In this tutorial we will look at integrating a nice ground fracture into a live action shot. The entire process will cover how to project an image sequence from a selected camera onto geometry through a camera map per pixel material. We will also look at a way to ‘stick’ this material to our geometry with the help of ‘Render to Texture’. Towards the end I will briefly cover fracturing inside of Rayfire and how we can set up some Multi/Sub-object materials to create a nice varied texture.

In this series of lessons we will discuss a variety of ways that we can work efficiently between Mudbox and Maya. Mudbox and Maya are very complementary packages. Maya gives us the ability to build up our models, rig and animate them, and render them. But Mudbox allows us to use a much more artistic approach to shaping and sculpting our models. It also allows us to paint textures very quickly and with a lot of power. By leveraging these two applications together, we can really create a solid workflow. In this course we'll look at ways to get geometry and textures back and forth between Maya and Mudbox. We'll talk about new

Take a look at these 10 fully textured scenes with professional shaders and lighting ready to render from Archinteriors vol. 23. You will find here a great variety of interiors in baroque and rococo style. Recommended system specification: quad core with 8GB of ram and 64 bit system.

During these videos we take a look at modeling and rigging of a cartoon shark with principles that can be applied to other marine creatures. This training series looks at the modeling and rigging considerations of a cartoon shark in 3ds Max. We look at creating a basic FK skeleton for our shark model and the skinning consideration we need to think about to create some great deformations. We then expand upon our basic FK rig by using Max's built-in modifiers to create an automated swim cycle, finally finishing the course with a quick look at a controller system and corrective shapes.

The release of Smoke on Mac has opened up the software to a much wider variety of users than any other Autodesk systems product. This course, will provide an advanced introduction to Autodesk Smoke on Mac. Focusing on real-world finishing, color correction and visual effects tasks, we’ll be working through several projects and tasks, taking footage and turning it into a finished piece, exploring the breadth of Smoke's toolset along the way. Particular consideration in this course will be paid to transitioning users familiar with desktop applications into the Smoke on Mac mindset.

In Intermediate Fume FX, we jump right in the deep end, initially introducing a lot of the core concepts behind Fume FX and how Congruent Solvers work - such as Fume FX, Phoenix, Maya Fluids etc. all work. These fundamental subjects are crucial to understanding fluids, as well as getting more hands on in learning the initial steps to how Fume FX works, as well as it’s interface and a lot of it’s powerful key features.

The Ryan and Cesar ZBrush show is something to witness.With a very laid back easy going style they both very confidently lead you right where you may never have thought you could go as a digital artist. I think Pixologic, the game/film industries, and game and movie fans are the real winners with this DYNAMIC DIGITAL DUO. They are helping to fine tune the digital production artists of today and create and cultivate the digital character artists of tomorrow. So many tips, tricks, and industry insider tidbits are shared in these webinars that you can't possibly remember them all. But if you just remember two or three of them, technically you will already be a better production artist.

Robert Burridge is a paintner in all media, a national workshop instructor and President of the International Society of Acrylic Paintners. From HIS California Studio, Watch and Learn - What Makes It Abstract - 12 Essential Design Compositions - Color Theory Simplified - Plus Bonus Lesson ...

This eleven part DVD teaches how to plan, shoot, and edit a client-pleasing $ 1000 plus wedding video. You'll see scores of examples from actual wedding videos which demonstrate professional techniques with step-by step explanations. You'll learn about the current cameras and accessories, audio mixers and wireless mics, editing systems and the best format for successful wedding videography.

The latest Learning Tools from Alias® pack powerful Maya® techniques for developing, modeling, and rigging cartoon characters into three DVDs that make up the SuperToon Series now available at home site. Jeff Bernstein of Disney Feature Animation tackles SuperToon Modeling and Body Rigging, Joe Harkins of Sony Pictures Imageworks takes on SuperToon Facial Rigging, and Randy Haycock and Chris Cordingley of Disney Feature Animation share their experience in SuperToon Animation.

There is no question that eyes are one of the most critical elements of a character. While there are several way to approach the creation of eyes, this lecture presents an intuitive and quick technique that ensures believability and realism. Starting from scratch, we discuss modeling, texturing, shaders, lighting and rendering with Mental Ray. We analyze photographic reference to determine the anatomical structure of eyes so that our textures and shaders create natural color, bump, transparency, specularity, reflection, refraction and highlights.

Digital-Tutors helps you make movies, video games and more with the largest online video-based training and tutorial library for CG, 3D, animation and VFX.

3d Studio Max is an industry leading application for design visualization, game development and visual effects. 3ds Max is powerful and flexible enough for professionals, but intuitive enough for the beginner. Whether new to 3ds Max or new to 3D, these lectures provide ample discussion of the tools needed to create visually rich imagery and animations. User interface foundations are presented, focusing on 3ds Max’s ease and simplicity. Learn core concepts as well as efficient, professional modeling, animation, texturing and lighting techniques.

Create a ring from scratch as in the photo. Also included in the distribution file for this ring 3dm Rhino (Matrix 4.0 Matrix 6.0).

When anatomical accuracy is required, it is necessary to supplement joint weighting with auxillary tools. Joint weights determine what percentage of a rotational arc a vertex receives as joints rotate. In reality, however, where anatomical deformation is driven by muscle, tendons, fat and bones, any region of flesh surrounding a joint will not move on pure arcs. When rotating your own elbow or knee to their extreme positions, for example, the flesh on the inside of the arc compresses, bulges and slides, while the flesh on the outside of the arc is pushed outward by the protrusion of bone and cartilege. In this video we look at how Smooth Skin Influence Objects can be utilized to achieve these types of natural deformations using an intuitive and quick workflow.