The Techniques from the Masters, Volume I disc is a compilation of professional-level video tutorials put together from a variety of instructors who want to share some of their knowledge with the 3D community. This disc was created using video submissions from 3D Buzz's Content Developers Contest #2, and the entries are incredible! You're not going to find this much bang for so few bucks anywhere!

Covering nearly thirteen hours of video training over 11 different applications, this first volume of the Techniques from the Masters series will teach you a wide variety of secrets and tricks ranging from modeling to advanced rigging to rendering to matchmoving and even on to network programming and much more!

Included Videos

Instructor:

* Modeling and Texturing for Unreal Engine 3 (Roboblitz) using 3ds Max and Photoshop (1.36 hrs)
Instructor: Serguei Kalentchouk

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* Introduction to Network Programming with C++ (41 min)
Instructor: Crisostamo Trevino

1_Introduction



2_Server



3_Client




* Animating DAZ Studio Assets using 3ds Max and Motionbuilder (36 min)
Instructor: Frank Van Noordt

Asset Acquisition



* Modeling a Barstool in Houdini (46 min)
Instructor: Jerry Stanley

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* Creating Dynamic Ropes using Maya Hair (1.0 hrs)
Instructor: Peter Claes

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* Modeling, Rigging, and Animating a Jellyfish in Maya (1.57 hours)
Instructor: Anthony Tompkins

Maya_Jellyfish



* Dynamic Vehicle Rigging with Maya (3.39 hrs)
Instructor: Steven Hughes

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02_sticky_wheels



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04_chassis_control



05_basic_rig



06_organize_the_scene



07_rigging_first_pass



08_rigging_second_pass



09_adding_dynamics



10_animate



* Introduction to Terragen 2 (50 min)
Instructor: Leonard Halmrast

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TerragenIntro_2



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* Matchmoving with Maya and Voodoo (51 min)
Instructor: Oliver Summa

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* Realistic Lighting and Shading with XSI and mental ray (3.42 hrs)
Instructor: Christian Goetzinger

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L2_basics_of_light



L3_shader_components



L4_specularity_in_detail



L5_importance_of_brdf



L6_gamma_correction



L7_mia_material



L8_anti_aliasing



L9_indirect_illumination



L10_caustics



L11_lighting



L12_shading



L13_rendering



Total Approx. Running Time: 13.35 hours

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