This class will demonstrate how to use principals of animation to create a more compelling and stylized visual effects sequence. Using a plethora of 3D applications, including 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini, Vue and FumeFX, Slim will emphasize and build upon many animation tricks and techniques, focusing on shapes, color and motion semantics. The main project will be a large scale “Magical Effect” shot. Through execution of the main project, supplemental examples will illustrate the principals used including stylized fluid simulations and ultra-stylized structure destruction.

This course takes a comprehensive look into Maya's Skeleton menu. In this collection of lessons we will learn about the tools in Maya's Skeleton menu.

In this series of lessons, we will be taking a detailed look at each of the commands found in Maya's Proxy menu. Each video in this course is a self-contained lesson centering on one of the commands found in the Proxy menu in Maya.

In this series of lessons, we will be taking a detailed look at each of the commands found in Maya's Mesh menu. Each video in this course is a self-contained lesson centering on one of the commands found in the Mesh menu in Maya.

In this video we’re going to look at a question from one of our users, Diet Chugg, on a technique for fixing geometry that appears to be invisible.

V-Ray for Maya is one of the latest developments by Chaos Group. Developed to meet the needs of the most demanding VFX & Film studios around the world, the rendering engine delivers uncompromised stability, interactivity, ease of use and unprecedented speed.

In this course, we'll learn how to create a 3D illustration for use on a magazine cover. Over the course of these videos we will learn how to efficiently model by only modeling what we need and how to reuse basic base meshes as starting points.

Из этой серии видеоуроков Вы узнаете, как работать с освещением в программе Maya 2012. Умение работать с освещением, правильно настроить свет - очень нужный навык при работе с любым 3D редактором. На уроках рассматриваются разные типы источников освещения и методы их анимации.

Great lighting is the key to getting professional-looking output from Maya and Mental Ray. Now, for the first time, Pixar Technical Director Jeremy Birn shares his secrets, his settings, and his Maya scenes, in a Maya-specific training DVD. This new DVD features over 3 hours of tightly edited demonstrations of professional lighting and rendering techniques using Maya and Mental Ray