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welcome
Welcome to A Bunch of Short Guys!
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Membership in ABOSG is free to any professional, student, or those interested in animation, 3D, shorts, film, broadcast, games, or special effects.
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Recent & Upcoming 2008 Calendar
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August 11th-15th, 2008
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SIGGRAPH 2008 Los Angeles, CA
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August 23rd, 2008
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SIGGRAPH 2008 Review by J. Marshall Pittman
and Ultimatte Demonstration by John Johns
10am to Noon
InMotion Imagery Studio|922 Dragon Street|Dallas, TX 75207
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September
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Studio Tour - Motus Digital |
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October 18th, 2008
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VFX for Film & TV, Chad Briggs - Element X Creative |
Complete 2008 Calendar
Complete 2007 Calendar
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general meeting
August 2008 General Meeting - Saturday August 23rd
SIGGRAPH review and Ultimatte Presentation
By: Vince Sidwell
on: Tue 19 of Aug, 2008 [00:43 UTC]
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Ultimatte Presentation and SIGGRAPH review
10am to Noon
Saturday August 23rd, 2008
InMotion Imagery Studio
922 Dragon Street
Dallas, Tx 75207
John Johns of In Sync
John will be demonstrating the Ultimatte rotoscope system.
J. Marshall Pittman SIGGRAPH review
Additionally, Collin College's J. Marshall Pittman will be covering the highlights of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference recently held in Los Angeles, including the extensive Computer Animation Festival presentations: a new studio spawned from artists at ILM, animated short production lessons from Pixar & Disney Animation, and John Knoll's interview with the director of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" before it's pre-release screening.
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student competition
2008 Student Animation Competition
By: j. marshall pittman
on: Sun 27 of Apr, 2008 [05:00 UTC]
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Prizes packages
- Autodesk Maya or 3D Max
- Softimage XSI
- SideFX Houdini Master
- Luxology Modo
- Image Synth
- Autodesk Cleaner 1.5 (thanks Peter Landry)
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concept art conference
Diverge 3.0
Dallas' Own Game Art Conference!
By: j. marshall pittman
on: Fri 21 of Mar, 2008 [05:00 UTC]
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Diverge Workshops, a bunch of short guys & the Dallas|Ft.Worth Autodesk Animation User Group Association present
Diverge 3.0
April 26, 2008
10am-10pm
Reel FX Creative Studios
Dallas, TX
Cost: $10.00
All proceeds will benefit future workshops.
Live Models!
Live Music!
Live Presenters!
Diverge 3.0 is a one day event that will allow everyone from amateurs to experts the chance to learn from video game industry professionals. Our first 2 workshops were amazing with a great turnout. Join us this time around for a several more Dallas and Austin pros.
For info & tickets go to:
www.divergeworkshops.info
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tutorial (Maya)
Using the Paint Blend Shape Weights Tool
to extract L & R blendShapes from a symmetrical model
By: j. marshall pittman
on: Sat 01 of Mar, 2008 [05:00 UTC]
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Modelling a character symmetrically may be easier than modelling assymetrically (where left and right are different). With the Paint Blend Shape Weights Tool in Maya, you can break up symmetrical lip sync geometry into it's component Left and Right blend shape targets.
Here's how to use the Paint Blend Shape Weights Tool :
p.1 * p.2 * p.3
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conferences
GEC 2008
Game Engineering Conference
By: j. marshall pittman
on: Sat 23 of Feb, 2008 [05:00 UTC]
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GEC 2008
What: A conference devoted to engineering and game development covering artistic, mathematical, and scientific aspects of the fields.
Saturday
March 29, 2008
10:00 a.m.— 9:00 p.m.
Erik Jonsson School
of Engineering & Computer Science
at The University of Texas at Dallas
See GEC 2008 for details.
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Oklahoma community
Digital-Tutors Hosts Oklahoma's First Autodesk Animation User Group Event
An event that will bring together Oklahoma’s best and brightest to learn, create and grow.
By: Tom Ottinger
on: Mon 18 of Feb, 2008 [00:24 UTC]
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Oklahoma AAUGA Event
6:00 PM
Thursday
February 21, 2008
Digital-Tutors ? downtown facility
501 N. Walker
Oklahoma City, OK
www.plstudios.com/events
or contact Digital-Tutors directly at 405-601-4806
about
Digital - Tutors, a leader in video-based training, hosts the first Oklahoma Autodesk Animation User Group Association Event on Thursday, February 21st at 6:00 PM. The free creative event is dedicated to bringing students, professionals, educators, and hobbyist together to learn innovative techniques for print, web, 3D, video, animation, and games.
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general meeting
January 2008 General Meeting
Garman Herigstad from Vizy Acky on recent special effects projects
By: j. marshall pittman
on: Mon 14 of Jan, 2008 [05:00 UTC]
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Garman Herigstad
Visual Effects Work
10am to Noon
Saturday
January 26th, 2008
C-104
SCC|Collin College
speaker
Garman Herigstad from Vizy Acky.
Garman will be talking about his latest work in visual effects, including a possible peek behind the scenes at Beowulf.
apparel
ABOSG Logo t-shirts will be for sale in various sizes. Come early, get your t-shirt, and wear it proudly to show everyone that you are a Short Guy!
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