http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 DVD-ROM (538 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
"In MEL for effects artists, effects technical director Kevin Mannens offers an in-depth and hands-on dissertation on how to streamline and perfect your effects pipeline. This lecture demonstrates how to speed up your cloth workflow based on your production needs, streamline rigid body dynamics, workaround particle limitations, add functionality to Maya's hair engine, and make your code more dynamic and productive in a harsh production environment"--Container.
lecture 1. Rigid body add-ons -- lecture 2. Baking out softbodies in a blendshape -- lecturer 3. Particle motion paths -- lecturer 4. Speeding up your cloth workflow -- lecture 5. Dynamic surface constraints w/hair follicles.
Special features include chapters, lecture notes, sample files, and resources.
System requirements: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, or Apple Mac OS x 10.2 (minimum); 1 GHz or faster processor; 512 MB RAM; 64 MB video RAM; DVD-ROM drive; 5 GB of hard disk space; 1280 x 1024. DVD-ROM will not work in a DVD player.
MEL programming techniques with Kevin Mannens