“I've watched Alex Alvarez's training DVDs on Dynamics... and they are amazing! I've learned so much from the lectures, they have helped make me a better visual effects artist. I started using Maya for effects animation when I joined Square USA for the film "Final Fantasy" about 4 years ago. I wish I had these DVDs then. Well, better late than never. ”

- Andy Chen
Effects Animator
Dreamworks Feature Animation

* Instructor:
Alex ALVAREZ

* Formats: Mac or PC only
* DVD-ROM, System Requirements
* Digital Download, More Information

Deformers are intuitive and interactive tools used to sculpt surfaces into new shapes, circumventing the need to edit vertices one-by-one. Maya offers a large suite of unique deformers which can be used in conjuction with each other to yield complex effects. Whether you are rigging a character or designing a crashing wave, a thorough understanding of Maya’s deformers is crucial. Simple mistakes made early on can cause big problems down the road.

Clusters and Blendshape are two indispensible deformers which you will find yourself relying on over and over again. Clusters allow you to apply transform node functionality to multiple vertices, while Blendshape is a morphing tool. We examine the application of these deformers to NURBS, Polygons and Subdivision surfaces (including NURBS patch models), with a focus on higher-level workflow techniques.

Product Code: DEF01

Clusters
Paint Select
Component Editor
Weight Tool
Edit Membership

Blendshape
NURBS
Polygons
SubD Surfaces
Deformation Order

01: Introduction
02: Clusters
03: Weighting
04: Relative Mode
05: Blendshape Basics
06: Organizing Targets
07: Poly / SubD
08: Patch Models
09: Inbetween
10: Credits

Click here to view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 720x480 with higher quality compression. View the stills to the right to see the actual resolution.

Alex is founder and director of The Gnomon Workshop and of Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Alex has been published in industry magazines, websites, and books - plus he has taught courses at several major trade conferences. His character animation projects have appeared on many computer graphics websites, on the cover of the ‘Maya Character Animation’ book published by New Riders, and his 'Zufuhr' project was commissioned by Alias for their Siggraph stage presentations. Alex is president of the Los Angeles Alias Users Group and sits on the Advisory Board for Highend3D.com. Prior to Gnomon, Alex worked for Alias, as a consultant and trainer for studios in the Los Angeles area. Alex is an alumni of the Art Center College of Design and the University of Pennsylvania.
For more of Alex's work, visit: www.alexalvarez.com.

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This tutorial also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 7.1 or higher), and Acrobat Reader (Version 6.0 or higher) in order to view its contents. The web links for these installers are below.

The Minimum System Requirements are:
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

The Minimum Operating System Requirements are:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.

The web links for these installers are below. If you don't have these items on your computer, please install these items before you launch the DVD-ROM Gnomon Workshop movie.

Lesson Outline (16 lessons)


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