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PixelVampire

07-08-2003, 10:53 PM

Ok I am kind of past newbee stage (only slightly :-)

Anyway I am ok at nurbs modelling now. I never touched poly. I need to learn texturing in more depth.

My question is- I am using Maya 4.5 (moving to 5 soon) is there any of these DVD's that is kind of redundant? I mean for example the rendering ones are they still a good buy?
Considering built in Mental ray for Maya5? I mean will I be wasting my time and money on something which can be done easily on Maya 5?

Anyway here is the list of DVD's I am thinking of getting -

(http://store.yahoo.com/gnomon-store/maytraindv.html)

Polygon Modeling, I: Basics
Polygon Modeling, II: Subdivision Surfaces
Texture Mapping, I: Materials
Texture Mapping, II: Textures
Texture Mapping, III: Projections
Texture Mapping, IV: Polygon UV Layout
Texture Mapping, V: Advanced UV Layout
Rendering, II: Shadows
Rendering, III: Light Effects
Rendering, IV: Light Fog

loked

07-08-2003, 11:06 PM

Hey PixelVampire,

I havn't seen any of the rendering ones, so I wont comment on them, but the others are definitely worth buying. I've found that the majority of gnomon videos are easy to understand and give you a good foundation to then go on to more advanced things.

If you are a beginner and have little experience in any of those fields, then I would say definitely get them.

later:wavey:
loked

Kaiser_Sose

07-08-2003, 11:50 PM

I just actually deleted my whole post which I just wrote because I am going to keep quite on the ones I dont care for

Instead I am going to say that the Dynamic ones I have seen are superb, simply awesome. Actually anyone HOSTED BY ALEX are great ;) ;)

Kaiser_Sose

07-08-2003, 11:55 PM

I forgot, they also used to have a entire texturing coarse for around $600 on the site, you might want to take a look at that instead of the lectures

PixelVampire

07-11-2003, 06:54 PM

Anyone else who has used any of these DVD's?

Isrithe

07-12-2003, 01:15 AM

The dvd's/ videos are great. I like them because he doesnt just go over certain things all fast, he explains everything in a systematic fashion. Ive seen the ones on patch modeling and constraints and they rocked!

roguenroll

07-12-2003, 05:41 AM

they are all great. I'm selling the intro bundle, I'd like to sell it, I started to buy them piece meal, then got a deal on all 38, so I got em.

After I saw a few of my first ones, I had to go ahead a get them all.

Rogue

PixelVampire

07-18-2003, 09:19 AM

Any more comments on the rendering ones? I am thinking of giving the rendering ones a miss and getting the Charecter animation set (tongue sticking out)

Damit!! I would love to have all of them.

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