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August 11th-15th, 2008	::	SIGGRAPH 2008 Los Angeles, CA
August 23rd, 2008	::	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
September	::	Studio Tour - Motus Digital
October 18th, 2008	::	VFX for Film & TV, Chad Briggs - Element X Creative

Complete 2008 Calendar
Complete 2007 Calendar

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

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John will be demonstrating the Ultimatte rotoscope system.

J. Marshall Pittman SIGGRAPH review

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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.

• Autodesk Maya or 3D Max
• Softimage XSI
• SideFX Houdini Master
• Luxology Modo
• Image Synth
• Autodesk Cleaner 1.5 (thanks Peter Landry)

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

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

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.

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

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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.

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!