In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to begin using the powerful ICE procedural modeling tools in Softimage. By harnessing the speed and flexibility of ICE, we can create some amazing effects and unleash our artistic creativity.

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From traditional polygon modeling tools to powerful spline based techniques, CINEMA 4D offers a number of options for building models. Building an interior set will provide us with an opportunity to put many of those tools into practice building organic and inorganic shapes in a variety of ways. We'll explore methods for building hard surfaces like the room architecture, cabinetry, and furniture. We'll use splines creatively to help us build things like shelves, lamps, and artwork and explore the use of Cloner Objects to quickly generate multiple copies of geometry. We'll shape some of our organic objects using tools like the Magnet and Brush, and we'll talk about keeping our scene clean by creating a useful hierarchy. We'll touch on a wide range of modeling tools that will not only allow you to create this particular interior set, but to build your own sets and models more quickly and efficiently.

In this series of lessons, we will be taking an introductory look at RealFlow 2012 and many of the key features of this robust fluid simulation software. It is important to develop good workflow habits early in your RealFlow education, so we will start by learning the importance of properly setting up your RealFlow projects as well as how to efficiently move around within the RealFlow interface.

In this course, we will create an animation of a character swinging to a platform. Step by step, we will create this performance while covering various techniques that will help you improve your animation skill set. Techniques like: how to block in your extremes so that finalizing the animation becomes a faster process, improving arcs in the movement of your characters, animating between IK and FK modes, and overall we will learn how to animate with proficient workflows! By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge you need to create polished animations at a faster pace.

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In this collection of lessons we will discuss the various nodes found in the Illumination section of the Render Tree. We will be discussing topics such as creating realistic car paint, exploring subsurface scattering materials to simulate translucent surfaces, overriding shadow color and transparency on individual objects, shading hair strands created in Softimage, rendering soft-shadowing effects using ambient occlusion, as well as many other tips, tricks, and techniques for using the Softimage Illumination nodes.