Gnomon: Maya Fluid effects

[dax3d]

I'm not even sure if I should reply to this, but when I first started out I watched all the Gnomon Fluids dvd's. They seemed quite fine quality wise to me, and was able to win a little fluids "bake off" at the studio I was working at. Everyone tried doing some fire FX and various fluid type of FX, and having no prior knowledge of fluids did quite well. I thought Dave did a great job and have recommended them to others.

If they were some other fluid dvd's released by Gnomon since then, I don't know..but definitely a great starting point for me.

[webhead]

Sorry to hear you've been disappointed with your Gnomon purchases. I have bought many instructional DVDs from several vendors over the years, and I can relate to how frustrating it can be when you pay good money for what turns out to be something of lesser quality/value than you expected.
I've bought about 5 or 6 Gnomon DVDs, and were satisfied with every one of them, and found them to be of very good quality. Good thing too, because they are not on the cheap side comparatively.
I bought two DVD's from Eat 3D and thought they were great, as well.
I have bought instructional DVD's from other vendors with mixed results. Some were great, and some were really disappointing, or even useless. I always prefer to see a small video sample of what to expect from the DVD before purchasing. But, even that can be misleading. It is a crap shoot.

[MrPositive]

All training dvd's are pretty hit or miss, because they are all individualistically taught. Frankly, I find the Gnomon ones much more hit than most providing training. The gnomonology series was fantastic, and I hope they continue to sell cheaper and shorter to the point videos. I am not a fan at all of the overview dvd series however, as they just skim through the subject mostly.....but that's just me of course. I pushed for something years ago where the dvd's could be rated by users, but that never flew hahaha Considering our school has purchased over 200 training videos for our library and students, I'd say Gnomon is still the best by far....and we've bought from everyone. :)

[webhead]

The gnomonology series was fantastic, and I hope they continue to sell cheaper and shorter to the point videos.:)
Quoted for agreement

[lightcache]

i have all the gnomon fluids dvd's from some time back. i found them, actually pretty good. sure enough the instructor (i forget his name) flew through some parts of it, and i could never quite get my fluids to look exactly as his did (eventhough i followed them too the t, hhmmm...)
he did sound a bit bored though :D

anyway, each to thier own i guess.

[Nightkrawler xo]

i have all the gnomon fluids dvd's from some time back. i found them, actually pretty good. sure enough the instructor (i forget his name) flew through some parts of it, and i could never quite get my fluids to look exactly as his did (eventhough i followed them too the t, hhmmm...)
he did sound a bit bored though :D

anyway, each to thier own i guess.

My problem was i can hear his throat juices,lol. I can also hear him weezing and making other irritating noises in my ear.,when you have headphones on it's like someone is right in your ear smacking. I tried watching again tonight and i again felt like beating something.

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