Craig Simmons
Convert XSI to Viewpoint VET

David Saber: elfstone.3dvf.net

• Making a Frog
• Global Illumination (French)
• >>>Babel Fish Translation!
• Finger Tips
• Mix 2 Colors

LEPORELLI FABIO
digilander.iol.it/XSI2

• Shader: Sky Presets
• Shader: Cold Planet
• Shader: Ice Cube
• Particle Volume Cloud
• Particle Smoke
• Particle Fire
• Low Poly Modeling (Italian)
  >>>Babel Fish Translation!
• Low Poly and UV Texturing (Italian)
  >>>Babel Fish Translation!
• Skeleton & Evnvelope (Italian)
  >>>Babel Fish Translation!

Guy Rabiller
grabiller.3dvf.net

• FX Tree: 2D Lighting
• Local Transform Constraint
• Command vs Object Model
• Boris Pass or 'Focus Pass'
• 'Fog Layer Pass'
• Visual Basic Plugins
• Dominos Script and Tut
• Lightring Script and Tut
• Highlight Script and Tut

Tony Johnson
www.hamiltoonz.com

• Target Lightning
• Cigarette Smoke

Stephane Dube: www.stephanedube.com

• The Oil Rig
• Wireframe Toon Shader
• Remove Hard Edges
• FX-Tree / Photoshop

Stephan Haidacher
www.shaidacher.com

• Rendering Basics
• Lighting Basics

Roger Rosa
roger.rosa.free.fr/start.html

• XSI Tips & Tricks!
• Interface Basics
• Polygon Subd Modeling
• Modeling a Labrador Retriever

Andre Adam: www.shimmerstudios.com

• The Branch Tutorial - Texturing

Manny Papamanos: www.finalgathering.com

• FG Tips and Tricks
• Final Gathering How To?
• Pushing Final Gathering
• Depth Blurring
• Texture Editor (V2)
• Merge Objects w/ Bridge

Michael Isner: www.isner.com

• The Isner Spine (v2)
• Quaternion Spells
• XSI Scripting
• Poly Texturing Primer

Michael Donovan: www.shimmerstudios.com

• Rigging Hips (v2)
• Custom Leg Rig (v2)

Tom Sporer: www.tomsporer.com

• Fake Subsurface Scattering
• Fake Subsurface Scattering - Blue Glass
• SubSurface Shader Downloads

David Alonso: www.trigital.es

• Creating an Eye
• Character Setup (v1.5)

Mike Malinowski: starlitestudios.net

• Stretching Limb Chains
• Muscles using shrinkwrap
• Muscles Using Nulls
• Creating realtime secondary motion
• Basic Expressions
• Creating A Tail with Time Delays
• Random Noise Script

Chris Browne:

• Making Blubber Jiggle

Andy Hayes: andymator.co.uk

• Mixing BumpMaps with Vector Mathematics
• Attaching Objects to Particles
• Tank Tread Scripting
• Accessing Point Data
• XSI Scripting Notes

Ed Harriss: www.EdHarriss.com

• How to get a Job in CG Book
• Huge Collection of Tutorials,
• Scripts, Shaders & Utils
• XSI Training Videos

Adam Sale: www.joncrow.com

• Z-Depth Compositing
• The Power of Sprites
• Rotoscope Technique - AVI
• Keep Teeth with the Face
• Using XSI addons
• Growing a Flower
• Character Constraint Reference
• Character Control Pages
• The Snake: Soft Constraints
• Render Passes
• XSI Quick Tips
• Enveloping and Weighting
• Render Tree Nodes in XSI
• Rigging in XSI
• Shoulder Setup
• Facial Animation Part I & II
• Object Interaction
• Automated Keying
• Toon Modeling
• Follow Through and Overlap
• Hand Pose Controllers
• Advanced Lightning Shader
• Basic Skeletons
• Environment Shaders

Stefan Andersson home.tiscali.se/sbanders/

• Stretchy Bones
• Texturing Hair
• Shape Animation and Tips
• Alpha Channel
• FK/IK Slider Switch
• Gimbal Lock
• Character Setup
• Shape Animation
• Cartoon Muscle Animation

Jean-Francois Bouchard
pages.infinit.net/wcoast

• Applying Masked Decals
• Sharing Materials

Martin Belleau
pages.infinit.net/njapowa

• Modeling a Plant
• Dynamics on Skeletons
• Texture Supports/Projections

• Applying Bump Maps
• Creating Clean Scenes
• Basic Cloth Tutorial
• Multiple Particle Emitters

• Polygon Modeling Methods

lf Lundgren: www.lost.com.tj/Ulf

• Old Man: Behind the Scenes
• Stephen: Behind the Scenes

Olivier Amrein: www.skol.ch

• Caustic Tutorial
• Polymesh Modeling
• Set Hard Edge/Crease
• Vertex Painting

Dave Lajoie: www.davelajoie.com

• Simulating Subsurface Scattering
• Using Color at Verticies
• Cubic Environment Map
• Elliptical Texture Filtering
• Displacement Map 3D Text
• Hatch Rendering / Sketchy Look
• Incidence Toon Rendertree

Peter Shin: dishinpeter.hihome.com

• Modeling for Beginner
• Bump Mapping
• Displacement Mapping
• Transparency Mapping
• Final Gathering (Korean)
  • >>>Babel Fish Translation!
• Network Rendering (Korean)
  • >>>Babel Fish Translation!

François Mourre: estaque.free.fr

• Mix Textures w/Vertex Painting

December 10, 2003
Now news is usually good news!

Looking for Animation Companies?
Check out the online Animation Industry Database www.aidb.com

Softimage 3 EXP CD! Want to try XSI 3.0 for youself? Download the new experience demo including all documentation and video tutorials.

Max<>XSI Plugin Updated: Download the updated Max .xsi plugin.

Maya<>XSI Plugin Updated! Download the updated Maya .xsi plugin.

Softimage XSI FTK available for download. Softimage has a free sdk for implementing dotxsi files into your own products.

Need a web translator? Try Babelfish: babelfish.altavista.com

HDRI - High Dynamic Range Images: Visit Paul Debevec's website at www.debevec.org to learn all about HDRI!

XNVIEWER - a great freeware image browser.

Search the Softimage Mailing-List
T the best way to search the archives brought to you by Benjamin Grosser and the Imaging Technology Group.

Softimage Discussion Groups
The second best way to search the discussion forums for answers to your burning questions.

Softimage XSI community
A wealth of resources at Softimage's own Community. Check out the XSI Net section for a growing supply of new tools and scripts. The Self Paced Learning Tutorials have a number of interesting tutorials to get you started.

Highend3D.com/XSI - XSI Tutorials
Dedicated XSI community with great resources and links to the Softimage community

CGchannel.com - great site for news and information for all things CG.
InsideCG.com - CG and Visual Effects
3DTotal.com - The cg artists home page.
3DVF.com - French 3D online magazine.
DigitalArt.org - Online cg galleries.
3DLuvr.com - Tutorials, galleries..
Raph.com - Amazing CG galleries.
VFXPro.com - The latest and greatest information about visual effects.
Gamasutra.com - Games, games and more games. Great articles too!.
www.3drender.com - Jeremy Birns home on the net and the author of the must-have book
"Digital Lighting and Rendering"

Also check out the discussion board for valuable insight and help from the generous 3D community.

XSIBase Forums / Mail-List Search / EdHarriss.com / Highend3D/XSI / Softimage Discussions / Netview

CGchannel / CGtalk / CGhat

Great Animation Rerefence Sites

• Keith Lango - Great animator with some tutorials and insight into animating with a computer.
• Carlos Baena - Another great animator. Check out his misc section for animation info/tidbits.
• SpiceyCricket.com - Angie Jones site with some good starting tips for designers and animators.
• Think Meat...Animation Meat! - More useful animation information.

Generic Subdivision/Modeling Info:

• Bay Raitt's Spiraloid Forums
• Subdivision Surfaces
• Modeling Resource Page
• Modeling of a Human
• Creating a Subdivision Ear
• Modeling Tutorials
• Anticz Tutorials
• Low Poly Tricks n' Techniques

Photo Reference Sites:

Fineart.sk: www.fineart.sk - the definitive site for photo/anatomy reference , modelsheets and other useful imagery. .
Eyes: www.photovault.com
Image Search: www.webshots.com
Image Search: www.ditto.com
Blueprints: www.suurland.com
Cars: www.carpictures.com
Sculpting: www.sculptor.org

Must Have Books:

Animator's Survival Kit! Legendary animator Richard Williams has written an amazing book about animation timing and principles.

J. Scott Campbell: "Danger Girl Sketchbook" - a great reference book for comic freaks - and best of all it's priced like a comic!

The Art of Final Fantasy IX Chapters.ca or Amazon.com

Anatomy Reference Online: Scanned versions of Andrew Loomis and other books available online at fineart.sk.

Artist/Inspiration Sites:

Sijun Forums: www.sijun.com - Another forum with talented 2D and 3D artists.

GFXArtist: www.gfxarist.com - A web-portal dedicated to traditional and CG generated imagery.

Concept Art.org: www.conceptart.org - Another nice forum of engless talent.

Shane Glines: www.shaneglines.net - Fixed at last! Check out the Drawing Board forums for great 2D illustrative works.

Conceptual Design Forum: www.conceptdesignforum.com - An amazing forum dedicated to conceptual designs, sketches and marker renderings.

Stephane 'Stipen' Israel: mapage.noos.fr/stipen - An XSI artist with some nicely modeled characters.

Ken Brilliant: www.brilliant-creations.com - An interesting site with a variety of 2D and 3D work. Also interesting head modeling tutorials.

Mauro Borrelli: www.mauroborrelli.com
James Hawkins: www.hawkprey.com
Feng Zhu: www.artbyfeng.com
Michiko Stehrenberger: www.michiko.com

Newtek Lightwave: Online Gallery
ProjectMessiah: Video Gallery
Wildbrain: www.wildbrain.com
Magic Pixel: www.3dluvr.com/shadock
Taron: www.taron.de
Bruvel: www.bruvel.com
Jean Marc Airu: ajmarc.free.fr
Cem Gul: www.cemgul.com
McFarlane Toys: www.spawn.com
Chris Moeller: Tripping The Rift
Daniel Martinez Lara: Pepeland