Alias announces Maya ‘MasterClasses’

Alias has announced the full line up of games and film industry presenters for its 2004 Maya ‘MasterClasses’, taking place August 9 – 12 during SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles.
The 2004 Maya MasterClasses series offers 16 unique one and a half hour sessions that focus on real world applications for various features of the Maya software. Presenters are all industry experts who bring practical Maya experience to their sessions. Now in its sixth year, Maya MasterClasses at SIGGRAPH have become one of the most sought after events at the show.
A stellar lineup of industry-leading artists and programmers are confirmed to deliver seminars during the Maya MasterClasses sessions. Presenters and topics for this year include: Adrian Graham, ToyBox, Crowd Simulation and Ordered Assembly Using Particle Instancing; Joe Harkins, Tippett Studios – Utility Nodes in an Animation Pipeline; Matt Herzog, Meteor Studios –Maya Fur and mental ray; Petre Gheorghian, Alias – Maya Long Hair; Jeff Unay, Tippett Studio – Hyper Real Modeling; Erik Miller, Digital Domain – Hyper-Real Facial Rigging; Paul Thuriot, Tippett Studio – Hyper Real Body Rigging; Rob van den Bragt, The Mill - My Animated Maya; and Rob Aitchison, CBC – Human Digital Scanning.
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