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Non Application Specific Compositing / VFX Books The Art & Science Of Digital Compositing I have found this online, but i dont know how legit it is...its a french website, but the text is in english HERE Digital Compositing For Film & Video Compositing Digital Compositing In Depth ...

Started by Paul Moran‎, January 6th, 2003 10:37 PM
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From The Effects Corner:Rotoscoping for Animation and Visual Effects. "In this first part I cover what is rotoscoping and when do you use it. Includes examples of creating animation and roto mattes." http://effectscorner.blogspot.com/2006/01/rotoscoping-part-1.html podcast...

Started by SalaTar‎, February 6th, 2006 07:52 PM
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Complete Introduction to Maya 2014 + New CINEMA 4D, ZBrush, 3D-Coat, Unity & More

Maya 2014 has been released with lots of excitement and today we've announced the full Introduction to Maya 2014 for subscribers. Watch over 10 hours of introductory training to get familiar with the latest release and learn about tools and techniques for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation,...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, Yesterday 10:02 AM
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New Introduction to Maya 2014, MARI 2.0, FumeFX, ZBrush, After Effects, Toon Boom...

The wait is officially over to get your hands, or eyeballs, on training for Maya 2014. This week's release starts coverage for all of Autodesk's latest updates. Start watching the first section of the Introduction to Maya 2014 tutorial and look for the last section next Monday. We've split the...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, May 13th, 2013 10:18 AM
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New Tutorials for May: CINEMA 4D, Unity, Maya, MotionBuilder, After Effects and More

With a busy April officially in the books with over 40 new tutorials on Digital-Tutors, we're happy to be back at it in May with 8 more new tutorials. This week's release includes an exciting new CINEMA 4D tutorial on working with XPresso - one of the most underutilized and powerful parts of...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, May 6th, 2013 10:27 AM
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New Tutorials for Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, UDK, Toon Boom, Photoshop & More...

What a month April has been on Digital-Tutors with 43 new tutorials released. It was a long month and that means more training coming your way! Today's release includes eight new tutorials for Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, UDK, Toon Boom Harmony, Photoshop and more. Make sure to check out some...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, April 30th, 2013 06:11 PM
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New Training Released: Toon Boom, Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, CINEMA 4d & More!

April is shaping up to be a great month on Digital-Tutors as five Mondays in April means five new-release days. In the fourth release of the month, we are excited to announce eight new tutorials and 35 tutorials for the month so far. This release features the first training for Toon Boom, and...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, April 22nd, 2013 02:05 PM
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April 22nd, 2013, 02:05 PM Go to last post

THE VIDEO YOU ALL BEEN WAITING FOR - cmiVFX Houdini Mograph

cmiVFX Releases New HOUDINI MOGRAPH VOL 1 High Definition Training Videos for the Visual Effects Industry Princeton, NJ (April 16th, 2013)‚ cmiVFX has released their first video of the brand new HOUDINI MOGRAPH Volume 1. Most of the time Houdini is spoken of, in terms of its usage, is in...

Started by maynard‎, April 16th, 2013 10:34 PM
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Explosions, Teleportation, and So Much More - 9 New Tutorials Released for the Week

It always feels good to release new training that has been highly requested, and this week we bring some of those requests home. Artists can now access nine new tutorials and 27 new tutorials, so far, for April with a Digital-Tutors subscription. Two of the biggest requests and now deliveries,...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, April 15th, 2013 02:12 PM
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April 15th, 2013, 02:12 PM Go to last post

Eight New Tutorials Released for the Second Week of April!

April can be a busy time for students and artists, but it's the perfect time to let Digital-Tutors help you keep learning and find instant production answers. This month, we're bringing many more training options to help you do just that. With eight new tutorials and 18 total in April so far,...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, April 10th, 2013 01:36 PM
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New Softimage, Houdini, CINEMA 4D, Maya, 3ds Max, AE, Intro to ZBrush Tutorials

In this week's release on Digital-Tutors, it really feels like there's almost something for everyone with the addition of 10 new tutorials for eight different applications. The release is highlighted by a highly-requested new Introduction to ZBrush that will help artists jumping into the...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, April 1st, 2013 01:34 PM
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cmiVFX Releases New Houdini Hip Tricks Volume 5 Video

cmiVFX Releases New Houdini Hip Tricks Volume 5 Video High Definition Training Videos for the Visual Effects Industry Princeton, NJ (March 26th, 2013)‚ For years, cmiVFX has been the LEADER in compositing training. We were the first to do Shake, Fusion, Flame, Nuke, Toxik, Scratch, Clarisse and...

Started by maynard‎, March 28th, 2013 11:46 AM
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More New Training for UDK, Maya, 3ds Max, MARI, After Effects + More

Following last week’s release which featured the first UDK tutorial on Digital-Tutors, we’re excited to announce a second UDK tutorial on and more in the works. This week's new UDK tutorial covers Material Creation Workflows. This week also sees more training options for Maya, 3ds Max, After...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, March 25th, 2013 01:19 PM
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March 25th, 2013, 01:19 PM Go to last post

Character Creation with Kris Costa - This Sat. 2PM PST

In this 10 Week Master Class, award-winning artist for Marvel's The Avengers, Kris Costa, will give you an inside look at his workflow for modeling Characters. Kris knows that creating amazing, film-quality characters is about more than just having a great sculpt. To be a character artist, you need...

Started by ZBrushWorkshops‎, March 14th, 2013 06:31 PM
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March 20th, 2013, 07:57 PM Go to last post

Announcing UDK Training and 10 New Tutorials Released

We remember the days of Transforming Robot requests and as soon as the Transforming Robot Production Pipeline came to be, so did the UDK requests. Trust us, your emails, comments and voices were, and still are, heard. Make sure to keep telling us what you want to see next in our training request...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, March 18th, 2013 01:18 PM
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March 18th, 2013, 01:18 PM Go to last post

Over 100 Learning Paths + 8 New Tutorials Released

We're excited to announce that we now have over 100 Learning Paths available for Digital-Tutors subscribers. Each Learning Path outlines what training to watch and in what order to learn a new software of a new step of the pipeline. Pick from Learning Paths in over 20 3D and 2D software - from...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, March 11th, 2013 01:19 PM
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March 11th, 2013, 01:19 PM Go to last post

New Introduction to 3ds Max 2013 - Releases for Maya, After Effects, Photoshop & More

The first weekly release of March 2013 is here and it features 7 new tutorials now available for viewing. This week's release is highlighted by the new introduction to 3ds Max 2013. Watch the new introduction to 3ds Max 2013 and build your own VTOL aircraft while learning the fundamentals of...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, March 4th, 2013 01:13 PM
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March 4th, 2013, 01:13 PM Go to last post

cmiVFX Releases New Clarisse Deep Matte Painting Video

cmiVFX Releases New Clarisse Deep Matte Painting Video High Definition Training Videos for the Visual Effects Industry (Princeton, NJ March 5th, 2013) cmiVFX has released the brand new Deep Matte Paintings in Clarisse video. Take a step into the future of rendering with the all new Isotropix...

Started by maynard‎, March 4th, 2013 11:01 AM
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March 4th, 2013, 11:01 AM Go to last post

You can save 30% on everything at cmiVFX until March 12th

Hello everyone, We are now posting this at VFXTALK prior to our next announcement. Get 30% Off Everything at cmiVFX RIGHT NOW! Step 1) Visit http://www.cmivfx.com Step 2) Select as many videos as possible (Here are some links below) Step 3) Enter in this code vfxlives in the store...

Started by maynard‎, March 4th, 2013 10:48 AM
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March 4th, 2013, 10:48 AM Go to last post

Six New 3D & 2D Courses Released and 27 New Courses for February

Last week's release marked the 1,000th course on Digital-Tutors and this week we have six more new courses now available for subscribers. This week's release features a great update to our introductory Maya animation training and an exciting Maya dynamics course on creating realistic smoke and...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, February 27th, 2013 01:34 PM
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February 27th, 2013, 01:34 PM Go to last post

New Tutorials for Sculpting, Photoshop Mech Soldier, Composition, Maya & More

Monday means new training on Digital-Tutors and for the third week of February we have seven more new tutorials now available for subscribers. And if you're keeping score, yes, that's three weeks in a row with seven new tutorials released. Looking back to the new weekly releases starting January...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, February 18th, 2013 02:45 PM
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February 18th, 2013, 02:45 PM Go to last post

New Tutorials for CINEMA 4D Animation, Maya Modeling, ZBrush, After Effects & More...

Call it lucky number seven of late, as we release seven new tutorials for the second consecutive week! In the second release of February, we've got exciting new training for CINEMA 4D, Maya, ZBrush, After Effects, graphic design, and a very helpful new tutorial on Color Theory for Today's Creative...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, February 11th, 2013 01:24 PM
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February 11th, 2013, 01:24 PM Go to last post

New Tutorials for Smoke, Maya Character Modeling, Maya & 3ds Max Animation, & More

The first new-training release of February is here and we're excited to announce the first training for Autodesk Smoke and seven new tutorials. For those new to Smoke, it is an all encompassing video editing and effects software that provides users with tools for 3D compositing, color correction,...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, February 4th, 2013 02:28 PM
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February 4th, 2013, 02:28 PM Go to last post

New Tutorials for After Effects, Maya MoCap, 3ds Max Modeling, Digital Art & More

We're happy to announce eight exciting new tutorials now available for viewing on Digital-Tutors. This last release of the month marks one of the best months for new releases on Digital-Tutors so far, with Learn more on 54 new tutorials added to the training library. We're working hard to build...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, January 28th, 2013 03:07 PM
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January 28th, 2013, 03:07 PM Go to last post

Particle emitters and force regions with soft borders

This short tutorial is based on Eyeon Fusion's particle system, but the same technique can be implemented in any particle-capable compositing or 3D-software: http://vfxpedia.com/index.php?title=Tips_and_Techniques/Soft_Particle_Regions

Started by Gringo‎, January 26th, 2013 05:56 AM
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January 26th, 2013, 05:56 AM Go to last post

New Tutorials for Maya, ZBrush, CINEMA 4D & Photoshop

This week's release marks the fourth consecutive week of our new weekly training releases. After sticking with the monthly release schedule last year, this year we really wanted to open it up again and get more training in artists' hands faster. The latest release features five more additions and...

Started by Digital-Tutors‎, January 21st, 2013 03:41 PM
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Views: 695
January 21st, 2013, 03:41 PM Go to last post

Introduction to Multi-Pass Compositing

This article explains the math, benefits and issues of multi-pass compositing using V-Ray render elements as the basis. All the techniques are applicable to render passes, generated by other rendering engines. Introduction to Multi-Pass Compositing

Started by Gringo‎, January 18th, 2013 09:50 AM
compositing, eyeon, fusion, passes, v-ray
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Views: 699
January 18th, 2013, 09:50 AM Go to last post

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