本视频教程是由FXPHD机构出品的Golaem Crowd人群模拟基础核心训练视频教程，时长：5小时，大小：1.9 GB，MP4高清视频格式，附工程源文件，教程使用软件：Golaem Crowd 2015，作者：Gareth Stevenson，语言：英语。
Golaem Crowd是视觉效果工作室使用的玛雅人群模拟工具。这款工具与传统工具相比较，能够在更短的时间内，更容易地打造出自然的人群效果。本教程不会对Golaem Crowd之前的知识进行讲解，但是涵盖了软件的各方面内容，也会有使用经验的讲解，所以即使是软件的老用户，也会从中学习到新的知识。
了解了软件的概况之后，我们会学习到各种工具怎样协同工作，也会学习到Golaem Crowd的工作流程：从合成自定义玛雅零件，到人群分布，行为，模拟和渲染。虽然本教程是介绍软件类课程，但是也会讲解到更加深奥的主题和更多中级技术。
自从离开微软并进入电子游戏产业，讲师Gareth Stevenson一直是这一领域的3D全才。他参与制作的电影项目有《雨果》，《饥饿游戏》和《星际迷航：陷入黑暗》，还有电视剧《王位》第2季和第3季，等等。
Golaem Crowd是一种适用于Autodesk Maya的人群仿真软件。Golaem Crowd能够为电影创建极富吸引力的视觉和令人可信的人群，尤其是在预算紧张和制作周期也非常短的情况下。它不仅可以创建整体的集群行为，而且还可以对单独个体的外观和运动进行控制，以达到真实可信。
FXPHD机构是老牌在线教学网站，网站的创建者就是Fxguide的团队，FXPHD制作了大量视觉特效、后期制作、摄影摄像的精品教程。每年支付4000元左右，就可以享受其中5门课程的教学，还可以提供VPN链接内网，每套课程都是10周左右的时间，每节课30分钟左右，包含训练文件和素材。FXPHD主打专业教学，所有的教程作者都是该领域的权威，必须拥有大量的项目经验。
FXPHD GOL101 Introduction to Golaem Crowd
Golaem Crowd is an artist friendly crowd simulation tool for Maya used in production by a long and growing list of visual effect studios. With Golaem it’s easy to create diversity and apply behaviors to create natural looking crowds in a shorter time than has traditionally been possible. This introduction course assumes no previous knowledge of Golaem Crowd, but covers all aspects of the software and is based on direct production experience, so even existing users should find something new to learn.
After an overview of the software to give a sense of how the various tools work together, we’ll go through each element of Golaem Crowd in the order they’d be used to build a shot, from integrating custom Maya assets to crowd distribution, behaviors, simulation and rendering. While the course is pegged as introductory, it will quickly progress to cover more difficult subjects and more intermediate-level techniques.
Gareth Stevenson has been working as a 3D Generalist in London since switching over from the Videogame Industry, where he was at Microsoft. He’s worked on film projects including Hugo, Hunger Games and Star Trek: Into Darkness and TV series including Game of Thrones season 2 and 3. Most recently he’s been working with Golaem Crowd at Union Visual Effects in London, where he’s taken care of all 3D crowds on Davinci’s Demon’s Season 2, Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong Biopic and Suffragette.
