Digital character development consumes a large percentage of the development time of every animated film or video, and is widely viewed as the next major area of advance in computer games. This field now spans the areas of cognition, anatomy, animation, computer graphics, theater, and psychology. While advanced techniques are reported in scholarly journals and academic dissertations, only those that find an implementation in off-the-shelf software (such as Maya) are covered in books. Digital Character Development: Theory and Practice covers the foundational algorithms and research that go into the development of virtual characters. The author, a faculty member of the Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design, as well as studio technical director of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York, was technical director at PDI/Dreamworks on Shrek 2 and Madagascar and is an independent filmmaker and artist. His new textbook guides both students and professionals who need a thorough understanding of character development in order to make decisions about the creation of their own characters. This text bridges the gap between algorithm and software-agnostic applications. The book will include exercises. The manuscript will be class tested at Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, and others.

Romanticcomedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of adivorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question himabout his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everythingabout how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New Yorkfrom Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Willrelives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs ofbig city politics, and recounts the history of his romanticrelationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will'sbest buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar politicalaspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Willhopelessly attempts a PG version of his story for his daughter adchanges the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married...

Outpost Firewall Pro, provides a superior arsenal of defense against PC infiltration by denying unauthorized access by remote hackers and protecting against data theft, denial-of-service attacks, privacy violation, Trojan horses, spyware and more. Four major criteria define Outpost Firewall Pro: security, control, privacy and ease of use. Outpost Free, an heir to Outpost Firewall Pro, provides pure firewall and proactive protection functions omitting extra add-ons.

The first update for Autodesk Maya 2011. Autodesk Maya 2011 software features powerful new tools for helping create and repurpose character animation: enhanced skinning capabilities and non-destructive live motion retargeting. Its new 3D Editorial timeline helps accelerate pre-visualization and virtual movie-making workflows, while an invigorated user interface helps improve artists efficiency and creativity.

Autodesk® Mudbox™ digital sculpting and texture painting software gives modelers and texture artists the freedom to create production-ready 3D digital artwork without worrying about the technical details. Designed by professional artists from the game, film, television, and design industries, Mudbox combines an intuitive user interface with a powerful creative toolset of stencils and brushes for ultra-realistic 3D character modeling, engaging environments, and stylized props. Available for the Mac® and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

The Techniques from the Masters, Volume I disc is a compilation of professional-level video tutorials put together from a variety of instructors who want to share some of their knowledge with the 3D community. This disc was created using video submissions from 3D Buzz's Content Developers Contest # 2, and the entries are incredible! You're not going to find this much bang for so few bucks anywhere!
Covering nearly thirteen hours of video training over 11 different applications, this first volume of the Techniques from the Masters series will teach you a wide variety of secrets and tricks ranging from modeling to advanced rigging to rendering to matchmoving and even on to network programming and much more!

VA – Fun Club 2010 2CDs
Double disc collection of club hits including: Rock that body (Black Eyed Peas), Bad Romance (Lady GaGa), Shit it Down (Pitbull/Akon), Down (Jay Sean/Lil Wayne), Press it Up (Sean Paul), Morning After Dark (Timbaland/SoShy), Did It Again (Shakira), What is Love 2K9 (Klaas meets Haddaway). 36 tracks total.
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The company Trinigy, engaged in development of game engines, today announced Vision game engine version 7.6.3.The new SDK Vision (Vision SDK) provides a long list of new features, including improved lighting system, allowing you to create physically accurate lighting as stationary objects, and dynamic scenes, taking into account the effect of radiosity (indirect lighting), and normal maps.

Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richards army against the French. Upon Richards death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marian (Oscar winner Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marian and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff

Create audience excitement and interactive experiences. Learn practical workflows to making stereoscopic 3D imagery with Maya 2009 and gain total control over the camera, characters, and environments to create one of the most powerful effects in cinema. Contains over 2 hours of project-based training and step-by-step examples for any artist.

Stephanie Harrington absolutely hates being confined inside her family's compound on the pioneer planet of Sphinx, a frontier wilderness world populated by dangerous native animals that could easily tear a human to bits and pieces. Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries - and the biggest discovery of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species.