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momo77
04-27-2006, 08:48 PM
Greetings from TOmrUG!



We’re very pleased to announce our next Toronto mental ray User Group meeting! TOmrUG is your local source for all things mental ray.



For the next meeting we’ve invited local talent to share their “Tall Tales and Stupid Tricks”. Speakers include:



Ryan Meredith-Jones (Autodesk, Toronto) presents miscellaneous tips and tricks for improving mental ray rendering performance in Maya.
Avi Katz (IDT, Toronto) discusses the internal details of the .mi file.
Steve Ross (Chum TV, Toronto) presents results from personal projects for clients, TTC and Ericsson. In addition, he’ll discuss cell shading and the use of Combustion for compositing rendered elements.
Alan Opler presents an overview of a mental ray training course offered by mental images and the L.A. mental ray User Group.


Come with your questions, comments and your own tall tales and stupid tricks to share with the group. Mark down these vital details:



When: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006.

Where: Alias Visualization Studio (http://www.alias.com/)

210 King Street East

Toronto, ON M5A 1J7

Schedule: Doors open at 6:30 PM

Food, drinks and socializing

Presentations beginning at 7:00 PM

Q&A period from 8:00 PM

R.S.V.P. to rmeredithjones_a_gmail.com (replace “_a_” with “@”)

Why: Because TOmrUG’s mission is to provide passionate mental ray users in our community a venue for discussion, support and activities to encourage better understanding and use of mental ray!!

Don’t forget to check out our friends at www.lamrug.org (http://www.lamrug.org/) as well!



Hope to see you soon!



---TOmrUG---

Toronto mental ray User Group
floze
04-28-2006, 12:26 PM
Sounds nice, I wish it wasnt that far away. ;)

Will there be something like a video report of the meeting?
momo77
05-31-2006, 04:14 PM
Hi there,

Thanks for your interest in TOmrUG. Last month's meeting was not videotaped, our apologies. We've had many requests about video, webcasts etc. so we're looking into solutions for future meetings so that people in other geographical locations can participate.

~monika

Sounds nice, I wish it wasnt that far away. ;)

Will there be something like a video report of the meeting?
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