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Click the download links below to preview the first 10 lessons from the video for free, as Sorenson-compressed Quicktime files: GEOMETRY BASICS, MODELING TIPS & TRICKS: 1. Geometry 101: Meshes and Surfaces - download. 2. Geometry 101: Surface Subdivision - download. 3. Choosing and Combining Curves - download. 4. Surface Types, Patches vs. NURBS - download. 5. Faces (and how to avoid them) - download. 6. MetaClay Modeling - download. 7. Proportional Modeling - download. ORGANIC & CHARACTER MODELING: 8. Skinning Characters - download. 9. Mouth-Centered Creatures - download. 10. Adding Detail - download. 11. UV Coordinates 12. Seamless Skins 13. Phantom Points and Zipping 14. The Blending Effect 15. Overlapped Blending 16. Projection Fillets 17. Surface Deformation Fillets TEXTURING, LIGHTING & RENDERING: 18. Planar Projections in a Sample Scene 19. UV Mapping in a Sample Scene 20. UV Mapping Parameterization 21. Tiling Maps 22. Flowing and Reflected Water Effects 23. Projected Shadows 24. Rendering Elements for Compositing 25. Masking and Layering Textures 26. Bump Maps 27. Clip Maps 28. Lighting a Scene Step-by-Step 29. Luminosity Maps 30. Specularity Maps SHAPE & FACIAL ANIMATION: 31. Shape Animation 32. Advanced Facial Set-ups |