Digital-Tutors Releases Animation Training for SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6

New training release provides a complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

Oklahoma City, OK - February 19, 2007 – Digital-Tutors, today announced the availability of 'Animating Walk Cycles in XSI' – the newest release in an expanding library of interactive video-based training for emerging digital artists using SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 6, a comprehensive 3D package for modeling, rendering and character animation. Artists will learn the fundamentals of character animation using time-saving techniques that provide greater control while creating walk cycles. 'Animating Walk Cycles in XSI' contains over three hours of project-based training developed to increase the artist's productivity and understanding of XSI 6 using a production workflow.

"At Softimage, we have a commitment to partner with companies like Digital-Tutors to offer artists and technical directors access to current and applied training materials that help them learn and master SOFTIMAGE|XSI, built on the powerful Gigapolygon core, to become productive quickly," said Jennifer Goldfinch, Softimage client relations and education manager. "Digital-Tutors have once again delivered another quality training package that builds on their previous successful XSI training modules. Our partnership with Digital-Tutors is a mutual win relationship, and we congratulate them on the new ‘Animating Walk Cycles in XSI’ training package," added Goldfinch.

Highlights from ‘Animating Walk Cycles in XSI’ include: body mechanics of a walk cycle, disposition of the feet for balance, reference points for convincing poses, weight transfer throughout the steps, follow-through and overlapping for realistic fluid motion, procedures for blocking animation, timing and spacing for believable weight, using exaggeration to accentuate poses for greater interest, methods to accelerate workflow, using simple expressions to shift keys for desired timing, creating advanced controls for greater functionality in character rig, exploring XSI's high level editing system to manipulate poses, utilizing the animation editor to enhance blocked animation, transform parameters for faster key modification, translating walk cycle forward, helpful diagrams for motion clarity, techniques for building seamless cycles, and additional lessons designed to give artists a firm understanding of SOFTIMAGE|XSI 6.

For a full outline and pricing information of "Animating Walk Cycles in XSI" visit: http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/product.php?productid=2567

For pricing information on all XSI Training visit: http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/home.php?cat=32

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