Digital-tutors releases Mantra tutorials in DVD and download format:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/product.php?productid=3557 [digitaltutors.com]
Lesson Outline:
1. Introduction and Project Overview 1:45
2. Working with project files 4:02
3. CRendering basics 8:02
4. Rendering image sequences 7:41
5. Using Mplay 7:07
6. Using mcp 4:48
7. Rendering extra channels 8:51
8. Rendering planes to separate files 3:50
9. Compositing deep/shallow outputs 7:20
10. Rendering in passes 9:47
11. Compositing and matte shading 6:10
12. Rendering with Takes 4:41
13. Adding shadows and creating a shadow pass 5:34
14. Completing and rendering a shadow pass 10:02
15. Depth of Field effects 7:17
16. Motion Blur: Transformation 6:37
17. Motion Blur: Deformation 5:50
18. Motion Blur: Velocity 5:06
19. Velocity Blur Tricks 7:14
20. Micropolygon Rendering engine 9:17
21. Raytrace engine 5:34
22. Physically Based Rendering engines 8:40
23. Converting to RAT files 4:48
24. Ambient Occlusion 9:25
25. Image-Based Lighting 5:07
26. GI Path-tracing 5:07
27. GI Cache and Final Gather 6:29
28. Adding Caustic effects to the render 7:04
29. Editing shaders and lighting for a better Caustic pass 8:11
30. Outline rendering 3:01
31. Building and rendering clouds using volumetric system 6:17
32. Converting the geometry into a volume using Metaballs 8:10
33. Mantra archiving 3:51
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Andrew,
there are some comments on odforce that may be of help to you:
http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?showtopic=7943 [forums.odforce.net]
there are some comments on odforce that may be of help to you:
http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?showtopic=7943 [forums.odforce.net]
Robert Magee
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hmmm, ok .. now I have more questions than before :?. Would those who have purchased it summarize it as a features overview; or a “how to use in production” guide; or somewhere inbetween.
I thought it was well done and would recommend it to anyone. For those just starting out, it can easily be followed. And for us with a bit more experience, you may pick up a tip or two (I found the PBR & GI lessons useful).
Definitely not a hit-you-over-the-head demo of Houdini features. The exposure to the features comes out of the lessons. The entire tutorial falls somewhere inbetween “feature-based” and “how-to” … favouring the latter.
My 2 cents,
Rob
Cheers,
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I didn't like it at all you learn almost the same thing at cardanFX.net for half of the price and time.
I though it was going to be something more complex.
Note: I'm not saying that it's bad.
I though it was going to be something more complex.
Note: I'm not saying that it's bad.
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