New DVD Training Series Unveils the Secrets to Dazzling Motion Graphics with Lightwave 3D®
Desktop Images, a leading provider of visual training programs for the worldwide creative community, today announced the release of the complete Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series, a 4-DVD set that offers specialized training in the motion graphics field and features the expert instruction of Rich Helvey, lead animator for NBC’s Access Hollywood.
Burbank, CA (PRWEB) May 18, 2004 –- Desktop Images, a leading provider of
visual training programs for the worldwide creative community, today announced
the release of the complete Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series, a 4-DVD set
that offers specialized training in the motion graphics field and features the
expert instruction of Rich Helvey, lead animator for NBC’s Access Hollywood.
With technical explanations, step-by-step instruction, and real-time visual
demonstrations, the self-paced Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series offers
viewers a fast and convenient way to discover professional techniques for
creating broadcast quality 3D motion graphics using Lightwave 3D® from Newtek,
the computer modeling and animation software application of choice among many
top Hollywood visual effects creators.
“We are delighted to follow up on
the success of the first in the Motion Graphics with Lightwave series, Textual
Revolution, by now offering Motion Graphics with LightWave: Graphic Details;
Motion Graphics with LightWave: Distinguished Backgrounds; and Motion Graphics
with LightWave: Grand Design," said Rex Olson, president and co-founder of
Desktop Images. “Under the friendly and easy-to-follow guidance of Rich Helvey,
these new titles continue our tradition of emulating individual one-on-one
instruction from industry leading experts in computer hardware and software
products.”
“As an enthusiastic Lightwave user since 1992, I am always
impressed by the creative control I have over my logos and objects in even the
most time-sensitive situations,” said series instructor Rich Helvey, who is also
creative director at his company, artificial imagination inc. “My goal with the
Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series is to provide a definitive visual learning
resource and reference guide that allows professionals to save valuable time
while taking their creativity to new levels of excellence.”
Along with
over 8 hours of in-depth Lightwave 3D training that spans 4 DVDs, the self-paced
course incorporates Desktop Images’ “Virtual Set Technology” which allows users
to watch Rich Helvey “over the shoulder” and view live-action screen shots in
real-time during his instruction.
The DVDs also include an English subtitle
track for the Hearing Impaired. Viewers with DVD-ROM-equipped computers can
access project files and source footage to follow along with each
lesson.
The Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series
includes:
Textual Revolution – Covers innovative ways to twist, bend,
spin, twirl and shimmer logos and text to create advanced animated motion
graphics. Topics include logo conversion, adding detail, managing layers, graph
editing, lighting tricks, and post processing.
Graphic Details –
Explains the important subtleties that set professional motion graphics apart
from the rest, including advanced concepts for extruding, beveling and
surfacing, creating glass and metal surfaces, applying the glint pass to guide
the viewer’s eye, and endlessly looping any animation.
Distinguished
Backgounds – Reviews techniques to create ambiguous and abstract backgrounds,
themed backgrounds, and backgrounds with special elements for production
packages, along with templates that can be manipulated to make custom
backgrounds.
Grand Design – Instructor Rich Helvey shares his unique
approach to award-winning motion graphics as he combines the techniques from the
Motion Graphics with Lightwave Series and applies them to real-world event,
logo, and broadcast scenarios.
Pricing and Availability
The Motion
Graphics with Lightwave Series is available now through Desktop Images (www.desktopimages.com) or
their worldwide authorized seller network. The complete set of four DVDs
including Textual Revolution, Graphic Details, Distinguished Backgrounds, and
Grand Designs is available for a suggested retail price of $249.95. Individual
DVDs are each available for a suggested retail price of $69.95 each. The series
is region encoded 0, allowing playback in DVD players throughout the
world.
About Rich Helvey
Rich Helvey has been creating special
effects, broadcast graphics, and animations since 1992 for the likes of The
Tonight Show, Entertainment Tonight, UFO Films Inc, and Art FX. Rich is
currently the lead animator for NBC's Access Hollywood, and creative director at
his company, artificial imagination inc.
About Desktop Images
Desktop
Images has been setting the standard for the production and distribution of
training videos and DVDs for computer software and hardware products since 1992.
Emulating individual one-on-one instruction, each self-paced program is
professionally produced utilizing "Virtual Set Technology" that places the
instructor in a virtual 3D environment as the program alternates between the
instructor and a full-screen or close-up view of the computer interface. Each
video also includes a time indexed reference card to easily locate subject
matter for quick review, along with an English subtitle track for the Hearing
Impaired and a subtitle track devoted to keyboard shortcuts. With step-by-step
instruction from industry leading experts, the Desktop Images catalog includes
training for NewTek's LightWave 3D, Aura, Avid®, the Video Toaster and Video
Toaster Flyer, Boris FX and Boris Red, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects,
with new products announced regularly. For more information on Desktop Images,
visit www.desktopimages.com.
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