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CMIVFX – Mocha Pro For Production

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CMIVFX – Mocha Pro For Production
English | Size: 1.07 GB
Category: Tutorial


CmiVFX launches its latest training endeavor showcasing the ever popular Mocha Pro application from Imagineer Systems. We have been in communication with Imagineer for many years trying to produce a well formatted, much needed training solution for their fantastic line of products. When we saw that Mocha Pro had all the tools in one location, we knew it was time for us to start the training franchise for this line of tools. After years of taking requests and emails suggestions from our customers from around the world, we are proud to announce our very first multilingual training solution starting with the Mocha Pro training. This video will include both English and Portuguese versions of the training at no extra cost to the end user. We will be releasing more languages through out the year for many of our training videos. Many of you call us Number One in the industry for many reasons?. and now our new FREE multilingual service will be On Demand for users to enjoy. (This comes in very handy when traveling around as a freelance artist. Learn key terms in more then one language to help reduce instructional barriers in regards to the Visual Effects and Computer Graphics industry). This new service will be turned on just a few short days from the launch of the English Version of this product. [Read more…]

cmiVFX – Mari Introduction

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cmiVFX – Mari Introduction
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Category: Tutorial


cmiVFX has released their first video of The Foundry’s powerful next-gen 3D painting package, Mari. In this course, Mari Introduction, Bryan Johnson will guide you through all the steps of necessary to complete a professional-tier project. The course will cover topics like Mari workflow setup, importing and painting a model, and baking and exporting several photo realistic textures so they will be ready to apply to Maya. You’ll learn the basic techniques that will keep your productivity on track. After taking this course you’ll be able to begin working comfortably in Mari on your own. You will learn enough to bring in your own projects and finish them with quality results. This course is the perfect launch pad for starting your skills within The Foundry’s Mari. [Read more…]

cmiVFX – Houdini Sand Solver

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cmiVFX – Houdini Sand Solver
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Category: Tutorial


Another brand new advanced Houdini video from cmiVFX! We’ve brought back another one of your favorite mentors, Mehdi Salehi. This time we will show you how Houdini can be used for developing a sand solver. This tutorial does not use the “Grain Solver” tool which is available in Houdini 14. Instead we will develop a new tool based on “Flip Object” to simulate sand so Houdini 13 users can also follow this tutorial.
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cmiVFX – Houdini Passes Master Class

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cmiVFX – Houdini Passes Master Class
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Category: Tutorial


cmiVFX brings you an awesome, brand new video on render passes in Houdini. This lesson acts as acomprehensive guide to all the default render passes and also shows you how to create any custompass you wish; either through custom VOPS passes driven by user input or by utilizing attributes.Are you tired of creating several takes and having to manage several different files for each pass?
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cmiVFX – Houdini Cloth Techniques

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cmiVFX – Houdini Cloth Techniques
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Category: Tutorial


cmiVFX has released a SideFX Houdini Cloth Masterclass in which Shivani Sondhi explores the Houdini Cloth Context in depth. While employing a beginner’s approach, she begins the lesson with a comprehensive introduction to the features and tools available. This is a long detailed chapter that will get the viewer “up to speed” quickly. With the basics of cloth complete, Shivani dives deeper with intermediate to advanced subjects such as custom attributes, multisolvers and finally the sopsolver with cloth. This would be an excellent lesson even if she had stopped there…
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cmiVFX – Houdini Cartoon Effect

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cmiVFX – Houdini Cartoon Effect
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cmiVFX has just released an incredible, brand new Houdini training video called “Houdini Cartoon Effect.” The mentor for this video, Hirai Toyokazu, shows you how to make your work in Houdini look like a high-quality anime drawing and you’ll also learn a variety of stylistic techniques including simple expressions, dynamic explosions and pencil effects. In addition to all of this, Toyokazu’s techniques can be used to improve the quality and efficiency of your work when you’re not making cartoon-style animations as well. For more information about the content of this video, check out the chapter descriptions below, or watch our Vimeo teaser trailer. [Read more…]

cmiVFX – Cinema 4D Advanced Lighting and Rendering

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cmiVFX – Cinema 4D Advanced Lighting and Rendering
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Category: Tutorial


cmiVFX brings you “C4D Advanced Lighting and Rendering” with Guillem Ramisa. In this video we’ll be exploring the entire process of CGI Lighting and Rendering inside Maxon’s Cinema 4D. We’ll start by learning from the old masters.
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Cmivfx – Autodesk Flame premium migration guide

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Cmivfx – Autodesk Flame premium migration guide
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Category: Tutorial


This video is designed for people that are looking to learn Autodesk Flame Premium OR Smoke to replace your Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro workflows. As of this year, Flame Premium is now the most robust all around studio that money can buy. Its new editing tools make it a knock out for all those who have been dependent on the ease of Final Cut Pro for so many years, but longing for the power of Nuke in their timelines.
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cmiVFX – Digital Matte Painting Scenarios Volume 1

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cmiVFX – Digital Matte Painting Scenarios Volume 1
English | Size: 9.5GB
Category: Tutorial


Another hit video from cmiVFX! This time we start a series investigating the many techniques to be used in digital matte painting and set extensions in the VFX industry. This first volume focuses on many topics including image creation, image restoration, texture generation, asset modification, assembly, 3d sculpting, modeling, projection surfaces, cross-application communication and more. When it comes to creativity, nobody beats cmiVFX for showing how to adopt the latest techniques used in the industry.
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cmiVFX – Photoshop Maya Matte Painting

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cmiVFX – Photoshop Maya Matte Painting
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cmiVFX has released a brand new Large Scale Set Extension Digital Matte Painting video with mentor Rohit Nayak. Explore the entire matte painting and set extension workflow from the first concept sketch to the final painting. Gain experience by creating CG assets and painting over a lighting render, which is a commonly used work process for environments in production. Rohit demonstrates many photo manipulation and digital painting techniques in a very comprehensive manner.
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