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This course demystifies Ableton Live’s physically modeled instruments. Join producer Olav Basoski as he shines his synthesist spotlight on these sound generators and brings their vast sonic features into laser focus.

Multi-Platinum Engineer and Producer Kenny Gioia is back with an in-depth series on mixing in Reaper! This collection allows you watch a pro as he takes a multi-tracked production and mixes it from the ground up, from beginning to end. If you use Reaper and want to see how a professional mixer crafts a mix, this series is a must see.

This CG Cookie workshop is intended to provide an in-depth study of the key theories, fundamentals, and techniques you need to know about subdivision surface modeling. This course makes use of Blender but the majority of the material is applicable to any software that supports subdivision surface modeling. This course covers all the fundamentals that are vital to modeling, including topology, subdivision surfaces, organic modeling, hard-surface modeling, sculpting, low polygon modeling, and more.

Get up and running with the cutting-edge DAW Cubase 7 in this quick one-hour class. Author Pieter Schlosser shows how to use Cubase 7 to create your music, starting with the very first steps: setting up audio and VST connections, utilizing templates, and customizing your Cubase workspace. Then learn how to import audio, set your tempo, and create a click track and markers. The next chapter shows you how to record and edit audio tracks, including how to overdub and loop, as well as apply and edit fades and crossfades. Then, Pieter moves into MIDI recording and editing, covering how to choose sounds, edit performances in the Piano Roll view, and use MIDI controller lanes to enhance the performance. He wraps up the course with a chapter on adding effects, creating aux sends, automating your mix, and exporting the final track.

In this course we will use a number of NURBS techniques to build a skateboard in 3ds Max. NURBS geometry provides several advantages over some of the other types of building methods available, but the process for creating NURBS geometry is somewhat different from building polygon or sub-d models. In this course we'll explore hard surface modeling by using a variety of NURBS and spline tools and techniques in 3ds Max to build a skateboard. We'll go over tools like fillets, making NURBS primitives, and using splines. Upon completion, you'll have a taste of the NURBS building process in 3ds Max and be able use these tools in your own projects.

There's a reason Dreamweaver is the most popular and user-friendly program for creating custom websites throughout the world. Millions of people have used it to create the face of their business online. However, creating amazing web pages always involves some basic HTML and CSS knowledge — even when using this one-of-a-kind program. This course, taught by "techy Translator" Janine Warner, will teach you all the basics you need to know to start building beautiful websites tomorrow.

In this series of lessons, we will discuss the advanced rendering features found in the 3ds Max mental ray production shaders, and how they can become a valuable part of your production pipeline. In this series of lessons, we will discuss the advanced rendering features found in the 3ds Max mental ray production shaders, and how they can become a valuable part of your production pipeline.

We'll start by learning how to work with MotionBuilder's animation layering system to alter the character's performance in order for it naturally interact with our prop.

This installment of Photoshop for Designers shows how to combine Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, taking advantage of the strongest features in each program. Learn how to work with symbols, custom brushes, Live Paint, creative filters, clipping masks, and more, while following along with veteran graphic designer and teacher Nigel French. Nigel explains the relationship between Photoshop and Illustrator and walks through hands-on projects such as a montage, a movie poster, and a print ad, while demonstrating how to work back and forth between the two applications.

In this course we will use a number of examples in exploring the Graphite Modeling Tools. In this course we will cover the Graphite Modeling Tools in 3ds Max and how you can use them in your own projects. The Graphite Modeling Tools will provide you with a wide range of tools to make building models in 3ds Max much easier.

In this course we will learn about the Freeform Modeling Tools using a variety of examples. In this course we'll cover the Treeform Modeling Tools in 3ds Max, part of the Graphite Modeling Tools set, and how you can use those tools to quickly shape your models and create custom topology.

In this course we will use a variety of techniques to create a UV layout for the scientist character in 3ds Max. When texturing polygonal geometry, having a good UV layout is really important. Even when using interactive painting packages like Mudbox or ZBrush, having a well laid UV map will make modifying the textures easier. In this course, we'll make use of the Unwrap UVW modifier and its various mapping techniques to create multiple UV layouts for our cartoon character.

In this Vue tutorial we will learn about making a normally processor intensive scene in Vue, while at the same time conserving our own resources. Throughout these lessons we will cover the creation of an EcoSystem Heavy scene, while simultaneously working to govern our resources by cutting out resource heavy yet unnecessary practices and concentrating on making a beautiful, yet stable EcoSystem heavy scene.

We will start out by learning the Unity Interface where we'll talk about the different panels and tools available in the Unity editor. From there we'll learn how to properly export and import assets into Unity. With those assets imported, we'll discuss how to create prefabs that will help us speed up the construction process of our level.

In the Lighting with Flash series, photographer and Strobist blog publisher David Hobby demonstrates how to use compact flash units in a variety of lighting scenarios. In this first installment, he covers the basics, starting with ambient window light and ending with a four-light shoot of a model. Along the way, the course covers a variety of fundamental lighting concepts as well as accessories such as ring lights and softboxes. The course includes diagrams and detailed explanations of the lighting setups.

Creating movement and interactions can be important for those working in medical visualizations, illustrating drug interactions, or using 3D in other scientific fields. Often the cells will be required to interact, to split, or move along specific pathways.

This in-depth 3ds Max 2014 tutorial is designed to help you get a solid understanding of the core features found in 3ds Max, and help you to ease your transition into this very powerful program.

If you own Logic Pro and want to know how to produce dubstep or similar heavy, hard-hitting styles of music then this course is for you!

This course is for anyone studying for the VCAP-DCA exam or that just wants to expand in to the more advanced features, functions, and management of VMware vSphere 5.0/5.1.

In this course, your instructor Christopher Harrison covers a range of topics including the installation and management of SharePoint 2013, PowerShell, data management, and more. This course is designed for those who already have a basic understanding of SharePoint, Windows administration, and Active Directory concepts.