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XSI Tutorial - Global Illumination and Final Gathering in mental ray

+ Below is Free XSI Tutorial (video) especially created for CGIndia users by i3dTutorials. In this tutorial, you will Learn how to use mental ray's Global Illumination and Final Gathering inside SOFTIMAGE XSI for a photo-realistic render and learn industry tips and tricks on how to combine mental ray's lighting features for higher quality renders.

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Digital-Tutors Releases Interior Set Modeling with XSI® Training

Comprehensive guide to modeling interior sets and scene management with XSI.
+ Digital-Tutors, a Softimage® Official Training Partner and leading provider in video-based training, today announced the availability of 'Interior Modeling Techniques with XSI' - the newest release in an expanding library of interactive video-based training for emerging digital artists using SOFTIMAGEXSI 6, a comprehensive 3D package for modeling, rendering and character animation. Artists will learn a production workflow to interior set modeling and several modeling techniques that can be used for Films, Games, and Architectural Visualizations. 'Interior Modeling Techniques with XSI' contains over six hours of project-based training developed to accelerate the artist's productivity and understanding of building complex scenes.
Highlights from 'Interior Modeling Techniques with XSI' include: establishing scale and measurement, edge loop splitting, enhancing edge details with bevels, optimizing geometry for lighting, merging polygon meshes, re-purposing geometry, polygon extrusion techniques, creating complex geometry with deformers, hard surface modeling techniques, adding realism with randomization, breaking lines for visual aesthetics, strategically adding details, welding points and edges, selecting and manipulating component loops, complex scene management, and additional lessons developed to teach artists interior modeling techniques using XSI.
Interior Set Modeling with XSI

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XSI Tutorial - Texture Blending In XSI

+ CGIndia bring's quite Useful and Free Tutorial for SoftImage XSI Users. The tutorial is created by character animator and independent filmmaker, Christoph Schinko who has been a Certified Softimage XSI instructor for over 5 years. In this XSI Tutorials Christoph shows technique of Texture blending using weight maps in Softimage XSI. If you like to share your knowledge with CG Community and have any tutorials, we will be glad to feature them on our website along with description about author and website link. Send your tutorials to cgindia[@]gmail.com.
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Two New SoftImage | XSI Tutorials

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+ This time, CGIndia.org bring's quite Useful and Free tutorial for SoftImage XSI Users. The tutorials is created by character animator and independent filmmaker, Christoph Schinko who has been a Certified Softimage XSI instructor for over 5 years. In These XSI Tutorials, Christoph shows; 1) Arm rigging for animators using XSI. 2) how to create a Cartoon eyes using SoftImage XSI. If you like to share your knowledge with CG Community and have any tutorials, we will be glad to feature them on our website along with description about author and website link. Send your tutorials to cgindia[at]gmail.com.
Two Softimage XSI tutorials

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XSI Tutorial - Curve Based FacialRig Setup

- An excellent XSI Tutorial about curved based Facial Rig setup, by CG Artist Mike Malinowski; who explains the most efficient way of creating Facial Rig Setup. Snip: A characters face can hold just as much expression as the entire body, so it is certainly important to make sure your facial rig meets all the criteria needed by the animator. This XSI Rig setup has the benefits of skin sliding throughout the face, meaning that whichever object you move, the rest of the face will be altered slightly, which helps prevent the static effect. It is also non dependant on full shape animation on the face, making it easy to add facial poses later along the production pipeline if.......Tutorial link!
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Digital-Tutors Releases Next-Generation Game Techniques in XSI Training

- Digital-Tutors, has announced the availability of "Next-Generation Game Techniques in XSI" -- a comprehensive resource for game artists and the newest release in an expanding library of interactive video-based training for emerging digital artists. Artists can now learn innovative and popular techniques being use in next-generation "3d games" in an interactive and self-paced setting. "Next-Generation Game Techniques in XSI" provides over 3.5 hours of project-driven training to increase the artist's understanding of next-generation game development and implementing a time-saving workflow in XSI and Ogre 3D. A free copy of OGRE and an exclusive texture library provided by Total Textures are also...........> Link < !!

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Digital-Tutors Released UV Layout in XSI Training

- Digital-Tutors, today announced the availability of the highly awaited, 'UV Layout in XSI'- a comprehensive guide to learning the fundamentals of UV layout with in XSI and the latest release in a growing library of interactive training for emerging digital artists. Containing over 3 hours of project-based training, 'UV Layout in XSI' provides artists with time-saving UV mapping techniques, creative workflow, and a firm understanding of XSI's UV tools. A 30 day trial version of SOFTIMAGEXSI Foundation is also included - allowing artists immediate access to ...........Link!
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Video Tutorials : 3DS Max | Maya | XSI

- Lots of very useful Video Tutorials for 3ds Max, Maya and XSI are available for free download. Maya Tutorials about; CLOTH: DRESS , MAYA PARTICLES, TRIMS, C-FILLET, and more.....Max Tutorials about; SIM CLOTH+ TABLE, VRAY: GLOBAL ILLUMINATION CREATING SIMCLOTH and many more.....XSI tutorials about : SOFT SHADOWS (OCCLUSION), CREATING syCloth II, EXTRUDE ALONG CURVE, Video Tutorial: SoundSpeakers, Video Tutorial: Battery- simple 3d Model and many more............Tutorials Link !!
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THE GNOMON WORKSHOP RELEASES CHARACTER MODELING & TEXTURING DVDS

- The Gnomon Workshop has released two new DVDs by Character Modeler Ian Joyner. In over eleven hours of lecture, Ian shares his myriad techniques for creating compelling life-like characters. Using 3ds Max, BodyPaint, Photoshop and ZBrush, Ian discusses his workflow for modeling, detailing, texturing and posing a male character outfitted with clothing and props. While Max plays a key role in the development of the character, virtually all the methods utilized apply to any leading 3D application such as Maya or XSI........................Link!!
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Lightmap based Ambient Occlusion

- Trick for fakeing FinalGather using sampled Lightmap and Ambient Occlusion Shader. This tutorial shows a method for generating FinalGather like ambience using the XSI AmbientOcclusion and the Lightmap Color_Sampler shader in XSI. The basic idea behind this, is to create faster and non-flickering (animation) renderings. Unfortunately this method is not as accurate as FG and doesn't support multiple bounces..........Link !!
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XSI Tutorial : Painting Base Lighting in XSI

- Latest XSI tutorial about Painting Base Lighting with the FXTree by Guillaume Laforge. In this tutorial he explain how to paint light in the map rather then adding more lights in the scene hense cutting on rendering time. This trick is quite effective and used by Cg artists, while working with most of the high end 3d softwares.....Check it out,...will save you lot of time as well give you extra control over lighting of the scene............Tutorial Link!!
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XSI Tutorial : Making of Home and Fire

- CG Arena has published a new XSI tutorial by Marco A. Delgado, In this XSI tutorial Marco A. Delgado explains, about the making of Home & Fire image for CGArena March Challenge.......Link!!

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SoftImage|xsi Tutorial - Deformation Tools In XSI !!

Tutorial - Deformation Tools In XSI

- CGUnderground has published a new XSI Tutorial by David Drbal . In this Tutorial (part1) David explains the Lattice and Cage Deformers usage in XSI. He use couple of examples to demonstrate the usefulness of XSI lattice Deformer tool. XSI has many tools; David has divided the tutorial into parts. In each he will look closer what exactly the deform tool does, and show some good uses. Recommended tutorial for XSI users......................Link!!
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Softimage XSI Tutorial: Making Metamorfosi !!

Softimage XSI Tutorial: Making Metamorfosi, by Bruno Maremonti

- 3dtotal has published a new Softimage XSI tutorial by Bruno Maremonti. The the main aim of this article is to share the process which led Bruno to the final render, with the whole community of CG artists....Bruno; I started creating a very simple model made up of a face with strange features (picture 1), then I created another one representing an old man (picture 2). After that, I merged both models creating a third one...............Read on!!
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