9 Essential Mistakes You Must Avoid When Designing a 3D Model

9 Essential Mistakes You Must Avoid When Designing a 3D Model, by Lauren Groff You could make obvious mistakes when designing a 3D model, and that’s a model for any purpose. You could put materials in the wrong places, add a huge number of vectors where you don’t need them, export to the wrong required [...]

2021-07-02T13:41:26-04:00

Visual Effects Training – Available Now!

Total Training is excited to announce the release of four new courses focused on visual effects, 3D, and animation. Take your design skills to the next level as you learn professional-level techniques using Adobe After Effects and Maxon Cinema 4D from a certified instructor. New Courses Now Available! Sample Video: Cinema 4D Masterclass Introduction Shop [...]

2020-07-22T12:27:30-04:00

Game Development Courses Just Released!

Total Training is excited to announce the addition of several new Game Development courses, featuring the popular Unity and Blender programs, to our training library! With over 40 hours of intensive instruction, these online courses will get you up to speed on designing 2D and 3D games for desktop and mobile. [...]

2021-01-13T13:46:42-05:00

New Courses for Design & Creativity

The fundamentals of good design rarely change, but the software to translate your vision into reality change all the time. Stay ahead of the curve with our latest titles designed specifically for creative professionals and those who want to increase their skills and competency in today's top software titles. [products ids="56026, [...]

2018-09-14T11:20:56-04:00

After Effects CC 2015 – Advanced Previews

Adobe has dramatically changed how Previews work in Adobe After Effects CC 2015. In the sample video tutorial below, Total Training's Brian Maffitt gives an overview of the new Preview behavior, and shows you where to adjust things to suit your liking. Bonus: The Cthulhu maquette that Brian animated for this demo was created by [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:48-05:00

New Effects Controls in Adobe AE CC 2014

Yesterday we celebrated the launch of Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 by taking an in-depth look at the new Live Text Integration feature between Adobe After Effects CC and Adobe Premiere Pro. Today I want to take a close look at another area of improvement in After Effects CC: New Effect Controls. After Effects has long been a [...]

2016-11-09T17:14:57-05:00

The Illusion of Life

Fun animation video based on the 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. http://vimeo.com/93206523 via quipsologies - the12principles.tumblr.com

2016-11-09T17:14:58-05:00