NewTek-Advanced LightWave September 15, 2010

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes
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Contact:202-429-9700 / MartinD@FMCtraining.com

(3 day class) 9/16-18(Thur-Sat)

Characters and Kinematics
* Organic character modeling
* Character rigging with bones and skelegons
* Forward and inverse kinematics rigs
* Weight Mapping - SubPatch Weights & Bone weights
* Facial Animation with Endomorph
* Character rigging with bones and skelegons
* Segmented and Organic character will be discussed
* Forward and inverse kinematics will also be investigated
* Weight Maps

Students will rig a character supplied by the instructor and practice motion and movement.

Advanced Lighting, Surfacing, and Camera
Discussion and implementation of:

Lights
* Lighting schemes
* Lighting types
* 3 point lighting
* Radiosity
* Caustics
* HDRI
* Volume lights
* Lens flares
* Projection lighting
* Baking

Students will set up a scene and light it using the aforementioned.

Camera
* Motion Options
* Camera techniques
* Targeting
* Multiple Camera
* Motion effects
* Rendering techniques
* Advanced Tab
* Shaders
* Reflection and Refraction
* Image mapping
* Integration with Photoshop
* Using Viper
* Image Editor
* UV Mapping - atlas unwrap technique and photoshop

Animation & Special Effects
Discussion and implementation of:
* Motion Designer - Cloth Animation
* Particle FX - Partigon & HV Emitters, dynamics, object linking
* Sasquatch Lite - Hair, Fur, and Grass
* Compositing and Rendering - Keys, Projection mapping, shadows
* Motion Mixer - Non-linear animation
* Sky Tracer
* Atmospheres
* Hypervoxels
* Graph Editor
* Spreadsheet and Scene Editor