Creature rigging with Softimage/XSI.

Designed to teach game designers how to structure their character by demonstrating techniques used by professional rigging artists. Starting with the basics of bones, joints, and hierarchies, users set up an animation rig for a biped skeleton character. After learning how to create a shadow rig and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Noesis Interactive (Firm)
Other Authors:	Govela, Antonio
Format:	Software Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[Calif.] : Noesis Interactive, [2007]
Series:	Mod your world.
Subjects:	Computer animation. Computer graphics. Computer games > Design. Microsoft Softimage 3D. Instructional films. Nonfiction films.

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Summary:	Designed to teach game designers how to structure their character by demonstrating techniques used by professional rigging artists. Starting with the basics of bones, joints, and hierarchies, users set up an animation rig for a biped skeleton character. After learning how to create a shadow rig and envelope the character to it, designers are shown how to use the Softimage/XSI software to create a skeletal rig for a quadruped dragon character, ready to export to the Source engine.
Item Description:	Title from disc. "Structure your character." --Container. "DivX"--Container. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-ROM. System requirements: Windows XP Professional SP2 ; AMD K7 or Intel Pentium III or higher processor ; OpenGL accelerated graphics card - 64 MB RAM or more recommended ; 1.2 GB available hard drive space (required for Noesis lesson files) ; 512 MB RAM minimum required ; 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution recommended ; three-button mouse ; 16X DVD-ROM drive ; valid Valve game license.