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In this course, we take you through the process of setting up a complex - but visually stimulating - particle system that warps a character in through a teleportation device, as well as an amazing look at "phasing" the character in to view! We'll look at creating the holographic projections you see in the scene, adding texture and distortion to the sequence, and then wrap up the series with an in-depth look at setting up a basic render and animating the camera and lights so that you can make your very own cut-scenes and cinematics!

Build server-side applications more efficiently—and improve your PHP programming skills in the process—by learning how to use design patterns in your code. This book shows you how to apply several object-oriented patterns through simple examples, and demonstrates many of them in full-fledged working applications.

In this series of lessons we'll learn a technique to convert a Depth pass from a 3D application into a Disparity map. We'll then learn how to create tools to use this map to set the zero parallax point automatically and set depth correctly on 2D layers like text. We'll begin this project by learning about what stereo disparity maps can do inside After Effects.

In this complete Beginner's Course, we cover the very basics of getting you started using Maya to understand all the tools you need to know, to hit the ground running with 3d modeling for game assets!

Autodesk® Softimage® software is a high-performance 3D character animation and visual effects application. Intuitive, nondestructive workflows, together with the innovative ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) and Autodesk® Face Robot® facial animation toolset, extend Autodesk® Maya® or Autodesk® 3ds Max® software pipelines. With new creative tools, a new high-fidelity interactive environment, and extended customizability, Autodesk Softimage enables you to meet the evolving challenges in visual effects, post-production, and 3D game development.

This book brings the graphics programmer beyond the basics and introduces them to advanced knowledge that is hard to obtain outside of an intensive CG work environment. The book is about graphics techniques-those that don't require esoteric hardware or custom graphics libraries-that are written in a comprehensive style and do useful things.

New in paperback, The Typography Workbook provides an at-a-glance reference book for designers on all aspects of type.