This DVD set is designed to introduce the artist to a complete overlook of game character design. Being a lecturer myself I know how hard it is to get complete and friendly information. With this set I?ve tried to create a solid base of information that people can apply and easily adapt to their own ideas.

This unique disk will teach you the basics of 3D. Then you will understand how to use the 3D tools in Photoshop for yourself. You'll learn about 3D objects (Geometry), lighting, custom texturing and more. This training provides a comprehensive, overview of the 3D workflow and features of Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Using Smith Micro Poser, you'll learn the features and workflow that the pros use. In a simple step-by-step, plain English approach, Stephen will show you exactly what you need to know.

The essential guide to financial instruments, logically presented
Fundamentals of Financial Instruments deals with the global financial markets and the instruments in which they trade. While most books on finance tend to be heavily mathematical, this book emphasizes the concepts in a logical, sequential fashion, introducing mathematical concepts only at the relevant times. As a result, the reader gains conceptual clarity reinforced by just the right level of technical detail to ensure a comprehensive exposure to the skills needed in the financial world.

This textbook presents the fundamental concepts and methods for understanding and working with images and video in an unique, easy-to-read style which ensures the material is accessible to a wide audience. Exploring more than just the basics of image processing, the text provides a specific focus on the practical design and implementation of real systems for processing video data. Features: includes more than 100 exercises, as well as C-code snippets of the key algorithms; covers topics on image acquisition, color images, point processing, neighborhood processing, morphology, BLOB analysis, segmentation in video, tracking, geometric transformation, and visual effects; requires only a minimal understanding of mathematics; presents two chapters dedicated to applications; provides a guide to defining suitable values for parameters in video and image processing systems, and to conversion between the RGB color representation and the HIS, HSV and YUV/YCbCr color representations.

This book is an essential tool for second-year undergraduate students and above, providing clear and concise explanations of the basic concepts of computer graphics, and enabling the reader to immediately implement these concepts in Java 2D and/or 3D with only elementary knowledge of the programming language. Features: provides an ideal, self-contained introduction to computer graphics, with theory and practice presented in integrated combination; presents a practical guide to basic computer graphics programming using Java 2D and 3D; includes new and expanded content on the integration of text in 3D, particle systems, billboard behaviours, dynamic surfaces, the concept of level of detail, and the use of functions of two variables for surface modelling; contains many pedagogical tools, including numerous easy-to-understand example programs and end-of-chapter exercises; supplies useful supplementary material, including additional exercises, solutions, and program examples, at an associated website.

Learn a how to create dynamic simulations and effects with creative projects and practical examples using particles, fields, soft bodies, and rigid bodies. Contains over 5 hours of project-based training and guides artists new to dynamics step-by-step through a proven approach to generating effects and simulations efficiently.

cmiVFX releases a digital bombshell on the video training industry for the Digital Molecular Matter System (DMM) for Autodesk Maya AND 3DS Max. Creating Destruction and Deformation Animations takes almost no time at all with this ground breaking (pun intended) technology. Now you too can use the same advanced simulation technology that high-end visual effects studios use to bring your artistic creations to life.

Step into 3D
Our first Maya tutorial introduces the essential concepts of computer graphics using the industry�s most popular animation program, Maya. You begin by getting to know the user interface and learning your way around the basic processes of 3D design. Once you�re comfortable in Maya, you�ll learn how the professional production pipeline builds from wireframe modeling to final pass. At the end of the course you will have a good understanding of the fundamentals of 3D. You�ll know how to use the fundamental tools of Maya and be ready to begin creating your own 3D objects and environments.