high frequency animation additions including keyframed skin, muscle, fat and facial performance. This is a tutorial that should not be missed.

The Character Animator Toolkit for Motion Builder
This Master Class will demonstrate both practical tools and ideas for creating custom character rigs and animation using Autodesk’s Motion Builder software. Our intended audience is current Motion Builder users of the beginning to intermediate level, as well as riggers and animators whom are new to Motion Builder. Our topics will include the rigging and keyframe animation of characters as well as special animation procedures often needed in production.
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Photoshop Secrets: Photoshop CS4 for Digital Photographers
From the secrets of the pros from an award-winning expert who has excelled in the field and understands your needs and deadlines. In a warm conversational style, Colin clearly explains what you need to know without using empty jargon. You can use these techniques with confidence, knowing that these are the latest industry strength methods that produce professional results. All the new features of CS4 are covered in depth.

Digital-tutors: Quadrupeds rigging, animation and maya in zbrush 3
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Rigging Quadrupeds in Maya Learn time-saving rigging techniques and the principles of building solution-based rigs and controls for more efficient animating. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training. Perfect for intermediate artists. Popular highlights include

Vtc Complet Shake 4.1 Tutors
Welcome to VTC’s tutorial on Shake 4. My name is Kalika Kharkar. In this course, we will cover the new features in Shake 4, the system requirements and an introduction to nodes. In the orientation section, we will learn how to open Shake for the first time. The Viewer, Tool Tabs, and Node View, the parameters, the Color Picker, Pixel Analyzer, and time Bar, the Curve Editor, Audio Panel, and time View, and the Command Line, Help, Title Bar, and Top Menus. Using the interface: here we will learn how to view images, how to use the Nodework Space, working with parameters and globals, how to view channels and compare buffers, and navigation and keyboard shortcuts. In the section on File In and File Browser, we’ll learn how to use the File In Node, using the browser, importing different file formats, how to replace footage, and basic retiming with the File In.

Digital Tutors: maya Collection (total size 85 GB)
Digital Tutors: Animating Next Gen Characters In Maya
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Learn a production workflow to game animation and time-saving methods for creating game-ready characters rigs, non-linear animation, and adding appeal. Contains over 6 hours of project-based training for artists learning character animation for next-generation games.
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Archicad 10 Interactive Training Guide
The Graphisoft’s official video tutorials for Archicad 10
Archicad 10 Interactive Training Guide – 813 Mb
Those tutorials could help not only the Archicad’s beginers but also intermediates users. Enjoy!

LightWave 3D 9.x Advanced Cartoon Series: Head Modeling
This is the first video in a large series on Advanced Cartoon Character creation. This video series from KURV studios is unlike any training ever done for LightWave 3D. We started with a character from PushPen Studios. An extremely professional character just like one you would be handed at studios like Dreamworks or Pixar Animation Studios.

Learn the fundamentals of Soft & Rigid Body Dynamics with 3 hours of interactive training. Perfect for intermediate and advanced users.