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Maya in Production, vol.1: Pre-Production

Learn the essentials to pre-production. Contains over 3.5 hours of comprehensive training. Perfect for beginning and intermediate users.

Popular highlights include:

* Concept Sketching
* Bounding Boxes for Proportion
* Drawing Environments
* Storyboards
* Overview of Sculpting Tools
* Wire Framing
* Creating Anchor Points
* Base Coverage
* Shaping Surfaces
* Smoothing Surfaces
* Sculpting Details
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One of the most valuable training kits on the market. The Backwater Bunch series is a whole new way to teach 3D animation. We will teach you how to create an animated short from start to finish and it all starts with Pre-Production.

In this training kit you will learn how to draw the characters, sets, concept character design, storyboarding, and clay sculpture of the character for our short. All this in a fun set of cd's with over 3.5 hours of training . Join Joe Turner, art director for Digital-Tutors, as he teaches you all of the steps necessary to create support material for the modeling phase.

Art Kit Includes:

* 2 Sheets of Drawing Paper
* 2 Sheets of Tracing Paper
* 1 Clay Roller
* 1 Permanent Ink Marker
* 1 Drawing Pencil
* 1 Clay Hand Roller
* 1/4 pound of Super Sculpey
* 1 Kneaded Eraser
* 8 Storyboard Cards
* 1 Armature Wire
* 2 Mounting Screws
* 1 Wooden Base
* 1 (7 piece) Sculpture Tool Kit
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Is it time to take your skills to the next level? Maya in Production is your answer. Maya in Production: Pre-Production is a radical new training kit specifically designed by Digital-Tutors to challenge your existing artistic skills. We guide you through the entire concept character design process with precision detail and accuracy. By taking existing techniques and applying them to new methods, Digital-Tutors brings to you in over 3.5 hours of our unparalleled training methods, Maya in Production: Pre-Production.

Maya in Production: Pre-Production presents the concepts, methods, and tools used for each process in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. You will learn ground-breaking drawing and sculpting techniques that will enhance your creativity and production work including: sketching the concept, creating bounding boxes for proportion, drawing the images with detail, drawing the environments, creating storyboards, overview of sculpting tools, wire framing, creating anchor points, base coverage, shaping the surfaces, smoothing the surfaces, sculpting the details, and countless added techniques necessary to create sophisticated and visually fascinating artwork with professional magnitude.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skill set to create stunning and refined work using concept character design techniques, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors – their #1 and most trusted resource for training tools.

Maya in Production, vol.2: Modeling

Learn the essentials to pre-production. Contains over 4 hrs. 47 min., 2 discs of comprehensive training. Perfect for beginning and intermediate users.
Popular highlights include:
Sample: Building the Air Hose and Filter

* Image Plane Preparation
* Polygon Modeling
* NURBS Modeling
* Extruding Faces
* Vertex Merging
* Establishing Volume
* Shaping and Building Appendages
* Modifying Vertices
* Building Proxy Objects
* Modeling the Environment
* Patch Modeling
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"Maya in Production: Advanced Modeling" focuses on advanced modeling techniques using Polygon and NURBS tools. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. You will learn award-winning techniques that will enhance your imagination and creative production work including: prepping and setting image planes, establishing volume, shaping and building appendages, tweaking vertices, assembling the halves together, building stand-in objects, modeling the environment, patch modeling, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intricate and striking realism.






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Is it time to take your skills to the next level? Maya in Production is your answer. Maya in Production: Advanced Modeling is a radical new training kit specifically designed by Digital-Tutors to challenge your existing artistic skills. In this revolutionary training kit, we catapult your modeling skills to unimaginable heights with innovative and breakthrough techniques. In over 5 hours of our unparalleled training methods, Digital-Tutors brings you, Maya in Production: Advanced Modeling.

Maya in Production: Advanced Modeling focuses on advanced modeling techniques using Polygon and NURBS tools. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. You will learn award-winning techniques that will enhance your imagination and creative production work including: prepping and setting image planes, establishing volume, shaping and building appendages, tweaking vertices, assembling the halves together, building stand-in objects, modeling the environment, patch modeling, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intricate and striking realism.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skill set to create compelling work with unsurpassed professionalism using innovative modeling techniques, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors – their #1 and most trusted resource for training tools.

Maya in Production, vol.3: Texturing

Learn the essentials to pre-production. Contains over 6 hrs. 26 min., 2 discs of comprehensive training. Perfect for beginning and intermediate users.
Popular highlights include:Popular highlights include:

* UV Layouts
* Base Textures
* Skin Coloring
* Custom Brushes
* Photoshop Texturing
* Bump Maps
* Specular Maps
* Ramp Nodes
* Connection Editor
* Alpha Channels
* Color Maps
* Custom Shaders
* 3D Paint Tool
* Filter Shaders
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"Maya in Production: Advanced Texturing" focuses on advanced texturing techniques using an array of tools and techniques. This training kit presents concepts, methods, and tools used for each process in clear and easy to follow steps with a number of interactive training exercises. You will learn cutting-edge techniques and key concepts that will increase your creativity and artistic detail including: UV Layouts, base textures, skin coloring, working with custom brushes, Photoshop texturing, building Bump Maps, creating Specular Maps, using Ramp Nodes, using the Connection Editor, building Alpha Channels and Color Maps, building custom shaders, using 3D paint tool, filter shaders, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intr .





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Is it time to take your skills to the next level? Maya in Production: Advanced Texturing is an irreplaceable new training kit specifically designed by Digital-Tutors to challenge your existing artistic skills. In this revolutionary training kit, we launch your texturing skills to unbelievable altitudes with innovative and progressive techniques. In over 5 hours of our unparalleled training methods, Digital-Tutors brings you, Maya in Production: Advanced Texturing.

Maya in Production: Advanced Texturing focuses on advanced texturing techniques using an array of tools and techniques. This training kit presents concepts, methods, and tools used for each process in clear and easy to follow steps with a number of interactive training exercises. You will learn cutting-edge techniques and key concepts that will increase your creativity and artistic detail including: UV Layouts, base textures, skin coloring, working with custom brushes, Photoshop texturing, building Bump Maps, creating Specular Maps, using Ramp Nodes, using the Connection Editor, building Alpha Channels and Color Maps, building custom shaders, using 3D paint tool, filter shaders, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intricacy and startling photorealism.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skill set to create stunning artistic work with unsurpassed photorealism using innovative texturing techniques, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors – their #1 and most trusted resource for training tools.

Maya in Production, vol.4: Rigging

Learn the essentials to pre-production. Contains over 4 hrs. 39 min., 2 discs of comprehensive training. Perfect for beginning and intermediate users.
Popular highlights include:Popular highlights include:

* Clusters
* Blend Shapes
* Skeleton Rig Setup
* Skin Weights
* Custom Rig Controls
* Painting Weights
* Smooth Binding
* Deformation
* Rigid Binding
* MEL
* Rivet Script
* Lattices
* Flexors
* Maya Hair as Dynamic Spline
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"Maya in Production: Advanced Rigging" focuses on advanced rigging and binding techniques using tools. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. You will learn award-winning techniques that will enhance your imagination and creative production work including: working with Clusters, creating Blend Shapes, skeleton rig setup, skin weights, custom rig controls, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intricate and striking realism.



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Description :
Is it time to take your skills to the next level? Maya in Production is your answer. Maya in Production: Advanced Rigging is a radical new training kit specifically designed by Digital-Tutors to challenge your existing artistic talents. In this revolutionary training kit, we launch your rigging and binding skills to unimaginable heights with innovative and breakthrough techniques. In over 5 hours of our unparalleled training methods and added bonus features, Digital-Tutors brings you, Maya in Production: Advanced Rigging.

Maya in Production: Advanced Rigging focuses on advanced rigging and binding techniques using tools. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. You will learn award-winning techniques that will enhance your imagination and creative production work including: working with Clusters, creating Blend Shapes, skeleton rig setup, skin weights, custom rig controls, and several additional techniques necessary to create work with intricate and striking realism.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skill set to create compelling work with unsurpassed professionalism using innovative animation techniques, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 33,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors – their #1 and most trusted resource for training tools.

Maya in Production, vol.5: Animation

Learn the essentials to pre-production. Contains over 3 hrs. 43 min., 2 discs of comprehensive training. Perfect for beginning and intermediate users.
Popular highlights include:Popular highlights include:

* File Referencing
* Key Framing
* Blocking
* Keyframe Curves
* Camera Setup
* Graph Editor
* Animating Deformers
* Lattices
* IK
* FK
* Facial Animations with Blendshapes
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Designed with new and existing users in mind, "Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation" focuses on learning the foundation of animation in a production setting and adding life to animations. Each interactive lesson is presented in clear and easy to follow steps, designed to save time and increase creativity throughout your workflow. Popular topics from "Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation" include: file referencing, key framing, adjusting keyframe curves, camera set up, animating deformers, using Lattices, working with IK and FK, creating story-telling animations, producing facial animations with blendshape, developing an animation-friendly production pipeline, and several additional techniques designed to help you build and sharpen your existing skills.

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Bring life to your animations with the fifth installment to the Backwater Bunch Series, Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation. In over 3.5 hours of unrivaled training methods, the award-winning team at Digital-Tutors brings you, Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation – a must-have for every emerging animator.

Designed with new and existing users in mind, Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation focuses on learning the foundation of animation in a production setting and adding life to animations. Each interactive lesson is presented in clear and easy to follow steps, designed to save time and increase creativity throughout your workflow. Popular topics from Maya in Production: Fundamentals of Animation include: file referencing, key framing, adjusting keyframe curves, camera set up, animating deformers, using Lattices, working with IK and FK, creating story-telling animations, producing facial animations with blendshape, developing an animation-friendly production pipeline, and several additional techniques designed to help you build and sharpen your existing skills.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skill set to create an animated short, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 40,000 artists worldwide have made Digital-Tutors – their #1 resource for training tools.

Maya Unlimited Bundle

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Digital Tutors - Maya Advanced: Ultimate Fluids

Learn how to create advanced fluid effects in Maya resulting in extraordinary realism with 3 hrs. 47 min., 1 disc. of interactive training. Great for intermediate and advanced users.

Popular highlights include:
Sample: Advanced Heat Dynamics
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* Realistic Fire and Smoke Effects
* Navier-Stokes Fluid Solvers
* Spring Mesh Fluid Solvers
* Interacting Fluids with Particles
* Fluid Container Properties
* Expression-controlled Fluids
* Advanced Heat Dynamics
* Combustible Fluids
* Soft Surface Simulations
* Realistic Liquid Simulations
* Converting Fluids to Polygons



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:Want to learn how to create advanced fluid effects resulting in extraordinary realism? Maya Advanced: Ultimate Fluids, dives deep into Fluids and offers unsurpassed training in the industry’s most sought after topics. Discover the difference and become your best in over 3 hrs. 47 min., 1 disc . of comprehensive project-driven training.

Maya Advanced: Ultimate Fluids concentrates on mastering Maya’s integrated fluid technology to achieve tremendous professionalism in simulating and rendering advanced fluid effects. Each interactive lesson is presented in clear and easy to follow steps, designed to save time and increase productivity throughout your workflow. Popular topics covered in Maya Advanced: Ultimate Fluids include: realistic fire and smoke effects, Navier-Stokes Fluid Solvers, Spring Mesh Fluid Solvers, interacting fluids with particles, fine-tuning fluid container properties, expression-controlled fluids, advanced heat dynamics, combustible fluids, soft surface simulations, realistic liquid simulations, converting fluids to polygons, and an array of additional lessons designed to give you the ability to create stunning fluid effects with complete professionalism.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skills to create mind-blowing visual effects, Digital-Tutors reveals the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 38,000 artists around the world have named Digital-Tutors – their most trusted resource for training tools..

Digital Tutors - Maya Unlimited Hair

Easily learn Maya Hair at your own pace with 2 hrs. 45 min., 1 disc of project-based training. Great for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:
Sample: Adding a Ribbon to the Bow

* Paint Hair Tool
* Modify Curve Tools
* Constraint Systems
* Collision Objects
* Converting Curves into Dynamic Curves
* Paint FX
* Scale Ramp Widgets
* Hair Turbulence
* MEL
* Braiding and Curly Hair
* mental ray
* Applying Hair to Polygon Surfaces



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Easily learn one of the greatest additions to Maya 6 Unlimited with intricate detail, simplicity, and at your own pace. Maya Unlimited: Hair is among the industry’s most comprehensive step-by-step training kits available for all users of all levels. Maya Unlimited: Hair dissolves the complexity of the Maya Hair system and in 2 hrs. 45 min., 1 disc. of revolutionary training methods, outfits your creative tool belt with the essential techniques, concepts, and methods to achieve professional scales.

Maya Unlimited: Hair guides you through the entire process of creating hair in a series of interactive projects from the award-winning educators of Digital-Tutors. The innovative concepts and methods used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of self-paced training exercises. Breakthrough techniques you will learn include the Paint Hair tool, Modify Curve tools, constraint systems, collision objects, converting curves into dynamic curves, Paint FX, Scale Ramp Widgets, Hair Turbulence, using MEL to change attributes, braiding and creating curly hair, rendering in mental ray, applying hair to polygon surfaces, and countless added techniques giving you the ability to create realistic work with unsurpassed artistic detail.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skills to create visually fascinating and compelling work, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors – their most trusted resource for training tools.

Digital Tutors - Maya Unlimited Fluid Effects

Learn how to accurately create and render fluid effects in Maya with over 3 hours of interactive training. Ideal for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:
Sample: Using Maps in Containers
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* Dynamic Simulations
* Container Properties
* Texturing
* Color Maps
* Emitting Fluids from Objects and Curves
* Colliding Fluids with Objects
* Pond and Ocean Systems
* Wakes
* Explosions
* Creating Atmospheric Systems




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How do the professionals make Fluid effects with unsurpassed photo realism and compelling visual detail? Maya Unlimited: Fluid Effects, specifically designed by the award-winning Digital-Tutors, answers your questions in the industry’s first step-by-step training kit. Digital-Tutors proudly bring you in over 180 minutes of the most comprehensive and revolutionized training in the world, Maya Unlimited: Fluid Effects.

Maya Unlimited: Fluid Effects focuses on the innovative fluid technology, which gives you integrated tools and controls for accurately simulating and rendering all fluid effects. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of interactive training exercises. As you learn cutting-edge effects in detail, other techniques you will also learn include: dynamic simulations, container properties, texturing, color maps, emitting fluids from objects and curves, colliding fluids with objects, pond and ocean systems, wakes, explosions, creating atmospheric systems, and all the controls necessary to give you the ability to create stunning visual effects of professional magnitude that until recent were almost impossible to achieve.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skills to create stunning and sophisticated imagery using fluid effects, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors their #1 and most trusted resource for training tools..

Digital Tutors - Maya Unlimited: Cloth

Easily learn the powerful features of Maya Cloth at your own pace with over 3 hours of interactive training. Perfect for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:
Sample: Adding Cloth to Fluid Simulation

* Base Curves
* Bend and Stretch Properties
* Transform Constraints
* Panel Curves
* Resolution Adjustments
* Collision Constraints
* Painting Cloth Properties
* Solvers
* Turning Objects into Cloth
* Dynamic Fields
* Scale
* Density
* Thickness



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Easily learn one of the most powerful features Maya 6 Unlimited with flawless detail, simplicity, and at your own pace. Maya Unlimited: Cloth, among the industry’s most innovative training kits, details Maya’s intricate Cloth system in a comprehensive step-by-step format for all levels of expertise. Maya Unlimited: Cloth dispels the complexity of the Maya Cloth system and in over 2.5 hours of revolutionary training methods, stocks your creative supply with the essential techniques, concepts, and methods to achieve unimaginable heights.

Maya Unlimited: Cloth guides you through the entire process of creating cloth in a series of interactive projects from the award-winning educators of Digital-Tutors. The innovative concepts and methods used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of self-paced training exercises. Breakthrough techniques you will learn include creating base curves, bend and stretch properties, transform constraints, panel curves, resolution adjustments, collision constraints, painting cloth properties, using different solvers, turning objects into cloth, dynamic fields, setting the scale, density, and thickness, and limitless extra techniques giving you the ability to create realistic work with unsurpassed artistic detail and accuracy.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skills to create visually captivating and photo realistic work, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors their #1 resource for training tools.

Digital Tutors - Maya Unlimited: Fur

Easily learn Maya Fur with 2 hours of fun interactive training. Great for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:
Sample: Shading the Fur and Shadows
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* Adjusting Fur Attributes
* Randomizing Fur Attributes
* Shading Fur
* Adding Attractors
* Adjusting Attractors
* Dynamic Forces
* Creating a Grid of Attractors
* Adding Fur to NURBS Objects
* Creating Custom Maps
* Setting Color and Feedback
* Combing Fur




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Ever wanted to learn how to create fur on your own creatures and sets similar to what the professionals create for movies? Maya Unlimited: Fur, designed by the award-winning Digital-Tutors, answers your question in the industry’s most comprehensive step-by-step training kit. Maya Unlimited: Fur takes one of the most powerful features of Maya Unlimited and in over 2 hours of revolutionary training, equips your creative arsenal with the essential techniques, concepts, and methods to achieve professional magnitudes.

Maya Unlimited: Fur guides you through the entire Fur process in the same series of interactive projects, which earned Digital-Tutors a Telly Award for the broadcast community. The concepts, methods, and tools used for each process are presented in clear and easy to follow steps with an array of self-paced training exercises. The breakthrough techniques you will learn include adjusting fur attribute, randomizing fur attributes, shading the fur, adding attractors, adjusting the attractors, connecting dynamic forces, creating a grid of attractors, adding the fur to the body, creating custom maps, and countless added techniques giving you the ability to create realistic imagery that until recent were almost impossible to achieve.

By allowing you to learn at your own pace and develop the necessary skills to create visually astonishing and sophisticated work, Digital-Tutors reveal the secrets of our unparalleled training approach and unlock your hidden potential. Learn why over 30,000 artists around the world have made Digital-Tutors their most trusted resource for training tools.

Gnomon_ZBrush_Introduction To ZBrush
Tools and Workflow With Meats Meier

IntroDuction :
Meats Meier is a resident artist and instuctor at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects where he teaches the first ever ZBrush course. An award-winning digital artist, Meats has over a decade of experience in a wide range of artistic fields. His past titles include: airbrush artist, lead artist at Beyond Games, a video game studio, and technical director/compositor at the Orphanage on such feature films as Hellboy and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. He also maintains a successful career as an independent artist. Meats’ artwork has been featured on the covers of numerous books, magazines, and web sites. Meats was honored with the prestigious "Maya Master" title by Alias at SIGGRAPH 2003.

Chapters :
01: Texturing
02: Zspheres
03: Multi-markers
04: Displacement Creation
05: Rendering within ZBrush
06: Zscripts

Topics Covered :
Basics of ZBrush
Interface
2.5D Tools
3D Primitives
3D Edit Mode
Alpha Skinning
Texturing
Zspheres
Multi-markers
Displacement
Creation
Rendering within ZBrush
Zscripts
Preferences

ZBrush