Advanced LightWave July 16, 2009

Topics
This is a general advanced class covering each of these topics.

Characters and Kinematics
* Organic character modeling
* Character rigging with bones and skelegons
* Forward and inverse kinematics rigs
* Weight Mapping - SubPatch Weights & Bone weights
* Facial Animation with Endomorph
* Character rigging with bones and skelegons
* Segmented and Organic character will be discussed
* Forward and inverse kinematics will also be investigated
* Weight Maps

Students will rig a character supplied by the instructor and practice motion and movement.

Advanced Lighting, Surfacing, and Camera
Discussion and implementation of:

Lights
* Lighting schemes
* Lighting types
* 3 point lighting
* Radiosity
* Caustics
* HDRI
* Volume lights
* Lens flares
* Projection lighting
* Baking

Students will set up a scene and light it using the aforementioned.

Camera
* Motion Options
* Camera techniques
* Targeting
* Multiple Camera
* Motion effects
* Rendering techniques
* Advanced Tab
* Shaders
* Reflection and Refraction
* Image mapping
* Integration with Photoshop
* Using Viper
* Image Editor
* UV Mapping - atlas unwrap technique and photoshop

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