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The Gnomon Workshop – The Techniques of Syd Mead Gmonon – The Techniques of Syd Mead (Vol.1-4) Volume 1: Thumbnail Sketching and Line Drawings Syd’s first DVD introduces the student to the principles of creating thumbnail sketches and subsequent line drawings in the process of creating a successful composition. Topics illustrated include establishing value using only shades of black, and then using those shades to identify levels of detail in the composition, including vehicles, architecture, people and foliage

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DVD1: Character Rigging and Animation with Character Studio Learn how to “trick-out” your biped! Pia Maffei, of Applied Ideas, demonstrates how to customize Biped to create custom character rigs. Use Null Helper objects with 3ds max Animation Constraints to work with Biped bones and use the Motion Mixer to work with animation tracks. (…) Read the rest of DVD1: Character Rigging and Animation with Character Studio (26 words) © naveen for CG Persia , 2009

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Footage, Sound Effects : The Series 2000 Sound Effects Library 22 CDs Sound ideas 2000 SFX Library MP3 128 Kbps | 2,000 tracks | 22 CDs | 1.20 GB The Sound Ideas 2000 Sound Effects Library was the world’s first royalty free collection of stereo sound effects to be recorded and mastered digitally. The sound quality is impressive and has set the standard for digital sound fx production worldwide. The collection of 22 CDs is invaluable on its own, or for added power in the studio, it works in perfect harmony with other Sound Ideas sound effects libraries

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Lost Pencil 3Ds Max Animation 2CD Lost Pencil 3Ds Max Animation 2CD Manufacturer: LostPencil Language: English Video codecs: XviD Video: XVID 800×600 10.00fps 746Kbps Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 22050Hz stereo 160Kbps Description: You dream to model his horse and did not know how? Then the 11 CD ROMs for you. They will tell and show you how to do it, you become totally complete – Modeling, UV Mapping, Rigging, Animating.

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Turbo Training: Advanced Visual Effects 2 Just look at this course outline: (…) Read the rest of Turbo Training: Advanced Visual Effects 2 (216 words) © naveen for CG Persia , 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post categories : 3D , Download , Learning , Tutorial , Video Post tags : DVD , Rapidshare , Special Effects , techniques , Tutorial , video learning , Visual Effects you can subscribe to CG Persia RSS feed

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Turbo Training: Advanced Visual Effects 2

6 CDs for learning Photoshop CS4 up to Advanced level Adobe Photoshop CS4 Design Effects This course goes beyond Photoshop as a photography tool by teaching you to think differently about the way you approach your work. Whether you are a designer, photographer, or illustrator, there is something here for you. This DVD will cover some of the most eye-catching effects used in the digital arts today, and even a few things you—nor your clients—have ever seen before.

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6 CDs for learning Photoshop CS4 up to Advanced level

Digital Tutors – Introduction to Photoshop CS3 (…) Read the rest of Digital Tutors – Introduction to Photoshop CS3 (602 words) © naveen for CG Persia , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post categories : 2D , Graphic Arts , Tutorial , Video Post tags : Adobe , Digital-Tutors , Learning , Photoshop , Rapidshare , Training , Tutorial , video learning you can subscribe to CG Persia RSS feed

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Digital Tutors – Introduction to Photoshop CS3

Autodesk 3D Studio Max Design 2010 – Full ISO DVD XFORCE Autodesk 3D Studio Max Design 2010 – Full ISO DVD XFORCE Explore, validate, and communicate your ideas with Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2010 software—a comprehensive 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution that supports the way architects, designers, engineers, and design visualization specialists approach their projects—from initial concept models to final, cinema-quality presentations. Digital continuity with the AutoCAD®, Revit®, and Autodesk® Inventor® software product families makes 3ds Max Design a key solution for seamless digital visualization workflow.

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Autodesk 3D Studio Max Design 2010

Digital Tutors – Next-Gen Game Pipeline Bundle(16CD) Digital Tutors – Next-Gen Game Pipeline Bundle 8 Gb | 16 CD | 29 hrs. 55 min Learn the production workflow to next-gen game development and time-saving techniques for all stages of game development pipelines. Features low-poly modeling in Maya, sculpting and adding detail in ZBrush, texture painting in ZBrush, animation techniques in Maya, building real-time shaders, and deploying your game with Maya and XNA

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3D World – Dinosaur Project | ~2.3 Gb (…) Read the rest of 3D World – Dinosaur Project (96 words) © naveen for CG Persia , 2009. | Permalink | 8 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post categories : Download , Learning , Tutorial , Video Post tags : Maya , Modeling , post production , Rapidshare , Rigging , video learning , Zbrush you can subscribe to CG Persia RSS feed

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Cartoon Smart-Blender Materials And Textures This video course teaches Texture Mapping ,Image Mapping, UV Mapping, Painting Surfaces , Mirroring & Transparencies ,Surface Reflections, Atmospheric Shading & Lighting, Cloudiness Fog, Particle Emitters, Creating Strands, Combing Particle Systems, Random Texture & Color Variations (…) Read the rest of Cartoon Smart-Blender Materials And Textures (16 words) © naveen for CG Persia , 2009. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post categories : 3D , Learning , Tutorial , Video Post tags : Blender , Cartoon Smart , materials , Rapidshare , Training , video learning you can subscribe to CG Persia RSS feed

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In this DVD Josh Nizzi reveals his techniques for designing robots. He demonstrates his entire robotic design process, from sketching concepts in Photoshop® and creating a rough 3D model in 3ds Max®, to rendering the model in HyperShot™ and finishing the design in Photoshop®, Josh’s approach is particularly valuable in a production setting because it enables the artist to deliver high quality concepts very quickly while simultaneously producing a proxy 3D model that could be used in pre-vis or as a starting point for a final model. (…) Read the rest of Robot Design with Josh Nizzi (8 words) © Users for CG Persia , 2009.

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AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced today that its Ki Pro portable digital disk recorder has been endorsed by top camera manufacturers including ARRI, Canon and RED. Ki Pro records files to the Apple ProRes codec directly from camera, allowing filmmakers, broadcasters, video professionals and prosumers to skip the process of re-rendering to an editing codec by giving immediate access to 10-bit full raster edit-ready ProRes files. Ki Pro was introduced today, and will be on display at the AJA Booth (SL2513) during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 20-23, 2009

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AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, has announced Ki Pro, a portable tapeless video device that records files to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly from camera. Ki Pro provides a new way of connecting production and post with its extensive analog and digital connectivity; virtually any video and audio source can be fed into Ki Pro to record pristine 10-bit ProRes 422 media that is then immediately available to edit within Apple?s Final Cut Studio. Ki Pro will be on display at the AJA Booth (SL2513) at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 20-23, 2009.

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AJA Announces Ki Pro Portable Digital Disk Recorder at NAB 2009

Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, has announced Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX for Avid DS (BCC 6 AVX for DS). Based on Avid’s AVX 1 plug-in architecture, BCC 6 AVX for DS brings nearly 180 filters to 64-bit versions of Avid DS. The release features over 30 new filters including Pixel Fixer, DV Fixer, and Smooth Tone tools; Swish Pan, Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, and Water Color effects; and OpenGL-accelerated effects such as 3D Extruded Image Shatter, Damaged TV, Glint, Glare, Glitter, LED, Lens Flare, Lightning, Prism, Scanline, and Tile Mosaic

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One of the cool things about panoramic stitching in Windows Live Photo Gallery is that you can use it to shoot around foreground objects. Here’s an example from the Woodland Park Zoo where branches (and a fence) prevented me from getting a clean shot of two Zebras in a field. However, by repositioning my body for the source images (to shoot around branches) and later stitching the images together, I was able to easily get the image I wanted

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Tree in the way? No problem!

We’ve been getting comments from users who’ve had issues uploading to existing albums, being confused about upgrading their albums, or not being able to share their original sized photos. Thanks for your feedback – we’ve fixed these problems! Here are the details: Not able to see some of your online albums when trying to publish to them

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Latest version of Windows Live Photo Gallery fixes publishing issues

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet an super sparkly 4 ½ year old girl named Kylie.  She was a fantastic little person who showed the world how to send an email of her sick fish, Dorothy, to her family. It is truly amazing to see how anybody – be it 4 or 90 – can easily use the amazing photo tools that the Windows Live team has built.  Last night on TV, her commercial was debuted. Check it out: JP Wollersheim, Product Manager

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I’m a PC and I’m 4 1/2

Our family takes a lot of digital photos and videos. I imagine that someday my 2 children (Serena and Lucy) will want to see what sorts of things they did as they grew up, so my wife and I—and even the kids—snap shots of all the fun things we do as a family.  Sounds great, right? Well, it is, but the hard part comes when you want to  find, print, or create a scrapbook from some of those photos.   So to deal with that challenge I’ve put together my own system, which also works for my kids and wife—and you

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Quickly find your best (or worst) photos

The Cafe Townesend tutorials, much loved in Dreamweaver 8, have been updated for Dreamweaver CS3 by Jon Varese. You can find it in the Dreamweaver Developer Center here, starting with part 1: Part 1: Setting up your site and project files This is a five part tutorial, so it’s very comprehensive and a great place to start if you’re a web designer starting to work with Dreamweaver

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Creating your first website in Dreamweaver CS3 – 5 part tutorial series