Digital Tutors - Advanced Maya Fur Menus
English | VP6F 782x646 | MP3 96 Kbps | 239 MB
Genre: eLearning
In this course we will explore the Maya Fur menu set and all of the advanced features tucked away in them.
We will learn things like how to control your render settings, shadows, use the Maya Hair system to add dynamics as well as how to render fur using mental ray. This is a perfect course for those of you using fur in production and want a refresher on the different menus as well as those of you touching Maya Fur for the first time. This is a second part of a two part training course. We%27ll build upon what we covered in the first course. You are welcome to start here but I would recommend you complete the first course as a pre-requisite.

Digital Tutors - Automotive Rendering with HDRI Light Studio and Maya | 355 MB
English | VP6F 782x646 | MP3 96 Kbps
Gender: eleaning
In this series of lessons, we will learn how to use HDR Light Studio and Maya together in order to create high-quality studio lighting for your automotive renders.
We will begin this course in Maya, where we will learn how to set up an image-based lighting environment in preparation for rendering. From there, we will jump into HDR Light Studio, which will allow us to easily create high dynamic range images which can mimic realistic studio lighting. We will learn how to control the appearance of synthetic lights within HDR Light Studio, as well as discussing many techniques which can dramatically increase the efficiency of your lighting workflow in both Maya and HDR Light Studio.

Professional Digital Techniques for Nude & Glamour Photography by Bill Lemon
Publ: Amherst Media, Inc | 2006 | PDF | 128 pages | English | ISBN-10 : 1584281782 | 7 MB
Every nude and lingerie photography shoot will benefit from the camera techniques, posing strategies, and prop selections discussed in this handbook from a seasoned model photographer. Sections on evaluating and modifying light, changing the setup, and ensuring the correct white balance combined with a gallery of set, prop, and posing possibilities provide photographers with the technical and artistic inspiration they need to visually enhance a model%27s assets and create the perfect mood.

Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom with DVD Included
Wiley | 2010 | ISBN: 0470410906 | 384 pages | PDF DVD | 1.05 GB
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Photoshop. Every lesson is presented in full color with step-by-step instructions.

Digital Tutors - Creating Digital Humans Series
English | SVQ3 788x648 | MP3 48 Kbps | 6.45 GB
Genre: eLearning
A guide to modeling, texturing, and rendering digital humans in Maya
Learnig a production workflow to organic modeling, UV layout, texture mapping, shading, and rendering using an array of tools and techniques for creating realistic humans from reference.
Series contains 4 products and a total of over 20 hours of project-based training for artists learning the technical and artistic processes of creating digital doubles for use in Film and Games. Perfect for students and professionals.

The fundamentals of exposure and the essentials of lighting are explored in this photography reference that uses progressive images from portrait sessions as its basis of explanation. Starting with how light is perceived differently by the camera than the human eye, this resource clarifies the more complicated laws that govern light, breaking the rules down with clear, effective examples. Various light sources are investigated—from simple sunlight to advanced professional and studio systems—as well as the types of lighting units used at different times during the sessions

Ultimatte AdvantEdge offers the very best compositing plugin for Final Cut Pro, Shake, After Effects, Photoshop, Combustion, Premiere Pro, Digital Fusion, eyeon Vision, eyeon Rotation, Avid Symphony, Media Composer, Media Composer Adrenaline, Xpress, Xpress Pro, Xpress DV, DS, DS Nitris, and other editing