USD is becoming an important standard file format for visual effects, animation and video game productions. Most of us have heard of...

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Steve Agland has been the Supervising TD in Lighting at Animal Logic for over 20 years. He has worked on projects such as The Lego...

An introduction of how to starting and setting up software (Maya, Nuke, Houdini ...) with specific customization and setup for your...

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