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3ds Max and Stage Automation
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3ds Max and Stage Automation

Posted 6 May 2013 2:47 pm by Christopher Diggins on 3D SDK and Scripting Mayhem

Stage automation plays an important role in live entertainment events from music shows to Cirque du Soleil. What may come as a surprise is that thanks to a plug-in from Stage Technologies 3ds Max is playing an increasingly important role in designing, simulating, and visualizing live event automation.

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3dsMax2014: Features and Improvements you might have missed.
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3dsMax2014: Features and Improvements you might have missed.

Posted 3 May 2013 1:31 pm by chrismmurray on Max Nation

This post covers all the new and improved features in the 2014 Release of 3dsmax.

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HOT TIPS:  Ordering ConnectFX with Grid Snapping
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HOT TIPS: Ordering ConnectFX with Grid Snapping

Posted 3 May 2013 11:34 am by Ultimate_Smoker* on The Smoke Learning Blog

A very short hot tip showing you how to use the pixel grid and snapping to keep your node trees tidy. A useful practical tip.

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Autodesk Gameware User Summit 2013 Videos
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Autodesk Gameware User Summit 2013 Videos

Posted 2 May 2013 11:35 pm by p1ut0nium on Game On

Check out some new Gameware presentations from the Gameware User Summit in Seoul Korea.

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Scene Files from my Maya 2014 Unfold Presentation
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Scene Files from my Maya 2014 Unfold Presentation

Posted 30 April 2013 5:49 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

As promised here are the scene files from my Unfold presentation along with some brief descriptions.

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Backburner 2014 download
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Backburner 2014 download

Posted 30 April 2013 12:52 pm by MaxStation on MaxStation

During some 3ds Max 2014 installs the Backburner 2014 option may be missing.

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Tools for Award Winners (And the Rest of Us Too) | Autodesk Media & Entertainment Events | Melbourne 3 June | Sydney 4 June |
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Tools for Award Winners (And the Rest of Us Too) | Autodesk Media & Entertainment Events | Melbourne 3 June | Sydney 4 June |

Posted 29 April 2013 6:16 am by Con_Nicholas on ME@ANZ

SPECIAL EVENT: During this session, you will hear from two award winning Australian visual effects customers, Animal Logic and Fin Design, who will share their experiences in creating award winning high end effects for film and advertising using Autodesk creative software.

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More Paint Training - Painting on Alpha Channels with Smoke
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More Paint Training - Painting on Alpha Channels with Smoke

Posted 26 April 2013 2:51 pm by Ultimate_Smoker* on The Smoke Learning Blog

Two new videos added to the paint training collection! Learn to paint on the alpha channel using either Desktop Paint or ConnectFX Paint. Downloadable media included!

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The Flame Award - Nominate your Favorite Flame Artists!
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The Flame Award - Nominate your Favorite Flame Artists!

Posted 26 April 2013 1:15 pm by Bill Ennis on Flame Premium can do that

At NAB this year, we announced the Flame Award. It is our way of celebrating the achievements of all the amazing Flame artists who have been advancing VFX creation for over 20 years. The award will go to a Flame artist who has gone above and beyond in demonstrating a dedication to advancing visual effects creation through the skilled use of Flame – and we need your help in selecting the winner!

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More Master Classes by Lyne Lepage on AREA
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More Master Classes by Lyne Lepage on AREA

Posted 25 April 2013 4:37 pm by Bill Ennis on Flame Premium can do that

More Flame Premium Master Classes are available on AREA. Lyne Lepage, Visual Effects Artist and Colorist, joins us again to take you through a project from A-Z in Flame Premium. With her latest installment, Lyne dives into the Flame Premium toolset to help bring you up to speed on the 20th Anniversary Edition toolset and workflow. In three master classes, she covers the three main tasks the you can accomplish with the software – editing, visual effects, and grading.

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