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"The Apprentice Magician's Guide to particleIllusion" is the most comprehensive set of video tutorials created to teach novice users every aspect of particleIllusion 3.0 Setting up projects, how to use all the tools, and basic emitter creation are all covered on this DVD, along with a healthy dose of tips and tricks that will save you time when creating particle effects. Hosted by Elvis Deane, moderator of the Creative Cow particleIllusion forum,the video contains 21 lessons and runs for 1 hours and 40 minutes.

Do your photographs reflect the fullest expression of your creative vision? In this special look at artistic post-production, we follow award-winning photographer Doug Landreth as he shows you how to infuse your photos with complex textures and rich patinas. Create imagery that expands and expresses your photography as a collage of colors and patterns. Doug's digitally-assembled images are saturated and painterly in tone and process, and reveal memorable results that are often as haunting as they are beautiful. Doug’s award-winning photographic style and digital secrets will be the focus of this special Live Online workshop.

In this video tutorial from Andy Brown of Luxology, we look at techniques for creating an architectural model in modo from a given set of dimensions that is suitable for architectural visualization.

In this four-disc set, Sil van der Woerd reveals the entire production process of making Worms, a music video in which Sil integrated live action footage with complex digital sets and characters to create imaginative worlds.

Training films from film concept designer James Clyne in English. He worked for the movie Galaxy Quest, The Polar Express, Minority Report, Charlotte's Web, X-Men 3, War of the Worlds, The Fountain, Transformers, Jim Cameron's Avatar, Star Trek (JJ Abrams) and live action Akira. Uses Adobe Photoshop.

BEHIND THE SCENES (BTS) is a new and exciting DVD series developed to showcase the creation of a game cinematic sequence. The series follows a team of artists as they demonstrate their production techniques from concept phase to final rendered animation. In this first chapter, concept artist Peter Han designs the lead character Geo, a seasoned veteran of numerous infiltration missions. Peter demonstrates his process for quick sketching,character exploration, prop design, gathering reference and producing orthographics and final illustrations for the 3D modelers. This DVD features production meetings with Art Director Mark Goerner, as he provides design direction for Geo.

The Gnomon Workshop - Concept Design 1: Vehicle Sketching
The ability to sketch and render vehicles is an important asset in the field of concept design. Using materials standard in the design industry, a detailed step by step demonstration will show the students the entire vehicle sketching process. Learn about the basics of perspective, the importance of thumbnails, techniques of sketching, and development of forms and proportions to create the final rendering.