Pluralsight - 360 VR Compositing in NUKE

October 26, 2016, 8:43 am

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This course will teach you the basics of the virtual reality filmmaking medium, and it will guide you through the setup of your own VR camera rig in Maya and the new compositing workflows in NUKE.

You might have heard of a new little thing called virtual reality (VR). If you have, and you're curious about VR, then this course, 360 VR Compositing in NUKE, is the perfect course for you because it will introduce you to this new filmmaking medium. First, you'll explore the foundations of a VR workflow and how it's different from a standard stereoscopic project. Next, you'll jump into Maya and set up your own VR stereo rig. Finally, you'll take a stereo render from Maya and bring it into NUKE to discuss this new VR compositing workflow. When you're finished with this Virtual Reality course, you'll not only have a solid understanding of this new frontier, but you'll also have the skills to then apply these techniques to your own unique project.

Software required: Nuke 9.0v4, and Maya 2016.

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/nuke-360-vr-compositing-2495

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Lynda - Premiere Pro Guru: Online Offline Workflows

October 26, 2016, 9:42 am

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An online/offline workflow, also known as a proxy workflow, gives you the option to edit with lightweight proxy files and then relink to the original camera files for final render. A low-res proxy—an offline copy of your footage—can be created during ingest or started later in the browser. This course demonstrates a workflow for the creation and organization of proxies in Premiere Pro, concluding with relinking safely and intelligently to the high-quality master files. Jeff I. Greenberg explains the benefits and risks associated with an online/offline workflow, and shows how to choose the proper presets, codecs, and media locations. He shows how to use Adobe Media Encoder to build custom proxy presets, and demonstrates advanced workflows for outputting high-quality masters, as well as low-quality proxies for remote editing workflows.

Topics include:

Understanding proxy (aka online/offline) workflows
How (and where) to create proxies
Creating proxies at ingest
Adjusting settings
Viewing proxy metadata
Attaching full-resolution clips to a proxy-only system
Building custom proxy presets
Outputting high-quality masters and low-quality proxies

http://lynda.com/tutorial/490927

O’Reilly – Turning Color Photographs Into Stunning Black and White

October 26, 2016, 10:08 am

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Black and white photography has seen a tremendous resurgence in the past few years with more and more designers incorporating it into their creative workflows. Targeted at learners with a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, this inventive course reveals the specific techniques the pros use in those software programs to convert color images into spectacular black and white.

With wit and wisdom, image designer Andy Anderson takes you on a creative journey that answers two very important questions: How do we convert the images and why are we converting them?

Master the special techniques required to transform color images into stunning B/W images
Learn to manipulate B/W images using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
Explore the workflows used to create images quickly and efficiently
Understand the techniques used to create realistic looking vintage effects
Learn to convert color movies into black and white
Discover why B/W photography is enjoying a resurgence in the creative industry
See where, how, and why B/W images are used in the real world

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920054658.do

Lynda - Affinity Photo: Basic Portrait Retouching

October 26, 2016, 10:18 am

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Affinity Photo is a powerful but approachable image enhancement program that is being embraced by a growing number of photographers. In this course, Steve Caplin shows how to use Affinity Photo's image editing features to do basic portrait retouching, from fixing blemishes and wrinkles to smoothing hair and enhancing eyes. Learn how to split images into high and low frequencies, paint in enhancements, use Curves and lighting adjustments to focus attention on your subject, and more.

Topics include:

Smoothing skin and blemishes with frequent separation
Fixing yes
Painting makeup
Adding clarity to hair
Strengthening the image with lighting

http://lynda.com/tutorial/505167

Lynda - Creating Motion Graphics with Fusion

October 26, 2016, 10:20 am

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Producing great motion graphics requires a great toolset. Blackmagic Design Fusion provides a rich, full-featured compositing environment to bring together video footage, 3D animation, and graphics, text, and photos in a fully three-dimensional space. And best of all, the non-Studio version is completely free. In this course, Adam Crespi shows how to create an identity bumper in Studio 8 by compositing and animating a variety of assets. Starting with the raw elements, he assembles a composition and animates a camera in the scene. From there, he adds lights, particles, a painted logo, and post effects, and then renders the final bumper. Each step of the process is rich with object lessons that are applicable to the variations that a compositor will face in the real world.

Topics include:

Importing and layering footage
Creating a camera and setting up a renderer
Animating cameras in 3D space
Adding a particle system
Lighting the scene
Adding effects like depth of field and motion blur
Painting a logo
Adding text
Rendering the final composite

http://lynda.com/tutorial/371326

Lynda - 12 Principles of Animation for CG Animators

October 26, 2016, 10:26 am

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The 12 principles of animation underlie everything animators do, from making movies to video games. These principles are the same regardless of the software you use—2D or 3D, open source or advanced suite. In this course, award-winning animator David Andrade takes traditional student assignments (a bouncing ball and a lowly flour sack) and translates them into digital animations that illustrate each of these principles in detail. He uses Maya and Blender, but the focus in not on software mastery; it's about the techniques, not the tools. Follow along as he introduces the history of character animation and explores each of the 12 principles, from squash and stretch and anticipation to timing and follow-through. Take the challenge exercises to practice what you've learned along the way.

Animation has evolved tremendously in the last century, but some principles always stay the same. This foundation will serve you for a lifelong career.

Topics include:

A history of character animation
Squash and stretch
Anticipation
Staging
Pose-to-pose animation
Secondary action
Timing
Exaggeration

http://lynda.com/tutorial/474685

Unity3D - Horror Development Kit

October 26, 2016, 11:34 am

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Horror Development Kit is a complete and professional horror game template for Unity 5.

It contains all you need to make your own horror game, with a lot of ready prefabs and assets to use.
You can speed-up your work using this kit that already contains the core of your horror game.
FUNCTIONAL AND COMPLETE PLAYER SYSTEM
RAYCAST SYSTEM
DYNAMIC CROSSHAIR
ADVANCED FOOTSTEPS SYSTEM
STAMINA SYSTEM
ITEMS INVENTORY
OBJECT EXAMINING
PEEK SYSTEM
DOOR SYSTEM
ANIMATED AND FUNCTIONAL FLASHLIGHT
FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES
CAMERA SYSTEM
PAPER READING SYSTEM
KEY SYSTEM
SOUND JUMPSCARE
ANIMATED JUMPSCARE
2D JUMPSCARE
FUNCTIONAL LAMPS
FLICKERING LIGHTS
DYNAMIC OBJECTS
COMPLETE AND FUNCTIONAL HUD
FULL C# SOURCE CODE
FULL DOCUMENTED KIT
POWERED BY UNITY 5

Golaem Crowd v5.3.1 For Maya 2015-17 WIN/LINUX

October 26, 2016, 12:05 pm

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*RELEASE DESCRIPTION*

This pack includes:

Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2015-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2015.LINUX-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2016-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2016.LINUX-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2016.5-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2016.5.LINUX-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2017-AMPED
Golaem.Crowd.v5.3.1.For.Maya.2017.LINUX-AMPED

Integrated in Autodesk Maya, Golaem Crowd makes it easy and affordable
to populate worlds with directable digital characters, from a few to
thousands. Artists from all over the globe use Golaem Crowd to bring life
to commercials, episodic productions, feature films and games.

http://golaem.com/content/product/golaem

*HOW TO INSTALL/RUN THIS RELEASE*

1 - Unpack the release into a directory of your choice
2 - Run the installer and install it
3 - See included amped.txt
4 - Enjoy this fine AMPED release, but buy it if you will use it
5 - As always, make sure to have a firewall to block outbound connections

*NOTE*

Seed till you Bleed!

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Lynda - Creating a PSA Commercial

October 26, 2016, 12:30 pm

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Take a look behind the scenes at the production of a real-world television commercial. Learn what it takes to plan, shoot, edit, and deliver a public service announcement for delivery to broadcast and the web. In this course, author Rich Harrington takes an in-depth look at a real-world PSA that his company, RHED Pixel, made for a nonprofit client. The chapters mimic the stages of the project itself: preproduction (planning and design), production (shooting the scenes), and post (where the footage is edited, graded, and compressed for delivery). Each step is full of shortcuts for saving time and maximizing efficiency on set, and ideas you can use on your own commercials.

Topics include:

Meeting the project and team
Writing the script
Casting actors
Scouting for locations
Creating schedules and budgets
Shooting scenes
Retiming footage
Color grading
Compressing for delivery

http://lynda.com/tutorial/167917

Lynda - Photoshop: Smart Objects

October 26, 2016, 12:33 pm

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Most Adobe Photoshop artists don't make use of Smart Objects, and thus miss out on a potentially very powerful tool. With Smart Objects you can create a complex transformation once and then swap out the contents for any artwork you choose. In this workshop, Photoshop artist and author Steve Caplin shows you how you can use Smart Objects to enhance almost all your Photoshop work. Learn to simplify and speed up repetitive tasks, and create templates that can be repurposed as many times as you wish.

Topics include:

Editing Smart Objects
Working with multiple layers
Replacing contents
Using Smart Filters
Nesting Smart Objects
Creating flexible cover shots
Working with Camera Raw
Working with videos and Illustrator files

http://lynda.com/tutorial/497781

Videohive Grand Wedding - After Effects Project Files

October 26, 2016, 3:27 pm

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1920×1080 – Full HD – 24fps
AE CS5 or higher
13 Placeholders
10 Text holders
Change Colors
Easy navigation
No plugins required
Video tutorial included

https://videohive.net/item/grand-wedding/4884712

SEED-SEED-SEED

Computer Graphics World - Sep/Oct 2016

October 27, 2016, 6:49 am

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CGW explores how leading-edge graphics techniques, including the 3D modeling, animation and visualization are used in such

applications as CAD/CAM/CAE, architecture, scientific visualization, special effects, digital video, film, and interactive entertainment.

http://www.cgw.com

Pluralsight – NUKE for After Effects Users

October 27, 2016, 7:22 am

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If you already know After Effects and are looking to pick up NUKE, this course will help you get up to speed on the best workflows for NUKE compositing.

Sometimes, when you know a software with a profoundly different workflow from another software with a similar functionality, it can be difficult to make the transition to learn something new. This course, NUKE for After Effects Users, will show you how to use NUKE from the perspective of someone who already knows After Effects. You will see how to relate layer-based functionality of After Effects to the node-based workflow of NUKE. You will also be taught about the multi-channel workflow, how to create and use rotoscopes, keying greenscreens, understanding NUKE's 3D space, all of the functionality of text in NUKE, and how to bring a shot together using some really cool effects. Throughout this course, you'll see again and again the similarities and differences demonstrated between NUKE and After Effects. This course takes a project-based approach to learning NUKE, so by the end of the course you'll have had a real experience of what it's like to composite a shot and you'll have a beautiful scene to show for it.

Software required: NUKEX.

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/nuke-after-effects-users-2544

Videohive - After Effects Project Files - Event Promo - 18372874

October 27, 2016, 8:05 am

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Project Features:

After Effects CS5 and above compatibility
FULL HD (1080p) | HD (720p) / 30 fps
Multi-purpose
Universal design
16 mediaholders
20 textholders
Expressions controls
No plugins required
Very easy to customize
Fast color control
Detailed Help file included

Soundtrack by soundroll

Link: https://videohive.net/item/event-promo/18372874

Corona Renderer v1.5.1 for 3ds Max 2012-2017

October 27, 2016, 10:05 am

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*RELEASE DESCRIPTION*

We are proud to present to you Corona Renderer 1.5 for Autodesk 3ds Max! This is the second update to Corona this year, and it focuses on letting you change the colour and intensity of lights during or after rendering, significantly reducing the need for post-production software, increasing compatibility with materials from third party software, and of course increased stability and workflow improvements.

https://corona-renderer.com/

*HOW TO INSTALL/RUN THIS RELEASE*

1. Install.
2. Read the "ReadMe.txt" for instructions.
3. Enjoy.

*NOTE*

Thanks to msi for the patch: https://forum.cgpersia.com/f56/corona-renderer-1-5-patch-146935/

Seed till you Bleed!

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Lynda - Photoshop: Best Practices for Collaboration

October 27, 2016, 11:41 am

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Many Photoshop users have bad habits that can become toxic when collaborating. Developing good habits around the use of layers, fonts, linked files, and unused content can save you and your collaborators hours of work and heartache. This course shows you how, and is a must watch for every Photoshop user. Staff instructor Dennis Meyer helps you to be more consistent when naming and organizing layers, maintain healthy links to other files, keep assets in sync, optimize file sizes, and adopt a style guide that will keep your team on the same page.

Topics include:

Being consistent
Naming and organizing layers
Linking assets
Using CC Libraries
Identifying unlabeled layers

http://lynda.com/tutorial/486413

Videohive - After Effects Project Files - Travel Agency TV Commercial - 10110458

October 27, 2016, 12:52 pm

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This is a Travel Agency slideshow suitable as a tv advert or as an offer video promo ad that showcases your travel services (hotel booking, flight air-tickets, all inclusive holiday travel packages, vacation cruises & car hire etc). Select out of 35 travel symbols that can display your electronic (web) or classic (agent store) tour operator services.
TIP: Alter the texts and create a “tv show” opener!

MODULAR STRUCTURE:
• All landmark monument images are included, but you can replace any or all of them with your own cut-out photos! Featured sights: Winter & tropical summer locations, Liberty statue USA, Pyramids of Egypt & Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Athens Greece, Big Ben UK, Berlin, Eiffel tower Paris, Singapore, Hagia Sofia Istanbul, St Basil Moscow, Pizza – Rome & Venice Italy, Bali, Taj Mahal India & more!

• Re-arrange scenes or remove not needed ones to make your own version!

• Replace the icons used & select out of 35(+1) symbols to match your services:



• Select up to 5 out of 19 social media and contact icons on the ending scene:


• Adjust or remove the wording (texts)

• After Effects CS4 software or higher version compatible

• No plugins required (Only the CC Effects, already included with AE)

• Comes with Extended help Video tutorial & Short written guide file

• Awesome Music by pinkzebra is not included. Track used in video previews: Walk Through Life


Link: https://videohive.net/item/travel-agency-tv-commercial/10110458

Fundamentals of Animation - The Art of Aaron Blaise

October 27, 2016, 2:07 pm

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In this comprehensive course, master animator Aaron Blaise (“The Lion King”, “Brother Bear”, “Mulan”) takes you through the key principles of animation. This course covers the “12 Principles of Animation” as originally pioneered by the original “9 Old Men” who worked directly under Walt Disney. This course includes 13 HD Video Tutorials covering:

Squash & Stretch
Timing
Solid Drawing
Anticipation
Follow Through + Overlapping Action
Arcs
“Slow Ins” & “Slow Outs”
Straight Ahead Animation
Pose to Pose Animation
Secondary Action
Staging
Exaggeration
Appeal
- PLUS A full lesson on Biped (Two Legged) Walk cycle animation
- PLUS A full tutorial on Bipedal Run animation

Whether you are a traditional animator or work in computer animation this course is for you! We know you’ll learn something new!

https://creatureartteacher.com/product/fundamentals-of-animation/

Camtasia Studio v9.0.0 Build 1306 - Full [WINX64]

October 27, 2016, 2:11 pm

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Version 9
11 October, 2016: Camtasia (Windows) 9.0.0

-New Behaviors as way to quickly animate images, video, or text
-New callouts
-New captions workflow
-New 64-bit engine for faster editing and encoding
-New default assets in asset library
-Drag and drop assets, effects, and more right to canvas
-Canvas editing
-Ability to share projects with Mac
-Color adjustments (brightness, contrast, saturation)
-Voice narration improvements
-Quizzing improvements
-Animated GIF support

This is my first upload , Enjoy! n' Seed !

Fundamentals of Animation - The Art of Aaron Blaise

October 27, 2016, 2:36 pm

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In this comprehensive course, master animator Aaron Blaise (“The Lion King”, “Brother Bear”, “Mulan”) takes you through the key principles of animation. This course covers the “12 Principles of Animation” as originally pioneered by the original “9 Old Men” who worked directly under Walt Disney. This course includes 13 HD Video Tutorials covering:

Squash & Stretch
Timing
Solid Drawing
Anticipation
Follow Through + Overlapping Action
Arcs
“Slow Ins” & “Slow Outs”
Straight Ahead Animation
Pose to Pose Animation
Secondary Action
Staging
Exaggeration
Appeal

PLUS A full lesson on Biped (Two Legged) Walk cycle animation

PLUS A full tutorial on Bipedal Run animation
Whether you are a traditional animator or work in computer animation this course is for you! We know you’ll learn something new!