In this collection of video lessons, the guru of Flash Craig Campbell demonstrates various techniques and tricks that you might need to create high quality animations and screen savers for Flash. When recording used Flash Professional 8 and Flash MX 2004.

GET MOVING - Character Animation Training DVDFor the intermediate level XSI Character Animation enthusiast or anyone interested in just learning more about animating using SOFTIMAGE|XSI. This new tutorial is approximately 6 (SIX) HOURS long, and consists of a self-paced project based training course comprised of 11 modules and 64 video lectures. The purpose of this series is to introduce you to essential character animation concepts within SOFTIMAGE|XSI and will show you ways that the default XSI rigs and tools can be used to create outstanding animated output.
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Nothing beats the tight synergy of After Effects and Photoshop for creating professional-level effects, and nothing beats this book for showing you how Hollywood professionals really use these programs. In this second edition to Jeff Foster's bestselling book, TV and movie graphics veteran Jeff Foster provides all-new information on After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2—plus expanded coverage of blue/green screening and titling, beautiful new images, and innovative real-world solutions for today's professionals. Better than ever, this must-have reference is still the only guide that shows how to use these two superpower programs together to achieve professional results.

Nothing beats the tight synergy of After Effects and Photoshop for creating professional-level effects, and nothing beats this book for showing you how Hollywood professionals really use these programs. In this second edition to Jeff Foster's bestselling book, TV and movie graphics veteran Jeff Foster provides all-new information on After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2—plus expanded coverage of blue/green screening and titling, beautiful new images, and innovative real-world solutions for today's professionals. Better than ever, this must-have reference is still the only guide that shows how to use these two superpower programs together to achieve professional results.
Learn what the pros know, including how to:
* Add depth to your animation by mimicking real motion
* Grab your audience's attention with creative motion titling
* Shoot a clean blue/green screen
* Apply 3D animation to 2D images
* Remove backgrounds with blue-screen garbage mattes
* Retouch frame by frame with rotoscoping
* Construct realistic composites and locales with matte painting
* Make movies from stills by simulating 3D camera motion
* Produce realistic effects such as noise, clouds, and smoke

In this collection of video lessons, the guru of Flash Craig Campbell demonstrates various techniques and tricks that you might need to create high quality animations and screen savers for Flash. When recording used Flash Professional 8 and Flash MX 2004.

In After Effects 7 Animation Techniques, Jeff Foster shares methods and best practices for creating fantastic animation. From setting up a camera and getting the right angles, to imitating the movement of the human skeleton and animating text layers, Foster explains everything you need to know to create and edit animations for the most realistic effects. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.[/center]

Create banners, web page advertisements and other commercial animations — you can be up to speed with this object-based animator in mere milliseconds. Your mileage may vary. Animation Workshop  will assemble your animations from still images, text and other animations. It brings an inexhaustible library of graphic effects to the table. It maintains its text as editable text objects, rather than graphics — the text content of your animations will be editable after they're created. Export Animation Workshop's animations to GIF, MNG, AVI, MOV and SWF (Macromedia Flash™).

Animation Workshop will assemble your animations from still images, text and other animations. It brings an inexhaustible library of graphic effects to the table. It maintains its text as editable text objects, rather than graphics — the text content of your animations will be editable after they're created.

This series introduces you to the new and enhanced Flash CS4 animation features; Motion Tween, 3D properties, and the new IK animation tool so you can begin using them in your Flash projects. The enhanced Motion Tween will change the way you work in Flash forever. It s much easier to work with and more powerful, plus it includes the new Motion Editor Panel. This series guides you through the new 3D properties, which will let you control your objects in full 3D space in both the timeline and using ActionScript 3. Plus, learn how to use the new Inverse Kinematics IK animation tools for both MovieClips and Shapes.[/center]

Real-Time Character Animation with Softimage|XSI, part of the Noesis Interactive™ MOD Your World™ training series, teaches you how to “Activate Your Character” by demonstrating techniques used by professional animators. Working in Softimage|XSI with a character and animations from the Source engine video game, Counter Strike™, you’ll learn how to blend different poses and motions together in order to create new animation sequences. Then use customized parameters to develop the controls and organization necessary to work with the animation sequences.

DVD topics covered include:
Animation Clips & Sequences
Animation Blending
Custom Parameters
Linked Parameters
Animating Poses
Device Capture Techniques
Real-Time Shadows

BEHIND THE SCENES (BTS) is an exciting DVD series developed to showcase the creation of a game cinematic sequence. In this chapter of the series Burke Roane focuses on two action oriented game cinematic shots. He discusses the different stages of animation and explains what is expected from animators in a production environment. He compares and contrasts different computer animation techniques, and shows how to reach a high level of refinement in your shots. From start to finish, Burke explains in great detail how to work in an organized and efficient way, but more importantly he talks about the creative process of animation and how that process guides his workflow.

This cartoon is accompanied by four shorter and older films, all of which carry a sort of Medieval theme. A solid piece like Pauper is hard to follow, but there are still charms to be found in its company: The Pied Piper, Old King Cole, Ye Olden Days, and A Knight for a Day.