This tutorial discusses the production of two shots of a CGI photorealistic firefly that can be a part of a movie or a commercial. While this series of tutorials is not a step-by-step guide, they instead offer an in-depth look at the key aspects of production that goes into creating realistic-looking shots that would otherwise be difficult to shoot without the aid of computer graphics. These tutorials will cover everything from the concept sketches and visualization to modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering and final compositing of the photorealistic shots. While the tools used in this series of tutorials are primarily Maya and modo, the techniques discussed are easily applicable to other mainstream applications.

In these NUKE tutorials, we’ll learn ten tips and tricks to work faster in NUKE, from proxies to expressions to python to render commands.
Some of these tips will be obvious, like using proxies and the region of interest to speed up viewer performance. Others will be a bit more complex like building an expensive node disable-enable expression control system tied into our write nodes using Python commands. We ll also learn how most 3D applications create EXR files and ways we can increase performance by re-rendering them out of NUKE in its preferred format. Finally we ll look at a cheap way to improve our motion blur from NUKE s 3D system using a combination of samples and vector blurs.

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.

series of lessons, we’ll work to build a finished vector logo based on an initial sketch of the idea. Principle by principle, we’ll venture through, understanding the meaning behind each of them, as well as how they can and should be implemented for success. By the end of this course, you’ll have the knowledge you need to create magnetic, natural, and memorable character performances.

In this series of lessons we will focus on Creating a Tri-Fold Brochure in InDesign CS5. We'll begin the process by learning the best way to setup our file and organize individual page into spreads. While doing this we'll learn how to incorporate multiple page sizes into the same InDesign document. Next, we'll build a framework to hang our content on in the form of a modular grid. From there we'll learn how to bring in and work with both image and text content for our layout. In order to make managing our text easier, we'll learn how to create both character and paragraph styles. To wrap things up we'll learn how to export a .PDF and package all related files into one singular location.

In this series of lessons well learn how to use the tracker built in to After Effects to analyze real life footage and find the movement of objects. This is an important technique for matching an image or animations position, rotation, scale and perspective skewing to footage.

In this course we will learn various animation tips and tricks to make more appealing character animation

3d car models are a mainstay of computer graphics. There are countless types to choose from and they offer a great exercise in building different kinds of geometry. CINEMA 4D offers a number of great options for building cars and in this course well put some of those to use building a Rolls Royce.

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In this series of lessons well learn how to use the tracking, keying and masking nodes in Nuke to create a fast, robust rotoscope shape. By using each node for their specific strength, well be able to achieve productionquality results much faster than hand keying.

In this collection of lessons we will learn about the Animation Principle of Appeal. This course will delve in the animation principle of Appeal in Max. The goal of this course is to give you a greater understanding of what appeal is. We will explore various ways appeal can be added successfully, which will, in turn, strength your ability as an animator as you use this principle to refine your work for more captivating results.

Discover over 9 hours of project-based training to learn the fundamentals of modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, dynamics, lighting, and rendering in Maya. Taught by four Digital-Tutors instructors, each teaching their core areas of expertise to provide an essential guide to utilizing the powerful tools available in Maya. Ideal for new and beginning artists.

In this collection of lessons we will learn about a wide variety of useful Hypershade rendering nodes. These lessons include using the Displacement node to create displacementmapping effects, using the Layered Texture node to create complex multilayered textures, using the Optical FX node to add realistic lens flares to Maya lights, using the different Switch Utility nodes in order to add realistic variation between many objects using the same shading network, plus several other useful Hypershade nodes.

This training will be covering how to generate fluid simulations from scratch and all of the key attributes in the fluid shape node A few things that we will learn in this course will include dynamic simulation settings, adjusting temperature and fuel, converting the fluid simulation into geometry and working with the shading attributes to name a few. This course is perfect for beginning artist who are new to Maya and Fluids as well as seasoned Maya artists looking for an explanation of what a particular attribute does.

In this series of lessons we're going to take a look at the basics of working with UVs in Maya.

UVs and UV layouts are important aspects of creating textures for our 3d models. They let us tell Maya how to apply the 2d images we create. Having a good uv layout can really make a difference in speeding up texture creation and optimizing your results.

In this course we're going to explore at the basics of UVs in 3DS Max.
UVs and UV layouts are vital elements in creating textures for our 3d models. They allow us to tell the program how to apply the 2d images we create. Having good UVs can really make a difference in speeding up texture creation and optimizing your results.

In this series of lessons we will explore a variety of techniques for creating realistic lighting which can also convey a sense of mood and atmosphere within Maya.

Throughout these lessons we will learn how to use lights and shading network modifications to create the appearance of real light sources, as well as using lights to call attention to particular areas of our scene. This course will be placing emphasis on efficient rendering practices, and some guidelines that you can use in your day-to-day work to help your renders proceed as quickly as possible. We will also take some time to learn how volume primitives and 3D textures in Maya can be used to create complex volumetric effects within our scene.