COURSE LIST
Advanced Texturing
Description: Advanced Texturing covers create complex shaders networks. Advanced UV tools and Techniques, 3D painting and Normal mapping and other texturing techniques used for Next Gen Games.
Flash: Introduction
Description: Intro to Macromedia Flash MX is designed to teach a wide spectrum of software professionals how to design and deliver cross-platform, low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web applications using Macromedia Flash MX. It is a task-based course, with students learning by doing. Along with covering the basics of Macromedia Flash MX, the course focuses on best practices and design, stressing the importance of usability, accessibility, optimization, and performance.
Maya: Advanced Lighting and Rendering
Description: This course focuses on Advanced Lighting and Rendering and using Mental Ray for Rendered or Baked in lighting.
Maya: Basic Modeling
Description: This course covers basic modeling concepts working with primitive objects to block out basic scenes and characters.
Maya: Character Rigging
This course covers skeleton creation and advanced character rigging. Starting with an overview of animation methods and skeleton setups followed by in-depth lectures and examples how to use Maya's tools for Advanced Rigging. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Maya: Character Modeling
Description: This course covers Intermediate and Advanced techniques for Character Modeling. There is a focus on efficient techniques for building characters that can scale up to hi-res models that could be used for next generation consoles.
The examples will be in Maya, but the techniques can be used in other 3D software packages
Maya UV Mapping
This course covers UV Mapping techniques in Maya.
Maya: for Engineers
This course is designed to give engineers a basic understanding of Maya. The course covers basic interface manipulation / navigation / customization and some basic work with modeling, texturing, animation and scripting. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Maya for Managers/Producers
Description: This course is designed to give Managers/Producers a basic understanding of Maya. The course covers basic interface manipulation / navigation / customization and some basic work with modeling, texturing, and animation. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Maya Intro: Overview
Description: This course covers basic interface manipulation / navigation / customization and some basic work with modeling. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work
Maya Intro: Modeling
Description: This course covers modeling techniques using polygons and curves. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Maya Intro: Texturing and Lighting
Description:
This course covers texturing and lighting. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Maya Intro: Animation
Description:
This course covers animation and character setup. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices. This course is taught in a lecture/exercise format. The instructor will begin each section with a lecture and demo. The lectures present you with theory and workflow as well as in-depth coverage of how the tools work.
Mel Scripting: for Artists
Description: Maya's embedded language, or MEL, in conjunction with Maya's expression language, offers flexibility in the design of all aspects of 3D production, from particle system design and dynamics, to modeling and character animation. This class offers an in-depth study into the techniques available in Maya including interface design, scripting, utilities and procedures.
Mudbox Intro: Overview
Description:
Mudbox features brush based sculpting tools and unique 3d layer system for non-destructive editing of millions of polygons and advanced surface extraction tools for Normal and Displacement maps in 8, 16 and 32 color between arbitrary meshes. Mudbox can be used to enhance the look of most digital characters and environments. Its interface is very intuitive. Anyone can pick it up in a few hours to a day or so.
This is a hands on class mixed with lecture that covers techniques for Sculpting characters and enviroments and outputting displacement and normal maps.
Motion Builder: Introduction
Motionbuilder is a leading Motion Capture Data Processor package. It is becoming the natural partner to translate and alter Mocap data alongside of MAYA, XSI, and 3DMAX. This course will cover; how to bring models in from one application, edit/alter them and create animated walk and action cycles, plus, the ability to add facial animation, then, export out to another.
Finally, motionbuilder enables conversion of older/differing animation data created on different core software to be updated and reused in current titles. It has a universal file format which allows 3D data to flow effortlessly between different software applications.
Next Gen Modeling Techniques
Description:
Using Reference and Photogrametry Techniques
Modeling with Subdivision Surfaces
Procedural Modeling tools (stair tool example)
Modeling with Deformers
Normal Mapping and depth mapping techniques
Maya edge loop tools
Normal Mapping Techniques
Description:
Generating Normal maps in Maya, Zbrush and XSI.
Using Bump and Displacement Maps
Using Normal and Parallax maps
Display Normal maps (using Maya and FX Composer)
Editing and Painting Normal maps in Photoshop
UV layout tips
Shaders Intro: Overview
Description: Intro to Shading:
This lecture is inteded for a very broad audience presenting the craft of shading as a hybrid discipline. Shaders are becoming much more prevelant in real-time computer graphics, presenting new opportunities and challenges in the pursuit of increased visual quality. This course is intended to shed light on the role of shaders as applied to CG rendering in general as well as provide general guidlines for best practices when working with hardware shaders.
ZBrush Introduction
ZBrush can be used to convert low-res models to hi-res and then sculpt detail. It is ideal for creating detail such as wrinkles and creases and the export this information as a map or a hi-res model.
This course covers the ZBrush interface workflow, sculpting, painting and maps with ZBrush. Exercises will include importing 3D objects from Maya sculpting hi-res detail and exporting the normal and displacement maps back to Maya.
ZBrush 3.0/3.1 Overview
The course will introduce you to some of the new features of Zbrush 3.0/3.1
Python in Maya: for Artists
Description: In this introductory class the artist will learn to use Python Scripting within Maya. This class is similar to the Mel Scripting for Artists class but translated into using Python. This is a hands on class. It’s all about automation. Anything that is done over and over can be automated by a script and this class is the first step towards that goal. In this class you will automate al list of commands into one command. You will create a window with buttons that trigger your commands.
XSI for Maya Users
This course covers Production Techniques used in XSI than can be used with a Maya Pipeline or help a Maya user Transition to XSI. Course covers the Interface, Modeling, Character Setup, Animation, Rendering and Compositing.
XSI: Overview
This course covers basic interface manipulation / navigation / customization and an overview of polygon modeling, texturing and rendering. The goal is to accelerate learning using in-depth lectures that put the tools in context to work practices.
XSI: Modeling
This course will introduce students to efficient modeling in XSI.
XSI Texturing and Lighting
This course will introduce students to texturing and lighting techniques using XSI. Including using mental ray, real time shaders and normal maps.
XSI: Animation
This course covers animating objects and characters in XSI. Covering several animation techniques.
XSI: Character Rigging
Course covers character Setup and skeleton rigging in XSI. Everything one needs to know about creating skeletons, which will behave predictably in XSI. Regardless of whether controls will be forward or inverse, a clean skeleton is critical for an intuitive workflow. The same is true for when geometry will later be skinned to the joints. This lecture thoroughly discusses joint placement, orientation and behavior modification.
Softimage Face Robot
Face Robot is Softimage’s Facial Setup and Animation system. This course covers the skills needed to navigate Face Robot, import models, import animation and setup for facial animation using Face Robot. The course will also include techniques to export the final animation to other 3D software tools.
Outsourcing Technical Art Best Practices
This presentation will be of interest to TA's, CG Sup's and anyone responsible for the technical art setup of outsourcing.
Unreal Editor 3 Training
Introduction to building a playable Level using Unreal 3 Editor.
Cry2Engine Sandbox Editor Training
Introduction to building a playable Level using the Cry2Engine Sandbox Editor with XSI or the XSI Mod tool.
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