Gnomon - Maya Dynamics - Water Enviroments

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Instructor:
John Clark
Formats: (Mac or PC only)
DVD-ROM

In this DVD, John presents the process of creating an underwater effects shot, thoroughly explaining each step of the process from inception to completion. Starting with an ocean bottom and a camera move, John shows how to create underwater atmospheric conditions such as floating particulate matter, photo-real bubbles, water fog and caustic light rippling down through a wavy sea surface. John then uses Maya¹s Dynamics system to build additional elements into the shot, demonstrating their use within the shot environment. He shows how to use springs and goals to create an anchor and dynamic rope dropping to the sea floor, as well as how to use particle instancing with goals to create dynamic schools of fish. John then walks you through the final steps to create flowing sea grass and billowing sand when the sea bottom is disturbed. By the end of this DVD you will not only have a completed shot ready for fine-tuning and compositing, you will also have the ability to create your own fantastic underwater shots.

Over 4 1/2 hours of lecture.

Product code: JOC02


Water Fog
Ocean Fluids
Fog Lighting
Sprite Particles
Emitters
Soft Bodies
Goals
Springs

Turbulence Fields
Expressions
Point Particles
Collisions
Control Curves
Instances
Paint Effects


01: Introduction
02: Fake Caustics
03: Water Fog
04: Water Surface
05: Bottom Geometry
06: Grass and Particulates
07: Anchor and Rope
08: Bubbles
09: Sand and Fish


John Clark has been working in the film and television industry for over fourteen years, creating scenic art and practical effects before moving into digital animation and visual effects. For three years John was a VFX supervisor for the award-winning digital production house Motion Theory, where he garnered commercial credits with campaigns for HP, Budweiser, Toyota, Direct TV, Mervyns, Johnson & Johnson, Mazda, Nike, Fox, ESPN, EA Sports, Met Life and Cingular. His broadcast credits include: Sci-fi Channel Imagination and Scare Tactics show opener; Showtime Our Fathers, Soldier's Girl teaser and The Lion in Winter show teaser. John also helped create music videos for The Used, Papa Roach, REM, Less Than Jake, Velvet Revolver, and Beck. John is currently at Sony Pictures Imageworks where he is the wave animation lead on the CG animated film Surf's Up. John's awards for animation and FX include: five AICP awards, International Art Directors Silver Cube and Gold Cube, and multiple Telly awards. John has also had two animation pieces accepted to the SIGGRAPH animation festival

02: Fake Caustics
03: Water Fog
04: Water Surface
05: Bottom Geometry
06: Grass and Particulates
07: Anchor and Rope
08: Bubbles
09: Sand and Fish


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