recorded in two mammoth publications totally over 2, 700 pages. James vast body of work has now been distilled to 50 of his greatest tricks, The Essential Stewart James. Allan Slaight, co - editor of Stewart James In Print and author of The James File, asked dozens of Stewart James aficionados including Max Maven, Michael Weber, Bob Farmer, Stephen Minch, Bill Goodwin, Gordon Bean, David Ben, Roy Walton, Charles Reynolds, Gabe Fajuri, Steve Beam, and Peter Duffie among others, to whittle over 1, 000 of James creations down to their fifty favourite, in other words, the essential Stewart James. For those who own the earlier Stewart James tomes (Stewart James In Print: The First Fifty Years and The James File) but are intimated by the size ...  (less)

these lectures provide ample discussion of the tools needed to create visually rich imagery and animations. User interface foundations are presented, focusing on 3ds Max's ease and simplicity. Learn core concepts as well as efficient, professional modeling, animation, texturing and lighting techniques. Presenter: Jeremy Engleman The Gnomon Workshop Jeremy has been working professionally in computer graphics since a one gigabyte hard drive was considered massive. Having worked in games, multimedia, print and film, Jeremy is currently working for Dreamworks Animation as a look development artist. Jeremy has worked for many clients including Sting, Peter Gabriel, Dodge, Penguin Putnam, Duncan Studio, Disney and more. He has worked on award winning projects such as Vigilante 8, Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, The Patriot, Sinbad, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, The Guardians, and How to Train Your Dragon.  (less)

been painted, scratched metal, burnt metal, and severely damaged metal. Gnomon Workshop textures are high resolution and seamlessly tileable. This allows for the creation of texture pages of any size from the small scale of a ragged cuff link up to the immense scale of a deteriorating oil refinery. Every texture has a corresponding bump and specular map. These have been manipulated to ensure a proper bump and specular response, and are not simply a grayscale version of the color map. The textures are entirely handled and stored in 24 bit TIFF format to avoid any compression artifacts normally associated with JPEG images. Also supplied are more than 150 features texture maps with alpha masks that add richness and variety to any texture project. Included are features common to worn metal like paint, rust, bolts and more. Library Includes: Corroded Metal Painted Metal Scratched Metal Burnt Metal Severely Damaged Metal Special Features Bump & Specular Maps for All Images Training for Using the Library Chapters Include: 01. Assembling Textures in Photoshop 02. Applying Textures in Maya 03. Applying Textures in 3DS Max System Requirements: The Minimum System Requirements are: 1GHz or faster processor 512 MB RAM 64 MB Video RAM DVD ROM Drive 5 GB of hard disk space 1280 x 1024 display The Minimum Operating System Requirements are: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Apple Mac OS X 10.2 This DVD ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents. Instructor Bio: Jeremy has been working in the computer graphics industry for more than ten years. Having worked in games, multimedia, print, visual effects, 2D and 3D feature animation, Jeremy is currently working for Dreamworks Animation doing 3D painting for visual development. He has worked for many clients including Sting, Peter Gabriel, Evans and Sutherland, Dodge, and Penguin Putnam and on award winning and hit projects such as Sting's All This Time, Peter Gabriel's EVE, Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, The Patriot, Sinbad and Shark Tale.  (less)