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Special Maya Instructional Program

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, October 17, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: October 17, 2005

Studio Arts of Los Angeles, CA will be host to a special group of ALIAS MAYA seminars, classes and workshops that will begin Monday, October 17th, 2005 and end Friday, December 16, 2005.

Maya instruction will be from introductory level to intermediate and advanced workshops in everything from modeling and textures to rigging, animation and more. Classes will meet from 8am-3pm Mon. through Fri.

Game Events

SCICC Digital Committee Networking Event

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: July 27, 2005

Join other decision makers in the interactive media industry for a networking event.

It will be from 6pm-9pm on July 27th in Beverly Hills and will focus on the lucrative video game industry (how in-game advertising and product placement are changing the rules of the game).

The event is FREE. SPACE IS LIMITED ... SO PLEASE MAKE SURE T0 RSVP AT: http://www.scicc.biz/

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3D Launches New Maya and After Effects Classes July 5th, 2005

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: July 5, 2005

Friedman 3D, will be starting a new semester on July 5th, 2005. Instruction will be provided in award-winning Alias Maya from 8:00am to 3:00pm Monday through Friday. There will be an additional class offered in Adobe After Effects that will run from from 3:00pm to 6:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cost for classes is $75 and $25 respectively, plus a $25 registration fee. If you are collecting unemployment benefits from EDD you may qualify for collecting those benefits while a full-time student at Friedman 3D.

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Friedman 3D Launches New Maya and After Effects Classes

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: July 5, 2005

Friedman 3D will be starting its new semester July 5th, 2005. Instruction will be provided in Alias Maya from 8:00am to 2:40pm Monday through Friday. There will also be an Adobe AfterEffects class that will run from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cost for classes is $75 and $25 respectively, plus a $25 registration fee.

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Friedman 3D Starts New Maya and AfterEffects Classes July 5th

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: July 5, 2005

Friedman 3D will be starting its new semester July 5th, 2005. Instruction will be provided in Alias Maya from 8:00am to 2:40pm Monday through Friday. There will also be an Adobe AfterEffects class that will run from 3:00pm to 6:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Cost per semester is $75 and $25 respectively, plus $25 reg fee. The Alias Maya course will be delivered in two sections by Mr. Vincent Delay, a Maya artist and formerly a CG Supervisor at The Engine Room. Section One will be introductory and will run from 8:00am until 11:00am M-F.

Disney Events

L.A. ACM SIGGRAPH June Meeting on the Past. Present and Future of Disney Animation.

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: June 14, 2005

Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH Presents:

The Past. Present and Future of Disney Animation

Join us for an inside look at the 75 years of the most prolific Animation Studio on Earth.

This will also be a Disney recruiting event, so bring your resume and reel for an opportunity to join in the magic!!

This will also be the last L.A. SIGGRAPH Meeting of the 2004 & 2005 Meeting year, so please come and welcome your new Executive Council Members & pick up your SIGGRAPH 2005 Poster!

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Effects Events

Alias User Group Meeting: Shark Tale

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: May 26, 2005

Visual effects supervisor Doug Cooper and head of effects Mark Miller of SHARK TALE will present work from the film at the Alias User Group Meeting. The film utilized Maya for modeling, animation and visual effects. The evening will reveal details from visual design and development, through character rigging and animation, procedural modeling, special effects and final lighting. The team will explain their use of RenderMan, Mental Ray and a vast array of proprietary software and plug-ins.

Effects Events

AFTER EFFECTS MAGIC

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: May 21, 2005

Discover the power of After Effects in this all day workshop presented by digital artists from Antipode Entertainment Inc. Learn how to master video graphics, special effects, and animation. You won

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SEMAFX MoCap Madness

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: March 22, 2005

The SEMAFX Network, (aka the ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter for Southeast Michigan) invites you to an evening of MoCap Madness! Metamotion (SF, Calif) and Alias (Toronto) will collaborate to provide an "A-to-Z workflow" from motion captured with the Gypsy suit- directly into Motionbuilder 6!

This is another of SEMAFX's monthly meetings, offering local creatives networking opportunities and a fun night out with folks in your industry!

Stage 3 Productions (www.stage3.com) is hosting this captivating event!

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Pixologic User Group Meeting

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, January 10, 2005 at 11:00am
Begins: January 10, 2005

Pixologic is hosting a User Group Meeting to coincide with the first day of the San Francisco MacWorld Expo. This event will kick off at 5:00 pm with complimentary food and beverages followed by an evening devoted to all things ZBrush. The event will take place at TERRA, 511 Harrison Street (at First Street), San Francisco, California 94105. For more information and registration, visit 206.145.80.239/zbc/announcement.php?f=2&announcementid=18.

Effects Events

3ds max 7 Demo in Toronto

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: November 23, 2004

Discreet invites local 3D creators to experience a free demonstration of the new features of its 3ds max 7 software. Jason Crosby, producer at Digital Dimension, will speak from 6:00 to 9:30 pm at the Bloor Cinema.

Effects Events

3ds max 7 Demo in Vancouver

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: November 17, 2004

Discreet invites local 3D creators to experience a free demonstration of the new features of its 3ds max 7 software. Jason Crosby, producer at Digital Dimension, will speak from 6:00 to 9:30 pm at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society.

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mental ray User Group Meeting

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: October 26, 2004

Please join the Los Angeles Mental Ray User Group for this very special evening sponsored by Alias and hosted by RFX, Inc. Alan Harris, Senior Support Engineer for Alias in Toronto, will be presenting an in-depth look at Maya and the latest version of mental ray. Topics include; why use Maya and mental ray; set up and installation; tuning, adjusting and optimizing your render; network rendering, rendering workflow, tips and tricks and open Q&A. If you are considering implementing mental ray or are already a user this session is perfect for you. Free parking and refreshments.

Software Events

Boris FX Software Demo

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: October 26, 2004

Key Code Media presents a Boris FX Software Demo. Featured solutions include Continuum Complete: comprehensive suite of 150+ plug-in filters; Boris Red 3GL: integrated 3D compositing, titling and effects; and PowerProduction StoryBoard Artist Studio: storyboarding and previsualization. Sessions will take place at 10:00 am or 2:00 pm at Key Code Media, 11530 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, California 91604. For more information or to RSVP, visit www.channelwolves.com/ppp_register2.html.

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ZBrush User Group Meeting

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: September 30, 2004

Gnomon School of Visual Effects and Pixologic are hosting the first official Pixologic ZBrush User Group meeting. Bay Raitt will discuss the strengths of ZBrush and its use in various production pipelines, i.e. Weta Digital, Valve Software. Meats Meier, The Gnomon Workshop, will demonstrate how he has used ZBrush in the creation of his personal artwork. Timur "Taron" Baysal will demonstrate modeling and displacement (medium to high rez details) and possibly rendering displacement in Messiah.

Anime Events

Anime Expo 2004

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: July 2, 2004

Anime Expo 2004 (AX2004) is the largest convention in the United States devoted to anime (Japanese animation) and manga (comic books). More than 20,000 fans and professionals from across the country are expected to attend. Artists and designers from Japanese computer game companies, computer animation companies and American animation companies will also be on hand to discuss the growing influence of anime on mainstream American entertainment.

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Maya 6 Launch The Evolution of 3D

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: June 17, 2004

Join us for a special evening with Kevin Baillie, Senior Effects Supervisor at The Orphanage, Inc. Kevin will be discussing how Maya was used in the making of the newly released movie, Hell Boy.

Marcel deJong of Alias will also show what

Artists Events

AVIT San Francisco

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: June 10, 2004

AVIT is a community based and led organization dedicated to creating a place where artists, developers, educators and manufacturers from all around the world can come and share their knowledge with each other. AVIT aims to help those who are eager to learn about the tools and techniques available for live audio/video performance and to provide a platform for performance.

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Lancement Maya 6/Maya 6 Launch - Duncan Brinsmead

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: May 26, 2004

Lancement Maya 6

Venez voir toutes les nouveautes de Maya 6. Le createur de Paint Effects et du systeme de cheveux long sera la pour vous demontrer les nombreuses applications possible.

De plus vous verrez une demonstration en profondeur des nouveautes de Maya 6.

Agenda16H00 - 17H00 Inscriptions17H00 - 17H15 Introduction par Sylvain Plourde de 3vis et Rob Hoffmann de Alias17H15 - 18H00 Pr

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5/19: Jeff Goldblum Live VIP Showbiz Mixer!

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: May 19, 2004

5/19: VIP Showbiz Mixer with Jeff Goldblum Live!

You're invited to this exclusive entertainment industry mixer featuring a rare musical by the talented JEFF GOLDBLUM at Joya of Beverly Hills on Wednesday, May 19, 2004!

Come on down and network with other showbiz professionals and enjoy JEFF GOLDBLUM & his amazing jazz band THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA. An EXCLUSIVE Event - By INVITATION ONLY - RSVP REQUIRED (see below).

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CATNAP May Meeting (Chicago Area Toon Novices and Professionals)

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 11:00am
Begins: May 15, 2004

The May meeting of CATNAP focuses on stop-motion animation. Guest speakers will be independent filmmaker Tom Brierton and Dave Brooks, vp of Creative for Bix Pix Entertainment. The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm at the Illinois Institute of Art, 180 N. Wabash, Room 234. Networking and open screenings are part of the monthly meeting schedule.

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