S T R A T A - 3D Power Summer Seminars

Strata is pleased to announce a new series of free seminars hosted by Chris Tyler.

Chris Tyler, 3D Illustrator and Animator
Chris Tyler is a Seattle, WA based illustrator and animator, with a focus on lush, realistic lighting and modeling in the advertising industry. Chris has given back to the design community by writing training materials, such as the "Art & Science of Strata 3D CX", teaching at the Red Rock Revival, and consistently helping out users on Strata Café with animated tutorials and walkthroughs on new application features.

Looking for more? Check out some of the instructional material already created by Colin Smith and Dave Cross at 3DLayer.com.

Strata will host the online seminars every Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time from February 19th to March 18th.

Important: The seminars will be held online and require only a browser and the latest version of Flash installed. In preparation for the seminars, you may want to ensure that your plugins are up to date: Install Flash. The link to enter the Connect room for each seminar will be posted to this page shortly before the seminar in question, and details on connecting will be sent in the reminder email. It's a good idea to sign up for reminders for all the classes you're interested in so you don't miss any important information on attending, although that info will be posted here as well, but only for a short time before the seminar.

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February 19th - Modeling Like a Pro

A recording of this session can be viewed here: http://www.envisiontelconnect.com/p62302387/ »

The first of of a three part series where Chris will show some of his tips and tricks for creating objects in Strata 3D CX. In this session you will learn about Polygon manipulation with emphasis on Subdivision Surfaces. This one is not to be missed!

February 26th - Texture Creation

A recording of this session can be viewed here: http://www.envisiontelconnect.com/p82264383/ »

This is the second in Chris' three part series. Anyone who has seen Chris' work knows that he is a master at creating textures. In this seminar Chris will share some of his techniques for creating textures using Strata 3D CX and Photoshop. In this session you will learn:

Manipulating specularity using various material overlays.
Examining material combining modes
Setting up materials for blurry reflections and considerings when combining materials

March 4th - The Art and Science of Rendering

A recording of this session can be viewed here: http://www.envisiontelconnect.com/p25703460/ »

This is the third and final part of Chris' three part series. All the masterful modeling and texturing don't mean anything if the final rendering isn't what you want it to be. In this seminar Chris walks us through some of his rendering practices and shares his favorite settings for ultra photorealistic renderings. In this session you will learn:

Positioning lights for best material highlights
Enhancing specularity at the light level
Considering the material setup for radiosity

March 11th - The Power of the Strata 3D[in] Plug-ins within Photoshop CS3

A recording of this session can be viewed here: http://www.envisiontelconnect.com/p61457035/ »

This seminar introduces you to all three new plug-ins; Strata Design 3D[in], Strata Foto 3D[in], and Strata Live 3D[in].

You will learn how to:

Match the perspective in a Photoshop document and place 3D objects into it.
Model new objects or modify existing objects with a wide range of 3D tools.
Render final scenes using Strata's award winning rendering technology.
Generate 3D models from photographs shot with a standard digital camera.
Create real-time interactive 3D content for both web sites and PDF documents.

March 18th - The Power of the Strata CX Suite 1.5 and Photoshop CS3

This seminar introduces you to the Strata CX Suite which includes Strata 3D CX, Strata Foto 3D, and Strata Live 3D.

You will learn how :

The CX Suite interacts with Photoshop CS3.
How to create professional results to be used across multiple media types.
Professional Rendering settings and channel manipulation done in Photoshop layers.
Generate 3D models from photographs shot with a standard digital camera.
Create real-time interactive 3D content for both web sites and PDF documents.