http://area.autodesk.com/forum/ The Area en Copyright 2012 2012-05-22T11:57:18+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/to-reinforce-the-revolution-cgstudiomapcom-evolves/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/to-reinforce-the-revolution-cgstudiomapcom-evolves/page-last/#When:12:43:23Z To Reinforce the Initialized Revolution, CGStudioMap.com Merges Into CGStepInside.com ! Based on new generation map-based directories, CGStepInside.com is a premier company aimed at gathering and sharing information on CG professionals. Since 2010, the team, consisted of CG professionals and web developer, dictated to assist the industry to sharpen the view on the community. Began with www.CGStudioMap.com, the best directories of CG Studios worldwide, the group is always working on finding how to improve your experience with us. Register and give to your company a worldwide visibility seen by more than 10000 professionals every month ! Join your Future ! 2012-03-25T12:43:23+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/autodesk-maya-masterclass/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/autodesk-maya-masterclass/page-last/#When:02:30:36Z 26 Oct. 11:15 – 12:15 || 12:15 – 13:15 [size=3] The special guest Patrice Paradis from Autodesk will come directly in Turin (Italy) during the VIEW Conference. Don't lose the incredible opportunity to listen some precious tips about the role of previz in storytelling. Be quick to register, last available places! [/size] All informations: http://viewconference.it/autodesk-view-conference Pdf: http://viewconference.it/workshops/English/AUTODESK_en.pdf 2011-10-14T02:30:36+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/softimageuebertage2011-august-26th-2011-in-siegen-germany/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/softimageuebertage2011-august-26th-2011-in-siegen-germany/page-last/#When:08:42:44Z Hey guys! Here are some news on our usermeeting! Have a look at our website. This is our schedule so far: Tim Borgmann (http://www.bt-3d.de) with "Making of.." Walter Volbers und Max Zimmermann from FIFTYEIGHT (http://www.fiftyeight.com) with a "Making of.." Helge Mathee from Exocortex (http://www.exocortex.com) with "Momentum 3.0" Eric Mootz from Mootzoid (http://www.mootzoid.com) with "Current Developments" Holger Schönberger from BinaryAlchemy (http://www.binaryalchemy.de) with "BA_Shader" Pablo Bach from Liga01 Computerfilm (http://www.liga01.de) with a "Making of.." Perhaps Chaosgroup will be our guest again, but that is not sure by now. So if you are around, come and join us! Feel free to register here: www.softimage-uebertage.de Stay tuned! Best, oliver 2011-08-16T08:42:44+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/industry-giants-2011-ten-in-texas-conference-and-masterclass-in-dallas-tx/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/industry-giants-2011-ten-in-texas-conference-and-masterclass-in-dallas-tx/page-last/#When:19:39:07Z Industry Giants 2011: June 25-26, 2011 Industry Giants 2011: Ten in Texas 10th Anniversary Event June 25-26, 2011 A BUNCH OF SHORT GUYS Hosts INDUSTRY GIANTS 2011: Ten in Texas Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum A Bunch of Short Guys are proud to announce this year’s Industry Giants 2011: Ten in Texas, the tenth anniversary event of Texas’ premiere Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum. The two day conference features id Software co-founder and lead programmer John Carmack, along with many other presentations from creative professionals around the world. The tenth annual event takes place Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis Street, Dallas, TX 75208. The event is open to the public, students, and industry professionals. Hosted and organized annually by the filmmaking/visual effects, animation, game development non-profit, A Bunch of Short Guys, Industry Giants 2011’s first day features a series of lectures that conclude with a panel discussion. The second day features exclusive Masterclasses, taught by the leading experts in various fields of art and technology. The distinctive lineup of presenters work in all areas of animation and visual effects for film, television, and games. Schedules and ticket information are available online at www.industrygiants.org. Presenter Topics / Saturday, June 25: John Carmack – Lead Programmer and Co-Founder - i.d. Software Jason Manley – Founder - Massive Black, ConceptArt.org, The Art Department (TAD) Allan McKay – Visual Effects Supervisor, Director, Producer – Catastrophic FX Kevin Johnstone – Artist – Epic Software Chad Sellers – Animator – Walt Disney Animation Studios Rita Street – President - Radar Cartoons Masterclasses / Sunday, June 26: Paul Gaboury – 3D Application Engineer, Pixologic – “ZBrush Across the Entertainment Industry” Mike Mattesi – Author of The Force - “Drawing for Animation” Allan McKay – Visual Effects Supervisor, Catastrophic FX – “Visual Effects for Hollywood Blockbusters” Johan Klingler – Animation Instructor, The Art Institute of Dallas – “CG Workbooking as Compositional Layout” Rita Street - President, Radar Cartoons - "Developing Intellectual Properties" Bettye Zoller and J. Schuh – Actors – “Voiceover in Games and Animation” Ronnie Williford – Lead Animator, Powerhouse Animation – “Modern Life Drawing” Francis Vallejo - Studio Lead, The Art Department - "Life Drawing for Comics and Illustration" Robby Lamb - Artist, Bioware - "World Development and Environment Art for Games" Jason Manley, Kevin Johnstone, Brett Briley - "Careers in Game Development Panel" ABOSG paid members receive significant discounts on tickets, so sign up online for your membership today! www.abosg.org Questions? Please contact Amy Cass at 512-659-3705 or by email: president@abosg.org. 2011-06-06T19:39:07+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/this-wednesday-free-1-hour-revit-class-from-cgschool/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/this-wednesday-free-1-hour-revit-class-from-cgschool/page-last/#When:16:29:49Z Interested in Revit? CGschool is offering a 1-hour free webinar on Revit this Wednesday. To register, and for an overview of other webinars, visit http://www.thecgschool.com/register. Not interested in Revit? We've got 10+ hours of 1-hour recordings on V-Ray, 3ds Max, internet marketing, WordPress, Dreamweaver, Flash, PF Track, and many more. To view those webinars right now, go to http://www.thecgschool.com/login/. 2011-01-03T16:29:49+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/3d-animation-mastercass-malaysia/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/3d-animation-mastercass-malaysia/page-last/#When:13:39:13Z [size=14][color=orange][b]LEARN FROM THE MASTER OF ANIMATION[/b][/size][/color] [size=11][b][color=red]International 3D Animation Masterclass[/color][/b][/size] [b]Speaker [/b]: SHAWN KELLY from USA [b]Date [/b] : 13 & 14 December 2010 [b]Time [/b] : 10.00am - 5.00pm [b]Venue [/b] : Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil [size=9]Learn from the master who animates [color=orange]Day After tomorrow, War of the Worlds, Transformer I & II, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Indiana Jones 4[/size] and many more!!! [/color] [size=9][b][color=green]LIMITED TIME[/size] only! [/b]JOIN US NOW. [/color] [size=9]For more information go to [color=red]www.toaevents.com[/size][/color] 2010-11-14T13:39:13+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/5-free-1-hour-visualization-webinars-from-cgschool/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/5-free-1-hour-visualization-webinars-from-cgschool/page-last/#When:15:37:39Z Thought this might come in handy for anyone wanting to learn more about Visualization: [b]The CGschool announces five free 1-hour webinars[/b] by various industry experts from around the world. Each class consists of a 1-hour overview of the courses currently offered at The CGschool. To register, and for an overview of the webinars, visit [URL="http://www.thecgschool.com/register"]http://www.thecgschool.com/register[/URL]. November 1 - Internet Marketing for Architectural Visualization – Brian Zajac November 2 - 3ds Max Advanced Modeling – Alex Gorbunov November 3 - V-Ray Beginner and Intermediate – Brian Smith November 4 – VRay Advanced Level 1 – Lon Grohs from Neoscape November 5 – Photoshop Beginner and Intermediate – Brian Zajac 2010-10-26T15:37:39+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/pixars-renderman-workshop-dylan-sisson-at-viewconference-italy/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/pixars-renderman-workshop-dylan-sisson-at-viewconference-italy/page-last/#When:08:56:53Z Hi everybody! VIEWConference has come back! The premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Digital Cinema, 3D Animation, Gaming, VFX and Interactive Techniques, will take place in Turin from 26th to 29th October, followed by the VIEWFest, the Computer Animation Festival (from 29th to 31st october). Once again Dylan Sisson, the main Pixar's RenderMan expert, will teach at VIEW in an exclusive workshop the secrets of the famous Pixar's RenderMan software, including topics such as the software's story and origins, and its use in the last Pixar's masterpiece, TOY STORY 3. [size=3][color=red][b]Dylan Sisson: "Talking Trash about Toy Story 3" Shading and Lighting with Pixar's RenderMan[/b] [/color][/size] First Part The climatic scenes of Toy Story 3 take place in a perilous incinerator, featuring vast amounts of trash ... these scenes were some of the most technically challenging in the movie. During this workshop Dylan Sisson will explore some of the strategies used to shade and light this enormous amount of trash, with a focus on Pixar's core rendering technology, RenderMan. Dylan will present some of the advanced lighting and shading techniques that were essential for creating final result, and will show how Pixar's shading tool, Slim, was used to create sophisticated layered shaders for the trash. Second Part During the second half of his talk, Dylan will give an preview and demonstration of the upcoming release of RenderMan Studio 3.0, Pixar's suite of rendering tools for Autodesk's Maya. The entire presentation will demonstrate how both large and small VFX studios may expect to benefit from Pixar's RenderMan tools. This workshop will take place everyday from 14:15-16:15. [size=3]All information is on website: www.viewconference.it[/size] Free entrance, register online to access the conference VIEWConference 2010 (26-29 October, Conference Center Torino Incontra,Via N. Costa 8, Turin, Italy) 2010-09-23T08:56:53+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/free-3d-workshop/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/free-3d-workshop/page-last/#When:22:24:22Z i3DTutorials™ Hosts its First Live Workshop Miami, FL - August 2010 Join i3DTutorials live at the Kovens Conference Center, located at Florida International University (FIU) Biscayne campus on Saturday August 28 from 12pm to 2pm as i3DTutorials hosts its first live workshop in sunny Miami, Florida. This workshop will cover many topics spanning across areas such as computer animation, video game development, and architectural and design visualization. Workshop overview: Architectural Visualization- Photo-realistic rendering with mental ray and 3dsMax 2011 will be covered in our architectural and design visualization segment, including workflow and techniques for achieving high quality results as fast and efficient as possible with the mental ray renderer. Autodesk 2011 Media and Entertainment- We will be having demonstrations on the latest Autodesk Media & Entertainment products, including 3dsMax 2011, Maya 2011, and Softimage 2011. Topics will cover some of the more prominent features of each animation package, including new features and tools in the latest offering from Autodesk 2011 products. Game Development- This segment of our workshop will cover next-gen game development techniques using a mixed pipeline environment consisting of 3dsMax, Maya, Softimage, and ZBrush. We will focus our efforts on implementation for the Unity3D engine. This robust engine allows us to easily integrate a mixed pipeline and take advantage of multiple software packages to quickly and easily build assets and game content. We will be covering the workflow from asset creation to engine implementation and making standalone builds. This workshop is being offered for free. However, because of limited space, everyone in attendance is required to reserve a seat through our RSVP page. This ensures that you have a seat at the workshop and will be able to attend. Please RSVP here: http://www.i3dschool.com/free-computer-graphics-workshop-august-28-2010/ For more information regarding this workshop, please visit: http://www.i3dschool.com/ This workshop will be held at the Florida International University’s Kovens Conference Center. Please see the following link for directions: http://kovens.fiu.edu/maps.asp About i3DTutorials™ i3DTutorials™ is a digital content creation training company focused on creating the latest cutting edge training material for a broad range of computer graphics software. With a growing library of training titles for the most popular software, i3DTutorials™ is one of the fastest growing companies creating hi-end training material for Autodesk Media and Entertainment software, including Autodesk Softimage, Autodesk Maya, and Autodesk 3dsMax. With an emphasis on teaching industry techniques, i3DTutorials™ has training products designed for hobbyists, professionals, students, and professors. i3DTutorials™ training products cover a wide array of topics and features within computer graphics that are designed to have even students creating hi-end professional projects. For more information about i3DTutorials™, please visit www.i3DTutorials.com About Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of the-art digital prototyping solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com. Autodesk, Maya, Softimage, and 3ds Max are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2009 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. # # # 2010-08-26T22:24:22+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/call-for-3-d-stereoscopic-entries/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-3d-general/area-announcements/call-for-3-d-stereoscopic-entries/page-last/#When:13:43:21Z Call for entries: submit your 3-D stereoscopic entry online by March, 31st. After the Jury (judges from pixar, disney, dreamworks, etc) determined the 7 winners, they will be screened within an award ceremony at fmx2010 conference. Prizes include several 3-D TVs, software, etc, worth 20.000€ www.invazion.org for more details Due to many requests we have added useful links on proper stereoscopic camera setups and other tips and tricks around stereoscopy and 3-D film production on the FAQ page. It's still time to add a 2nd camera to your project and render a 2nd perspective. http://www.invazion.org/faq_stereoscopy.html Hope to hear from you soon! 2010-03-12T13:43:21+02:00