CG Bootcamp News

Embed codes and CGBootcamp supporters

Leo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:45:22 +0000

Leo has re-enabled the embed codes on our Vimeo account, so now Bootheads are able to embed our videos directly into their sites. While we encourage the spread of our virus, please be sure to give proper credit.

Special thanks to Brian MacDonald for being our top sponsor of the quarter! His generosity enables us to continue to bring free training to our community! Be sure to check out his website: www.fakeshark.com

Please consider clicking the "Support CGBootcamp" button and donate as much or as little as you like!

News August 2010

Leo — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:14:34 +0000

I’m getting underway with a big tutorial series on ‘Writing CGFX Shaders for Maya’. It should be good.

We have more things in the pipe, maybe more than time reasonably affords – stay tuned.

As always we are on the lookout for topic and ideas that have ‘not been done anywhere else on the web’ – keep the suggestions coming.

Quick Tip: You can save high quality full resolution .mp4 versions of our videos from the bottom of its Vimeo page (although you may need a free Vimeo account).

-Leo

News June 2010

Pete — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:22:57 +0000

New Contributors

Special thanks to Steve "Steveo" Ashley for his awesome Terragen videos!

We are pleased to welcome Vadim Bakhlychev to CGBootcamp! You may know him from a little contest called Dominance War! He was the 2009 grand champion with his N0X-2292 "Recon Elite" and his process videos can be found right here! Vadim also has a host of great technique videos, so be sure to check them out!

http://www.dominancewar.com/2009/en_homepage.php

CGBootcamp welcomes Federico Scarbini ! Federico is another international contributor lending his process in Zbrush with the making of "Zoth' nothul"!

CG Bootcamp General

Leo has been busy creating custom CGFX shaders and scripts which can be found here:

http://blog.leocov.com/2010/07/lcubershader14cgfx-maya-realtime-shader.html

I'm pretty sure he's gearing up for a bunch of new videos . . .

I have been busy with some after hours instruction which I will be using as new tutorials for CG Bootcamp. If you are a rigging fan, then this is right up your alley!

Upcoming Videos

Custom CGFX Shaders
Boujou
Maya Rigging: How to make a "transformer-style" rig. (yes, like the movies, not the toys)
Maya Rigging: Cool tricks for better control
ZBrush high-end sculpt and render
From Student to Pro, turning a student projects into professional assets
Hair for games
Character Study (2D: Photoshop)
Mat Cap capture for texturing game assets
Yes, we are answering your requests so keep them coming!

Thats all for now.......

Pete

ZClassroom

Leo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:58:37 +0000

Martin Knapp from Pixologic has been kind enough to allow everyone at CGBootcamp direct access to the entire ZClassroom library of video tutorials. These videos cover all the basics of Zbrush and are a great resource for everyone starting out learning the software. Check the Categories List on the left-hand side of the page to see all the ZClassroom Videos.

Thanks a lot Martin!

Happy New Year from CGBootcamp!

Happy Holidays!

Leo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:48:46 +0000

Happy Holidays from all of us here at CGBootcamp. We thank you for your support and wish you all success with your 3D project in the new year.

Our tutorial output will be lower during the next few weeks as we spend our time with our families.

We appreciate your tutorial requests and are excited to bring you new videos soon. We are working on:

Maya: Camera Projection Mapping

Maya to After Effects: 3D Data

Maya 2010 Matchmover

CG Bootcamp on Facebook

Pete — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:18:15 +0000

Become a CG Bootcamp fan on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CG-Bootcamp

Layout Changes

Leo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:48:42 +0000

You may have noticed some freakyness recently with the site as we have been tweaking the layout. From now on everything should be good-to-go and you should not notice any major changes.

No more interuptions to your tutorial watching pleasure!

Larger Video Embeds

Leo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:34:59 +0000

Our video embeds are now larger, although you can always fullscreen for the best resolution. Also remember you can download the original .mp4 if you are a member of vimeo.

All Your Tutorial Requests

Leo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:09:43 +0000

Now there is an even easier way to request a Tutorial, just fill out the Request Form from the link on our main menu.

New Hosting!

Leo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:03:32 +0000

Oh man, oh man, our old hosting was really not working out - how many of you could even reach the site?

Squarespace will be our new home from now on, but we are still working on the site design and layout so please be patient with us.

NOTE: old links that may be floating around the web will no longer work

our old link structure:

www.cgbootcamp.com/2009/11/10/cool_post

our new link structure:

www.cgbootcamp.com/tutorials/2009/11/10/cool_post

CG Bootcamp next few weeks

Leo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:35:18 +0000

Being that we are still very much in Beta, there's a great deal of behind the curtain tinkering going on right now. My apologies for the lack of videos this week and thanks for your patience during this ramp up time! Keep those requests coming!! Pete

Fatcow Port Complete!

Leo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:39 +0000

With the help of Mikey Trainor, the port of CG Bootcamp over to Fatcow is complete! Notice all the spiffy new thumbnails and subscribers, be sure to update your profile to recieve post updates!! Mike's Website: www.mtrainor.net

CG Bootcamp Moving to FATCOW

Leo — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:22:12 +0000

Although we are still in our beta phase and have not made any real effort to promote our existence, we have decided to port our hosting over to Fatcow www.fatcow.com due to the already large number of visits we are recieving on a daily basis. There may be a hiccup during the port, however we are making all the proper preparations to avoid that. Thanks for making CG Bootcamp an instant hit!

CG Bootcamp now on YouTube!

Leo — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:02:14 +0000

CG bootcamp is now on Youtube! Bootcamp posts will be mirrored to Youtube with excerpt versions soon after original post. http://www.youtube.com/user/CGBootcamp

Tutorial Requests!

Leo — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:49:41 +0000

Subscribers can make their tutorial requests here!

We evaluate tutorial requests constantly and try to pick topics that will help the community the most or that are just plain fun! With a Monday, Wednesday, Friday update schedule chances are you'll see your request soon.