A complete guide to getting started with Sofitmage|XSI. A comprehensive and understandable examination of Avid|Softimage's elegant new computer animation system, XSI Illuminated is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. Complete coverage of:XSI Interface ConceptsOrganization: Hierarchy and GroupsBuilding Sets and ModelsWorking with LayersKeyframe AnimationPath AnimationThe Animation EditorDeformations and the Generic Attribute PainterMaterials, Lighting and Rendering

XSI Illuminated : Foundation

Computers & Technology

Rossano, Anthony

Arima,Shinsaku

Web Development & Design

Elfin Cove Pr

A comprehensive and understandable examination of Avid|Softimage's elegant new computer animation system, XSI Illuminated: Foundation is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. 
New for Version 4 of Softimage|XSI, 'XSI Foundation' is a complete learning tool for people picking up Softimage XSI for the first time. ‘XSI Foundation' now covers the new Texture Layer Editor, the Texture UV Editor, and the Compositor, in addition to a complete coverage of Polygon and NURBS modeling, animation tools and detailed information on Materials, Lighting and Rendering. This new, fourth version of the Mesmer Press book also contains numerous new tutorials, including ‘UV Mapping Dice’, ‘Rendering with Layered Shaders’, ‘Using the Compositor’ and more. Complete coverage of: 
The XSI Interface and Workflow Organization: Hierarchy and Groups Building Sets and Models Working with the Operator Stack Serious Polygon Modeling Techniques Building with Subdivision Surfaces NURBS Surface Modeling Speeding Work with Layers All About Curves and Snapping Tools Keyframe Animation Technique Path Animation Deformations and Weightmaps Using the Paint Tool with Weightmaps Materials (Shaders) in the RenderTree Lighting, and Rendering with mental ray Refining with the Animation Editor Viewing Your Renders with the Flipbook 
New book sections include: 
Images, Sources and Clips Using XSI with PhotoShop Texture Projections The Texture Layer Editor Polygon UV Editing Compositing layers with XSI

XSI Illuminated: Foundation 2

Mesmer Inc

A comprehensive and understandable look at Softimage’s elegant character animation system, XSI Illuminated is a perfect companion for working animators, students, and teachers alike. XSI Illuminated: Character is part of a complete 3D animation curriculum designed by the animators and instructors at Mesmer Animation Labs. Scene files used in the book, additional XSI tutorials, and sample course outlines for instructors are all available online at Mesmer.com. Intensive classroom training for professionals is available at the Mesmer facilities in Washington and California, and people from all around the world use the web-based Mesmer eLearning system to learn more about XSI. Complete coverage of: • Planning for Animation • Non-Linear Animation with the Mixer • Serious Polygon Modeling • Modeling with Subdivision Surfaces • Deformations and Weight Maps • Using Shape Trees for Facial Animation • Shape Animation and Lip Sync • Building Inverse Kinematic (IK) Skeletons • Blending Forward Kinematics with IK • Binding Skins to Inverse Kinematic Skeletons • Enveloping and Weighting • Custom Properties and Linked Parameters • Human Character Modeling Strategies • Creating Libraries of Actions • Facial Animation Controllers • Advanced Character Setup • Expressions for Human Movement • Emotions and Facial Musculature

XSI Illuminated: Character

Digital Audio, Video & Photography

Originally published as Inside Softimage 3D by New Riders, the complete guide to using Softimage|3D is back in print as Softimage|3D Fundamentals, updated for Softimage|3D v4.0 and with an additional all-new chapter on writing expressions. Softimage|3D Fundamentals covers the techniques and art of animating with Softimage|3D, but it is also so technically complete that Softimage licensed Fundamentals as the user manual included with the Softimage|3D 4.0 software! Complete coverage of: Exploring the Softimage Interface • Moving in Space • Producing Your First Animation • Advanced Interface Concepts • General Modeling Concepts • Polygon Modeling • NURBS Modeling • Boolean Modeling • Meta-Clay Modeling • Duplicates and Instances • Materials and Textures • General Animation Concepts • Shape Animation • Animating with Deformations • Animating with Inverse Kinematics • Animating with Dynamics • The mental ray Renderer • NEW! - Expressions for Animation and Character Rigging

Softimage|3D Fundamentals

One of the country's leading instructors of Softimage offers dozens of step-by-step exercises, secret techniques from notable experts in the sidebars, and fabulous imagery from great Softimage artists. Completely full color, the book provides the optimum learning environment for this complex software. The CD-ROM contains cross-platform NT/SGI IRIX and popular shareware plug-ins.

Inside Softimage 3D

Programming

New Riders Pub

SOFTIMAGE XSI Revealed provides a thorough introduction to XSI for the serious 3D animation student. Softimage|XSI offers an awesome rendering system. This book shows readers how they can take advantage of it. It teaches beginning students everything they need to know to render out exceptional frames. It also provides comprehensive information about textures--how they are projected onto models, and how to use them to modulate bump, transparency, reflectivity and other surface properties. Readers will explore lighting and will use caustics, global illumination, and final gathering to add realism and subtle beauty to scenes. They will also learn how the pros use motion blur and field rendering to put the finished touches on animation for TV and film. From using the RenderTree to create a believable metal material, to complex effects using output shaders, this book is a must for all students serious about understanding the formidable rendering power of SOFTIMAGE XSI.

SOFTIMAGE XSI 5: The Official Guide (Revealed Series)

Cengage Learning PTR

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