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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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While there are several methods
for creating a character, patch modeling can yield the cleanest
results. It allows for high amounts of localized detail, clean
parameterization for texture mapping, and the use of stitching
tools. O.M.2 continues from where O.M.1 leaves off, where once
the overall form of the head has been defined, and the detail
surfaces modeled, one begins unifying them into a cohesive
surface network.
Product Code: ORG02
Curve Tools
Align Curve
Rebuild Curve
Detach Surface
Rebuild Surface
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Project Tangent
DXF Paramterization
Stitch Edges Tool
Global Stitch |
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Introduction
02: Curves on Surface
03: Editing Curves
04: Boundary Surfaces
05: Fixing the Pole
06: Patching in Elements
07: 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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