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Gnomon – Efficient Techniques for Building 3D Environments (Project Files) (2022) with James A J Miller

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Gnomon – Efficient Techniques for Building 3D Environments (Project Files) (2022) with James A J Miller
English | Size: 9.8GB
Category: Tutorial

Learn a variety of efficient industry-proven techniques for creating a range of 3D environment styles in this 3-hour workshop by James A.J. Miller, Environment Artist at DreamWorks Animation. [Read more…]

CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender (Project Files only)

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CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender (Project Files only)
English | Size: 373.7MB
Category: Tutorial


Software:Blender 2.8 · Difficulty:Advanced
This Blender tutorial course will show you exactly how to animate all the actions needed for a first-person shooter game, from simply standing around to complex actions like reloading and transforming the rifle into a cool sniper. [Read more…]

CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender (Project Files only)

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CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender (Project Files only)
English | Size: 373.7MB
Category: Tutorial


Software:Blender 2.8 · Difficulty:Advanced
This Blender tutorial course will show you exactly how to animate all the actions needed for a first-person shooter game, from simply standing around to complex actions like reloading and transforming the rifle into a cool sniper. [Read more…]

Texturing a stylized sword with Substance Painter from Fanny Vergne (Project Files)

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Texturing a stylized sword with Substance Painter from Fanny Vergne (Project Files)
English | Size: 1.3GB
Category: Tutorial


This is a mini tutorial about my process to create and texture the sword from my Artstation challenge, the legend of King Arthur (Environment Art/Level Art Category) in Substance Painter.
The video tutorial is about 40 minutes long and I’m sharing all the files that I used to create this sword.
My goal was to go for a stylized PBR rendering for my challenge. [Read more…]

Digital Tutors Getting Started with Backburner + Project Files

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Digital Tutors Getting Started with Backburner + Project Files
English | Size: 172 MB
Category: Tutorial


In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to use Autodesk’s Render Manager Backburner to control a server farm and help us organize the order and timing of scenes we want to render.

We’ll begin this project by going over the basic Vocabulary and setup of Backburner. We’ll then jump right in and setup a working Backburner system comprised of a Manager and Servers. We’ll then learn how to use the Backburner systems built into Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya and Toxik. Once we have some jobs in the queue, we’ll learn how to manage them and our servers to maximize our render farm and reduce errors [Read more…]

Digital Tutors Compositing 2D Elements with Footage in After Effects + Project Files

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Digital Tutors Compositing 2D Elements with Footage in After Effects + Project Files
English | Size: 371 MB
Category: Tutorial


In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to composite 2d elements over live footage. We’ll create an appealing final video using a few simple images a variety of compositing and animation techniques.

We’ll begin this project by importing our elements and tracking various features of the face, including a difficult track through an eye blink. We’ll learn how to create a tracked and animated mask to match our eye movement. To combine all of the elements and give them visual appeal, we’ll learn how to use several different effects not only by themselves, but also together to create various looks. We’ll learn how we can create animation using expressions. And finally, combine all our layers using compositing math to correctly mix everything together. [Read more…]