THE GNOMON WORKSHOP: MATCHMOVING:Object Tracking in Production

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Formats: Mac or PC only DVD-ROM

135 Minutes of Lecture

In visual effects work, it is common to have an element in the live-action footage that needs to be tracked. This is often the case when you need to add an effect to an actor's face, attach a CG object to a moving vehicle, or even add lip sync to an animal's performance.

TOPICS COVERED

Object Tracking,Automatic Object Tracking,Moving Cameras/Moving Objects

Fitting and Evaluating Object Motion,Inverting Object/Camera MotionTesting and Troubleshooting

THE GNOMON WORKSHOP: MATCHMOVING:Essential Production Techniques

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Formats: Mac or PC only DVD-ROM

180 Minutes of Lecture

In this DVD, Tim Dobbert walks you through the steps involved in a typical production-level matchmove, also known as camera tracking. In order to integrate CG elements with live-action footage, the essential first step is to align the 3D camera with the real-world camera.

TOPICS COVERED

Photogrammetry,Matchmove Pipeline,2D Tracking,Calibration

Automatic Tracking,Set Fitting,Testing and Troubleshooting

VIDEOCOPILOT-THE BULLET Advanced Training for 3D & After Effects

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What is The Bullet?
This training product is designed to show you how to create large-scale visual effects in an organized and powerful workflow. Starting with the raw footage, we will build all of the necessary elements to complete this amazing visual effects shot of Sam Loya firing a gun in slow motion.

Advanced Training for 3D & After Effects

• Composite a bullet with live action footage

• 21 Tutorials and over 5 hours of training

• 3-in-1 Training for Cinema 4D, 3Ds Max & Blender

• Learn the secrets of 3d multi-pass compositing
• Project files, help files and source footage included

DIGITAL TUTORS: Set Dressing and Design in Maya

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Software Requirement: Maya 8 and up (2008 required for project files)
Run Time: 3 hrs. 41 min., 2 discs
Platform: Mac / PC

DIGITAL TUTORS: Urban Environment Creation in Maya

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Software Requirement: Maya 8.5 or higher

Run Time: 6 hrs. 5 min., 2 discs

Platform: Mac / PC

THE GNOMON WORKSHOP:Intuitive Animation

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Formats: Mac or PC only DVD-ROM

Duration: 200 minutes

In this DVD Robert Kuczera guides you through his character animation process from beginning to end.

TOPICS COVERED:

Animation Principles,Fast Animation,Key Poses,Breakdowns,Inbetweens,Animation Workflow,Optimizing the Workflow

Preparing the Maya Environment,Timeline,Graph Editor,Dope sheet,Layer,Shelves,Hot Keys, MEL Scripts

THE GNOMON WORKSHOP:MAYA DYNAMICS:Outer Space Environments

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Formats: Mac or PC only DVD-ROM

Over 5 1/2 hours of lecture.

In this DVD, John presents the entire process of creating an outer space effects sequence.

TOPICS COVERED

Cloud Particles,Cloud Shader,Lighting,Sprite particles,Emitters,Goal,Springs

Turbulence Field,Expressions,Point Particles,Collisions,Rigid BodyInstance,Paint Effects