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August 11th-15th, 2008	::	SIGGRAPH 2008 Los Angeles, CA
August 23rd, 2008	::	SIGGRAPH 2008 Review by J. Marshall Pittman and Ultimatte Demonstration by John Johns 10am to Noon InMotion Imagery Studio|922 Dragon Street|Dallas, TX 75207
September	::	Studio Tour - Motus Digital
October 18th, 2008	::	VFX for Film & TV, Chad Briggs - Element X Creative

Complete 2008 Calendar
Complete 2007 Calendar

October General Meeting: Chad Briggs and Brad Herbert of Element X Creative

Date: THIS Saturday, October 18, 2008

Time: 10am- Noon
Chad Briggs and Brad Herbert of Element X Creative
Collin County Community College
2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway
Plano, TX 75074
Room C104
Admission: Free

On Wed Oct 8th, Diverge presents a night with VAHL.

http://www.artbyvahl.com/

Vincent Joyau, better known as VAHL, will be in Dallas all the way from France. Diverge welcomes you to come out and enjoy a few complimentary drinks at Motus Digital in Richardson.

Motus Digital, LLC
2805 E. Plano Parkway, Suite 250
Plano, Texas 75074
Time: 7-whenever we get tired

Saturday September 20th, 2008
Studio Tour
10 am - 12 noon.

2805 E. Plano Parkway, Suite 250
Plano, Texas 75074

Ultimatte Presentation and SIGGRAPH review

10am to Noon
Saturday August 23rd, 2008
InMotion Imagery Studio
922 Dragon Street
Dallas, Tx 75207

John Johns of In Sync

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John will be demonstrating the Ultimatte rotoscope system.

J. Marshall Pittman SIGGRAPH review

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Additionally, Collin College's J. Marshall Pittman will be covering the highlights of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference recently held in Los Angeles, including the extensive Computer Animation Festival presentations: a new studio spawned from artists at ILM, animated short production lessons from Pixar & Disney Animation, and John Knoll's interview with the director of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" before it's pre-release screening.

• Autodesk Maya or 3D Max
• Softimage XSI
• SideFX Houdini Master
• Luxology Modo
• Image Synth
• Autodesk Cleaner 1.5 (thanks Peter Landry)

April 26, 2008
10am-10pm
Reel FX Creative Studios
Dallas, TX

Cost: $10.00
All proceeds will benefit future workshops.

Live Models!
Live Music!
Live Presenters!

Diverge 3.0 is a one day event that will allow everyone from amateurs to experts the chance to learn from video game industry professionals. Our first 2 workshops were amazing with a great turnout. Join us this time around for a several more Dallas and Austin pros.

For info & tickets go to:
www.divergeworkshops.info

Modelling a character symmetrically may be easier than modelling assymetrically (where left and right are different). With the Paint Blend Shape Weights Tool in Maya, you can break up symmetrical lip sync geometry into it's component Left and Right blend shape targets.

Here's how to use the Paint Blend Shape Weights Tool :

p.1 * p.2 * p.3