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“I've watched Alex Alvarez's
training DVDs on Dynamics... and they are
amazing! I've learned so much from the lectures, they have
helped make me a better visual effects artist. I started
using Maya for effects animation when I joined Square USA
for the film "Final
Fantasy" about
4 years ago. I wish I had these DVDs then. Well, better
late than never. ”
- Andy Chen
Effects Animator
Dreamworks Feature Animation
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Particle Instancing allows
one to replace each particle in a particle object with geometry.
This can be used to create schools of fish, swarming insects,
debris laden explosions, herds of animals and many other effects
which require the replication of static or animated geometry.
Instancing can be also used with Paint Effects strokes to create
elements such as forests and pixie dust.
Product Code: DYN07
Instancer (Replacement)
ParticleTool/Emitters
Various Fields
Expressions
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Add Attribute
Duplicate/Group
Graph Editor |
 01:
Introduction
02: Basics
03: Scale
04: Rotation
05: Object Index
06: Animated Objects
07: Lights
08: Credits
Click here to
view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 720x480 with
higher quality compression. View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
Alex is founder and director of The Gnomon Workshop
and of Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Alex has been published
in industry magazines, websites, and books - plus he has taught courses
at several major trade conferences. His character animation projects
have appeared on many computer graphics websites, on the cover of the ‘Maya
Character Animation’ book published by New Riders, and his 'Zufuhr'
project was commissioned by Alias for their Siggraph stage presentations.
Alex is president of the Los Angeles Alias Users Group and sits on the
Advisory Board for Highend3D.com. Prior to Gnomon, Alex worked for Alias,
as a consultant and trainer for studios in the Los Angeles area. Alex
is an alumni of the Art Center College of Design and the University
of Pennsylvania.
For more of Alex's work, visit:
www.alexalvarez.com.
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