After watching movies such as Harry Potter and Avatar, I became interested in the CGI effects used in movies. I realize that these are done by huge teams, but I want to learn about how the effects are created and how to create simple ones myself. I'm a fairly experienced programmer, but I don't know much about graphics programming and absolutely nothing about 3D modeling. Can anyone suggest some resources to learn about this? I don't even know where to begin.
[+] [-] arctangent|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] vinced|14 years ago|reply
www.videocopilot.net
www.digitaltutors.com
www.thegnomonworkshop.com
Many More...
For the tools:
www.autodesk.com ( Maya, 3DSMAX, Softimage, Mudbox )
www.pixologic.com (Zbrush)
renderman.pixar.com (renderman)
www.mentalimages.com (mental-ray) Nvidia company
Many more....
Dev:
http://developer.nvidia.com (lots of resources)
Lots of stuff all over the net