VFX Solution Advanced Visual Effects 3 By Allan Mckay 英文版 DVD9

Industryproventrainingcontent,over11hoursofadvancedFXtutorials!.ThemuchanticipatedAdvancedVisualEffectss??eriesreturnswithVolume3,focusedonmanyof3DStudioMax'sadvancedsolutionsforvisualeffectsforuseinbothHollywoodfeaturefilmsandgamecinematics.Takingadvantageofmanyofthelatesttechnologiesandutilizedtocreategroundbreakingnewapproachestovisualeffects,AllanMcKaytakesusthroughover11hoursoftrainingcontentonsubjectss??uchFumeFX,Krakatoa,Rayfire,Compositing,AdvancedFXRigging,Simulatingwater,Fracturing,Fire,MaxscriptingtobuildsophisticatedproductiontoolsandmanynewdynamicssetupssuchasusedwithPflowToolsBox2.

InAdvancedVFXVol3-WegothroughhowtobuildmanygroundbreakingeffectstopopulartopicslikeTornado's,Magic,Explosions,CharacterEffectsetc.afterwardadvancingintotheareaof??buildingtheseeffectsintoamoreautomatedpipelinesothatweareabletohavethemdynamicallychangeandadapttothesetupswegivethem,allowingoureffectstoadaptintelligentlytowhatweneed.Wealsowriteseveraltoolsusedinactualfilmproductiontoautomatealotofthepainstakingtaskswe'rerequiredtodo,andthentakethemastepfurthertocreateourfilmeffectsforus.

TopicsCovered:

01-Spritsdrippingdownsodacan
02-Vehiclescloaking
03-KrakatoamappingandFumedisplacements
04-Box2particledeformationsandtearing
05-CreatingKrakatoaDirtExplosions
06-Tornadodestroyinghouse
07-Buildingfracturerigstotearmetal
08-Box2birthgroups
09-ParticleFracturingManagement
10-MagicalEffects
11-CreatingFXTools
12-Fracturingandcharactereffects
13-CollapsingPillars

Basedaroundseveralrecentfilmandgameprojects,mostofthecontentcreatedforthisDVDisentirelyfromactualproductionfilms,fromhavingvehiclescloakandbecomeinvisibleinaverystylizedvisualapproach,todropletsofwaterspritsonacanthatprocedurallyrundownitbasedonit'smotion.Howtotearmetalandhaveitbuckleanddeformfromanexplosion,aswelookatdevelopingtoolsandnewapproachestoriggingupobjectstonotonlyfractureandtearbutallowuscompletecontrolinefficientlyanimatingtheseeffects.

Wealsodelveintocreatingvarioustypesofexplosions,aswellasmortarblastsandhundredsofmillionsofparticleswithKrakatoatocreatearea??listicdirtexplosions,andutilizingthemasassetstothengenerateeffectsforlargebattlescenes.Fracturegeometryandchoreographlargeamountsofpillarsandbuildingscollapsingandothereffects,discussionsonusingpflowbox2'sdynamics,butstillwithallthecontrolsofparticles,aswellastearingobjectsthroughit'sParticleSkinnersolver.Aswellasmultipleherotutorialsthatareaimedatentireactualvfxshotsandsettingthemup,renderingandcompositingthem.

ThisisbyfarthemostadvancedFXcontentoutthere,andavailablewithrichcontentonpopulartopics,andexplainedintuitivelyenoughthatanyonecanfollowthesestepsandbetterunderstandtheprocessandworkflow.

Fromtheinitialconstructionofeachlayeroftheeffects,throughtorenderingouteachpassandconstructingaheavy2Dcompositetobringalloftherenderelementstogether,tweakingeachlayerandutilizingcompositingtrickstoenhancetheoverallvisualeffect.Notonlydowecoverhowtocreatetheseeffectsbutwealsogothroughmanyoftheprocessesandworkflowinvolvedtoexpandonthisknowledgeandtakeittothenextlevel,andapplythesemethodsintoaworkingenvironment,optimizesimulationsandbuildothereffectstocomplementtheoverallqualityofyourwork.

Withover11hoursofadvancedtrainingcontentdesignedforintermediatetoexpertlevelartistbutdesignedinawaythatany3Dusershouldbeabletofollowandunderstand-,theentiretrainingcontentisguaranteedtoraisethelevelofanyone'svisualeffectswork,teachingthemcoretechniquesandevolvingintoHollywoodblockbustervisualeffectsmethods.

AllanMcKayisanawardwinningHollywoodveteranwithover15yearsofexperienceworkingbothonfeaturefilmsandtvcommercialsforsomeofthemostprestigestudiosacrosstheglobe,includingBlurStudio,IndustrialLight+Magic,FranticFilms/PrimeFocus,Ubisoft,DigitalDimension&dozensmore.AllanhasbeenacknowledgedforhisworkonmanyhighprofileprojectsaswellasbeingguestspeakeronbothpanelsandatconferencesaroundtheworldincludingSiggraph,DigitalMediaFestival,GameConnectAP,CGOverdrive,SoftwareandFilmlaunchesaswellasholdingmasterclassestonotonlytalkabouthispreviousworkbutalsohelpteachandtutorotherupandcomingfilmandvisualeffectss??tudents.

Beingplacedinmanyroleshehasbothsupervisedanddirectedmanysmalltolargescaleprojectsonsetaswellasinpostproduction.Comingfromanartistbackgroundandworkinghiswayupthroughhiscareer,aswithmostsuccessfulcreative'sandbusinessowners–he'sbeenthroughthetrenchesduringhisearlycareerandlearnedthebusinessfrominsidetoout.