Escape Studios Advanced Shading with Maya & Mental Ray 由欧洲排行首位的CG教育机构 Escape Studios提供的教程 ，Maya 高级阴影渲染教程。高级阴影教程是为有经验的CG艺术家想要学习如何使用Maya的Hypershade窗口和Mental Ray的扩展功能而研发的。
Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，主要是为了影视应用而研发的，所以在出世后不久就在《精灵鼠小弟》、《恐龙》等这些大片中一展身手。除了影视方面的应用外Maya在三维动画制作，影视广告设计，多媒体制作甚至游戏制作领域都有很出色的表现。初识Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，它是Alias|Wavefront公司在1998年才推出的三维制作软件。虽然相对于其他老牌三维制作软件来说Maya还是一个新生儿，但Maya凭借其强大的功能，友好的用户界面和丰富的视觉效果，一经推出就引起了动画和影视界的广泛关注，成为顶级的三维动画制作软件。
Escape Studios成立于2002年4月，由Dominic Davenport创办并且受到奥斯卡奖获得者Ridley Scott的全面支持。它在伦敦和纽约都设有分支机构。起初，它只是一个计算机图像技术方面的培训机构，后来逐渐成为提供硬软件产品和服务的“公司”。目前，它在欧洲的CG领域建立起绝好的口碑，其官方网站甚至用欧洲“No. 1”来形容自己。 作为培训机构，它为自己的学员提供了全世界最好的学习实践机会，包括能在全球知名公司的电影、游戏项目——如《Battlefield 360》、《X-Men: The Last Stand》、《哈里·波特》、《黑暗骑士》以及《The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian》等等中得到实习机会等等。作为经营硬软件的“公司”，它是Autodesk Maya、Pixar RenderMan以及BOXX技术在欧洲最大的转售商。它同时提供全职课程、兼职课程和网络教学课程，课程包括动画、游戏、角色、合成以及特效等几个系列，还有针对不同软件的专门培训课程。它的师资力量十分雄厚，包括皮克斯资深艺术师、知名作品的首席角色设计师、拥有众多游戏设计经验的老牌游戏制作者等。可以说它是喜爱CG的年轻人学习CG技术、谋求进入CG领域发展的不二选择。
Escape Studios - Advanced Shading with Maya & Mental RayEnglish | FLV | AVC 1280x720 | AAC 48 Kbps | 8.86 GBGenre: eLearning
As a successful and respected CG academy, Escape Studios is a proving ground for a new generation of computer graphics stars breaking into film, TV, games and commercials. Escape Studios is not like other schools. We don’t practice theoretical exercises. We skip the history lessons and focus on results. Our courses teach you one discipline, in-depth over a short time period. Through intensive hands-on practical workshops, designed with a single goal in mind – we give our students the skills, experience and confidence (not to mention the demo reel) to help them succeed in the world of computer graphics.
To succeed, you’ll need talent, personal and financial commitment, an imagination, hard work ethic and belief. If you’ve got what it takes, Escape Studios gives you the knowledge and tools to prove it. This is where it all begins.
Our Philosophy
After graduating with a degree and MA in Fine Art from the Chelsea Art School in London, Dominic Davenport pursued a career in VFX working for leading studios such as Glassworks, Double Negative and Me Company.
Through his own experience, Dominic realized the challenges young artists faced to obtain the technical skills required to work in this industry. The professional-standard computer graphics training he was seeking just didn’t exist. Dominic decided to make a change with his new project, Escape Studios.
His vision for Escape Studios was to fill the gap between what other schools were teaching students and what the industry required from graduates. While our vision is now much broader, our main focus remains to ready computer graphics artists for careers in industry. Dominic pioneers the company to this day with his creative spirit, defining everything we do.
Escape Studios continues to train young artists with the philosophy to represent, advocate and facilitate uncompromising excellence in all aspects of computer graphics.
Course Breakdown
Shading Theory
Shading Networks with File Textures
Utility Nodes
Mental Ray Shaders
Total file size 8.86 GB
Project files does not included