“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: DVD-Video, Region 0, NTSC
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Wires and Wrinkles are curve deformers, which are useful as both sculpting and effects tools. While a wire can be used to reshape or animate a character’s brow, they can also be used to create ripples, ocean swells or burrowing creatures.

Jiggle deformers are unique in that they do not deform surfaces via direct user manipulation. Their purpose is to create automated secondary shape animation (inertia-driven follow through). For example, a character’s thighs can exhibit the correct amount of wobble as he walks or a bird’s feathers can react naturally to the flapping of its wings. In this lecture we also discuss the pros and cons of Jiggle deformers vs Softbody dynamics.

Product Code: DEF03

Wire
Wrinkle
Clusters
Jiggle
Spline IK

Blendshape
Smoothbind
Wrap
Softbodies

01: Introduction
02: Wire
03: Wire Ripple
04: Curved Wires
05: Skinning Wires
06: Jiggle Overview
07: Jiggle Basics
08: Jiggle Examples
09: 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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