The course goes into the techniques used in doing visual effects work with 3DS Max and its plugins - Thinking Particles, Rayfire, and FumeFX. Coming from a feature film production background, the focus is on quality and efficiency. It is a holistic view of the process - from planning, through fragmentation, rigid bodies, particles, fire / smoke, down to management and assembly.

If you want to get into the WordPress community, we've got a great way to start: the WordPress for Designers series, from the old Themeforest Blog. You'll learn everything from installing the platform to slicing a PSD file and turning it into a complete theme.

In this term Gareth will be going into the application of Mari on a high resolution creature for film. He will be covering using Mari in conjunction with other packages and show how you can fit it into your work flow with relative ease. Gareth will be using Mari with Mudbox, Nuke and also show how you can easily use Mari textures in your MentalRay or Renderman set up at home. He will also be covering how to prepare high resolution textures in Photoshop for use in Mari. This will be a project based term showing Gareths process from texturing through to rendering.

Long time fxphd professor Matt Leonard dives into production with his new course covering work he did for Red Dwarf: Back to Earth. Leonard is our leadMaya professor, but he is also an adept compositor who uses tools such as Nuke and Fusion

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Learn & Burn - This is a Quick Workout and introduction featuring Chalene's "Elite 11" moves used throughout TurboJam. Practice with Learn & Burn first to master form and techniques while burning calories and toning your body. Minute Workout 20 - The perfect Choice for beginners or When you are Short on time and Want an Effective Workout. Intense 20 minutes, TurboJam packed! Turbo Jam Sculpt - 40 minutes of muscle blast for shaping, toning and tightening. Build Long, lean, Sculpted muscles in no time. Cardio Party - A Super-Charged, 45 Minute Dance Party That Will Have you burning calories with Infectious Music and Chalene's Trademark positive Attitude. AB JAM - Turbo Jam's Exclusive Formula of cutting-edge AB and core exercises that deliver a tight, toned, sexy midsection!

Do you want to know how to create photorealistic interior visualisations?

In this tutorial we're going to learn to use Maya and TopoGun to convert a high-resolution motorcycle into a game-type model.

Both novice and advanced do-it-yourselfers will gain valuable knowledge as they learn the steps that the pros use to repair an automotive air conditioning system.
- master the basics of how an ac system works
- identify ac components and learn what they do
- inspecting the ac system
- follow step-by-step instructions for complete system service

Throughout these lessons, we'll add all of the audio used in this game.