Discover creative alternative uses for MEL. Learn Maya Embedded Language (MEL) with an artist-driven approach and add greater flexibility in your workflow. Contains over 4 hours of intuitive project-based training. Ideal for artists new to MEL.

Learn the fundamentals of Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Animating, Rigging, Rendering, and a production-proven workflow to ICE. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training and time-saving techniques to working with XSI 7. Perfect for artists new to XSI and seeking a refresher

In this collection of lessons we will learn how an artist can get started painting digitally inside of Photoshop. We will begin by taking a quick tour around the user interface learning the location of important tools and panels. Next, we will learn how we can create and manage layers in Photoshop. From here we will dive into some of the most commonly used tools for digital painting, learning where they are and how they work.

This course is an introductory look into the Interactive Creative Environment or ICE so you can learn essential terms and definitions and build a solid foundation in computer graphics. Well start off by covering what ICE is and what it is used for. We'll then take a look at working in the ICE tree so you learn how to use ICE in your own projects. After that, youll learn how to add forces to particle and create compounds. To wrap up this project, we'll go over how to work with Strands and Lagoa. This series of step-by-step videos were developed with artists new to ICE in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. To view more Beginners Guide courses; visit our library where you'll find the largest collection of free, high-quality CG training videos.

Create believable walk cycles and learn effective animation techniques in XSI. Contains over 3.5 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists. Popular highlights include: Body Mechanics of a Walk Cycle; Disposition of the Feet for Balance; Reference Points for Convincing Poses; Weight Transfer Throughout the Steps; Follow-through and Overlapping for Realistic Fluidity; Procedures for Blocking Animation; Timing and Spacing for Believable Weight; Using Exaggeration to Accentuate Poses for Interest; Methods to Use to Accelerate WorkFlow; Using Simple Expressions to Shift Keys for Desired Timing; Creating Advanced Controls for Greater Functionality in Rig; Exploring XSI's High Level Editing System to Manipulate Poses.

Discover creative alternative uses for MEL. Learn Maya Embedded Language (MEL) with an artist-driven approach and add greater flexibility in your workflow. Contains over 4 hours of intuitive project-based training. Ideal for artists new to MEL.

Learn the fundamentals of Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Animating, Rigging, Rendering, and a production-proven workflow to ICE. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training and time-saving techniques to working with XSI 7. Perfect for artists new to XSI and seeking a refresher

In this collection of lessons we will learn how an artist can get started painting digitally inside of Photoshop. We will begin by taking a quick tour around the user interface learning the location of important tools and panels. Next, we will learn how we can create and manage layers in Photoshop. From here we will dive into some of the most commonly used tools for digital painting, learning where they are and how they work.

This course is an introductory look into the Interactive Creative Environment or ICE so you can learn essential terms and definitions and build a solid foundation in computer graphics. Well start off by covering what ICE is and what it is used for. We'll then take a look at working in the ICE tree so you learn how to use ICE in your own projects. After that, youll learn how to add forces to particle and create compounds. To wrap up this project, we'll go over how to work with Strands and Lagoa. This series of step-by-step videos were developed with artists new to ICE in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. To view more Beginners Guide courses; visit our library where you'll find the largest collection of free, high-quality CG training videos.

Create believable walk cycles and learn effective animation techniques in XSI. Contains over 3.5 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists. Popular highlights include: Body Mechanics of a Walk Cycle; Disposition of the Feet for Balance; Reference Points for Convincing Poses; Weight Transfer Throughout the Steps; Follow-through and Overlapping for Realistic Fluidity; Procedures for Blocking Animation; Timing and Spacing for Believable Weight; Using Exaggeration to Accentuate Poses for Interest; Methods to Use to Accelerate WorkFlow; Using Simple Expressions to Shift Keys for Desired Timing; Creating Advanced Controls for Greater Functionality in Rig; Exploring XSI's High Level Editing System to Manipulate Poses.

In this series of lessons we'll learn how to use the 3D Camera Tracker in NUKEX. This tool lets us track our live-action footage and create a camera in NUKE's 3D system that matches our real-life movement. This allows us to place 3D objects correctly and have the animation done automatically. We'll begin this project by going through a simple camera track and learn the proper workflow to get a usable 3d scene and camera. We'll then learn how to add NUKE 3D geometry into our scene as well ass geometry we import from another application. We'll then learn about the various properties and pipes in the camera tracker that let us control our tracks better. After getting a track, we'll learn how to use the DepthGenerator node to take our 3D camera and generate a rough Depth map for our footage. We'll then learn how to convert a 3d point back into 2d space so we can drive 2d transforms in our nodes.

Establish a solid foundation and learn flexible rigging methods, various rigging and character setup tools, and the essentials of building animator-friendly controls in XSI. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training for aspiring artists learning character setup and rigging workflows in XSI.

Establish a solid foundation and learn flexible rigging methods, various rigging and character setup tools, and the essentials of building animator-friendly controls in XSI. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training for aspiring artists learning character setup and rigging workflows in XSI.

In this series of tutorials we?ll learn how to use tracker and roto nodes in NUKE to quickly create a solid matte. By using each node for their specific strength, we?ll be able to achieve production-quality results much faster than using just hand keying. We?ll begin this project by learning the basics of using trackers to speed up the rotoscoping process by removing camera jitter, translation, rotation and scaling. We?ll then dive into our main project where we will use a combination of trackers, roto nodes and animation to create a clean mask for our foreground actor?s face and hand. We?ll learn many techniques to speed up our rotoscoping workflow and how we can use animation principles to create solid movement.

"Building Websites With Macromedia Dreamweaver 8" utilizes over 3 hours of time-saving tips and lessons, guiding you step-by-step through the industryпїЅs leading web development tool. Popular topics covered in "Building Websites With Macromedia Dreamweaver 8" include: a thorough understanding and overview of the newest features in Dreamweaver 8, building your first website, defining site and FTP settings, uploading files to the server and working with remote views, designing with tables, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), library elements, modifying behaviors, swap Image effects, pop-up windows, binding XML data, Flash/Fireworks round trip process, custom templates, integrating Flash and video, design notes, reports, CGI scripts, and several additional topics designed to boost your creativity while allowing you to easily build websites using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. Begin building standards-based websites in 3 hours of project-based training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate users.