Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Saw Avatar in 3D over the weekend with the wife. Both of us really really enjoyed it. I kept thinking: "Well, if Square Enix took the plot line of Dances with Wolves (or more generally the plight of the American Indians when the settlers first came) and created a Final Fantasy world for it—the design of the environments, creatures, and technology reminded me quite a bit of the FF style—that would be Avatar."
The movie's execution was fantastic. I will say the one thing that always sticks out in my mind from a "Oh, that's weird" perspective with regards to animation (in most cg-heavy movies) are battle scenes like when a person suddenly gets smacked off a horse or something...to me, that's when it looks CG...or at least it looks like the idea of animating 'weight' gets lost. Sometimes you see a similar thing when CG characters are riding horses....no weight to the rider and the result becomes a tad cartoony. A good example of what I'm talking about is something like LotR: RotK...let's say the scene where Legolas is scaling the oliphaunt. It wasn't "so" prevalent in Avatar but noticeable in a few scenes. None-the-less, the movie over all was so well-done and you become so immersed in the story the little things don't matter as much.
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I'm going to see it in RealD hopefully tonight (depends when I can get off work), and see how that fares.
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It looks much better in RealD, than it did in iMax. Still a bit blurry, but the colors were much more saturated.
Granted, I sat near the front at iMax (only available seats), but if I'm paying about $15 a ticket, then it should be good from all angles.
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