Instructor: Aaron Sims In the first of two DVDs, Aaron Sims illustrates the techniques he uses when designing creatures for movies. As the character’s facial features are the first and most important part of designing characters in film, this DVD concentrates on creating the character head. Using Photoshop, XSI and ZBrush, Aaron shows you how to accomplish stunning designs that can be easily altered for other designs. Speed is an important aspect of character design in production, which Aaron demonstrates by showing you how his process helps you design within a production environment. Over 2 1/2 hours of lecture. Topics Covered: Designing in Photoshop Modeling a Creature Head in XSI Texturing in XSI Lighting and Rendering in XSI Painting Final details in Photoshop Using XSI to Model Shapes for ZBrush Detailing and Texturing in ZBrush Chapters: 01. Designing in Photoshop 02. Modeling a Quick Head in XSI 03. Texturing, Lighting and Rendering in XSI 04. Painting Final Details with Photoshop 05. Using XSI to Model Shapes for ZBrush 06. Using ZBrush to Detail and Texture 07. Rendering in XSI 08. Painting Final Details with Photoshop System Requirements: The Minimum System Requirements are: 1GHz or faster processor 512 MB RAM 64 MB Video RAM DVD ROM Drive 5 GB of hard disk space 1280 x 1024 display The Minimum Operating System Requirements are: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Apple Mac OS X 10.2 This DVD ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), the Ensharpen Codec (Version 1.0.1 or higher) and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents. Instructor Bio: Aaron Sims began designing, sculpting and painting creatures for the movie makeup effects industry in the mid 1980s. In 1988, he joined Rick Baker’s Academy Award winning Cinovation Studios Inc. where he worked on many projects including: The Nuttty Professor, Men in Black and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In the late 1990s,
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