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Early Hints at FireSystem a RayFire-Like Destruction Tool For Maya

lesterbanks — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:32 +0000

Came across some screen shots from lukesun and a little hint that FireSystem for Maya is in development and may be available soon. FireSystem is a RayFire Like destruction tool for Maya. RayFire is a popular tool for 3ds MAX which allows you to fragment, destroy, demolish, or wreck objects effectively, and hopefully FireSystem will [...]

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Faceware Posts Facial Rigging Techniques with Josh Burton

lesterbanks — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:11 +0000

CGMonk's Josh Burton showing facial rigging techniques he uses and some tips as well for creating facial rigs in Maya

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Review & Walkthrough of iPi Soft Motion Capture for MS Kinect

lesterbanks — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:14 +0000

a pretty good overview and review of using the iPiSoft Motion Capture system using two Microsoft Kinects, showing what is needed, how to set it all up and finally how to actually use it

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How To Stop Collapsing Vertices in Maya Post Normalization

lesterbanks — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:31 +0000

Chris Lesage takes a look at the issue that may occur when painting weights in Maya using Post Normalization. Chris provides some background information on what exactly Post Normalization skinning is, what is actually happening when the vertices appear to collapse, and some solutions

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Use Projected Plates To Clean Up Your Shot in After Effects

lesterbanks — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:14 +0000

how to use 3D projected images to create a clean plate by using the Foundry's Camera Tracker Plugin for After Effects and building a "projector rig"

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Melting a Soda Bottle in Cinema 4D

lesterbanks — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Charles Rowland (@RagingClaw) has created a tutorial for his technique for melting objects in Cinema 4D by keying an FFD deformer in Cinema 4D.

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