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Polygon Modeling Tips and Tricks in Softimage

by Kyle Green, Dan LeFebvre and Sunder Iyer

In this course, we will learn various polygonal modeling tips and tricks. Software required: Softimage.

What you'll learn

In this course, we will learn various polygonal modeling tips and tricks. Each video in this course is a self-contained lesson centering on tips and tricks that can help improve your polygon modeling workflows in Softimage. Software required: Softimage.

Table of contents

Smooth Operator in Softimage
3mins
Advanced Compositing Techniques in After Effects
5mins
Extruding Polygons in XSI
13mins
Extruding and Beveling Vertices
3mins
XSI 5.0 - Tweak Component Tool
3mins

About the authors

Kyle was one of the first authors for Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. and has been a part of the team for over 10 years. Kyle began his career in computer graphics education as a college instructor and worked as a Digital-Tutors rendering tutor and curriculum manager since 2002. Kyle has contributed to many of the most popular projects and helped the Digital-Tutors team win awards throughout the company's history. Kyle has had the honor of having his art exhibited at the New York ... more

Dan is an author at Pluralsight with a passion for helping others. Long before Dan ever officially donned his recording headset, he was a dedicated forum moderator with Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company), helping out members with problems they encountered across a wide variety of software. Since then, he joined our team and continues to help others every day with their CG challenges. From his extensive industry background, Dan has taken all of the troubleshooting knowledge that he's ... more

Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Sunder has made great headway in both the interactive game design and 3D animation worlds. Throughout his career, Sunder has earned degrees in computer information science, multimedia & game design, as well as 3D character animation. He's fully devoted to providing breathtaking and out-of-the-norm experiences to as many people as possible. With a powerful skillset in Houdini and years of educational clout, Sunder aims to give understandable solutions to complex to... more

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