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Ask HN: Learning movie CGI
After watching movies such as Harry Potter and Avatar, I became interested in the CGI effects used in movies. I realize that these are done by huge teams, but I want to learn about how the effects are created and how to create simple ones myself. I'm a fairly experienced programmer, but I don't know much about graphics programming and absolutely nothing about 3D modeling. Can anyone suggest some resources to learn about this? I don't even know where to begin.
- arctangent 15y agoIt's a long time since I had a play with 3d tools but you could do worse than start by grabbing a copy of Blender: http://www.blender.org/ http://www.blender.org/
- vinced 15y agowww.fxphd.com www.videocopilot.net www.digitaltutors.com www.thegnomonworkshop.com Many More... For the tools: www.autodesk.com ( Maya, 3DSMAX, Softimage, Mudbox ) www.pixologic.com (Zbrush) renderman.pixar.com (renderman) www.mentalimages.com (mental-ray) Nvidia company Many more.... Dev: http://developer.nvidia.com http://developer.nvidia.com (lots of resources) Lots of stuff all over the net