MAXON 'Cineversity' Touches 1,000 Online Tutorials Mark
 MAXON,
IA, Apr 10, 2008 - MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D
modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that
there are now over 1,000 tutorials available on its online education and
training resource, Cineversity. This major milestone underscores MAXON's
commitment to helping artists maximize their creative potential by providing
instruction on some of the world's most advanced visual effects techniques
and methods.
In related news, the company also revealed that many of the industry's
most respected educational facilities that offer specialized training in
graphics, animation and design - including the Savannah College of Art and
Design, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Vancouver Film School, Ex'pression
College for Digital Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, and Art Center
College of Design - rely on MAXON CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D as core
elements of their visual arts programs.
According to Paul Babb, president of MAXON USA, MAXON's growth in the
market is tied directly to the success of the artists who use its solutions,
noting, "We're dedicated to delivering the most advanced tools to help
educate the visual artists of tomorrow and those already working in the
field. The wide array of tutorials available on Cineversity 24-7 makes it
the ideal resource for the creative professional looking for tips and tricks
to help maximize their investment in CINEMA 4D as well as the novice artist
eager to learn more about the 3D art form and the technology behind the
magic. And, the wealth of materials also makes the site the perfect
complement to the top university and design schools that have made CINEMA 4D
and BodyPaint 3D their 3D software of choice."
Cineversity's "Online Training" section is comprised of video-based
tutorials showing the execution of a project within the applications'
interface, complete with voice-over by a professional instructor who leads
students through the lesson step-by-step to completion of the project. The
"Hands-On Training" section provides a comprehensive list of educational
institutions who offer direct MAXON training. This area of the site offers
flexible search parameters, including searches for schools offering training
in a preferred geographic location, type of curriculum offered, if a degree
is available and much more. The site also includes a private trainer area, a
dedicated teachers' only forum, student/teacher forums and information on
upcoming events. In addition to MAXON-specific product training, Cineversity
also houses a multitude of vendor-provided video tutorials and showcases
notable customer projects that have been created using MAXON solutions.
Highlights of Cineversity include:
- Hundreds of reference tutorials and quick tips for fast answers to
specific feature questions
- Project-based tutorials that take a user from beginning to end and
step-by-step through basic and complex projects
- Integration tutorials showing how easily CINEMA 4D plugs in to any
pipeline and its seamless integration with all popular compositing and
other 3D packages
- Scripting resources for advanced users who want to dig a little
deeper and custom tools to improve workflow like the Grip tools for
managing cameras and lights, CONscripts for constraint creation and the
Natural Selection utility scripts
- Basic courseware and curriculum for CINEMA 4D instructors.
Recent additions to the Cineversity knowledge bank include:
- A new 3D interpretation of the 2D classic, "Principles of
Animation," by Donovan Keith, a gifted animation expert who has been
using CINEMA 4D professionally since the age of 13.
- An ingenious tree generator built entirely on Xpresso, CINEMA 4D's
visual node-based expressions editor, which artists can use to
intuitively create relationships between almost any object, material or
effect parameter. Eleven detailed tutorials outline 100-plus controls to
create virtually any type of tree. The author, Chris Schmidt, is a
professional animator and CINEMA 4D instructor.
- A five-part series on how to create an animated, growing expansion
bridge (based on the Golden Gate), using the MoGraph module, by Tim
Clapham, principle for HYPERLINK "http://www.hypa.tv"
Hypa, an animation and motion graphics studio in the United Kingdom.
- A series of in-depth tutorials on texture painting techniques taught
by industry veteran, Ben Mathis, who has contributed artwork to over 10
published video games for numerous studios and game publishers.
- A step-by-step demonstration of
HYPERLINK
motion graphics essentials developed by seasoned broadcast designers
exclusively for the recent Adobe-MAXON Power Integration Tour road show.
In addition to its online presence, MAXON is making an equally strong
impact on traditional brick-and-mortar universities and design schools.
Curriculum featuring CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D runs the design gamut from
texture painting and motion graphics to medical illustration and
architectural visualization. Educators using MAXON solutions point to the
software's ease of integration, intuitive interface, breadth of capabilities
and extensive use in the industry as the main drivers for adopting it as a
core tool.
Broadcast design veteran and Art Center College of Design instructor, Rob
Garrott, considers CINEMA 4D an indispensable part of his professional
toolkit and is excited about introducing the software to the next generation
of visual artists, noting, "CINEMA 4D enables artists, students and
professionals to express themselves in a way that just isn't possible using
2D animation tools alone. Whether creating a graphics package for a network,
or an animated story, CINEMA 4D makes the process of 3D animation both
accessible and manageable."
About MAXON Computer
MAXON Computer is the developer of professional 3D modeling, painting,
animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning products have been used
extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and
other industries. MAXON products have been used for and in Beowulf, all
three Spider-Man films, Surf's Up, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver
Surfer, Ghost Rider, Open Season, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films,
Monster House, Eragon, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,
the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Serenity, War of the Worlds, Polar Express, The
Flight of the Phoenix, Van Helsing, King Arthur, Star Wars: Episode II - The
Attack of the Clones, the On-Air Packages for TMZ T.V., Comedy Central,
Monday Night Football, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, ESPN, NFL Network, TiVO,
NBC, DirecTV, CBS NFL, Smart House, Fox and many more. MAXON has offices in
Friedrichsdorf (Germany), Newbury Park (CA, USA), Bedford (UK) and Tokyo
(JP).
For more information, visit at
http://www.maxon.net/.
--------
If news like this is important to you, sign up for our TenLinksDaily at http://www.tenlinks.com/NEWS/sub_unsub.htm.
Related News
Source: Material used in press releases is often supplied by external sources and used as is.
|
