Tutorials

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"What makes you an expert, Mr. Smarty Pants?"

A reasonable question.

I hadn't planned on making tutorials but was contacted by the good folks at Virtual Training Corporation (VTC). They had become familiar with my work, liked it and thought I might be a good fit to share a little knowledge.

I use all of these softwares professionally, virtually every day, for print and broadcast clients. So, my instruction comes with tips and tricks that are borne out of hitting deadlines and satisfying picky producers and art directors. I guess you could say, my pain is your gain.

These tutorials and training will help you get up-to-speed quickly and are narrated with every-day language. Whether you are a professional becoming familiar with these programs or a hobbyist that just wants to have some great fun, you can shave hours off of your learning curve here.

I'm a guest speaker at various art institutes and colleges and have taught Masters Classes at NAB.

Carrara 6 Pro

You can go to the Carrara 6 tutorial and training page here. Almost 200 new movies covering all of Carrara's exciting new features. Get up speed faster than ever by watching real-world examples and tips from actual jobs.

Quickly learn to create realistic hair, ocean primitives, Carrara physics, character animation, plant customization, target helper objects, rigging/boning characters and much more.

Dark Arts Series

Finally, it's Live again!

Looking for a free Carrara Tutorials and training? This is my personal little series of free tips, tricks and advanced free tutorials specifically for Carrara users. However, these are pro level tutorials and assume that you also have some of the software common to professional shops. Learn incredible ways to get more bang out of Carrara. There might even be some free Carrara shaders somewhere in there!

Poser 7

You can visit the Poser 7 tutorial page here.

The original character posing software, this powerful program comes with incredible built-in features like the Talk Designer, Walk Designer, Cloth Room, Custom Face morphing, hair growing, and character rigging capabilities.

Carrara 5 Pro

You can go to the Carrara 5 tutorial page here. This series will also help users of Carrara 6 Pro and Carrara 3D Express get started since there is consistency in standard features.

Learn about motion paths, terrains, powerful shader building techniques, terrain customization and much more.

Soundtrack Pro

Visit the Soundtrack tutorial page here.

This is one of the easiest, pro-level sound editing applications ever made. Learn how to quickly remove background noise, add spatial ambience, perform multi-take recording, create special sound effects an much more.

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