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AAUGA Meeting: FRIDAY, June 21st, 2013

AAUGA Meeting
FRIDAY, June 21st, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and greet, pizza

7:00: Caustic Graphics (part of Imagination Technologies) is an Autodesk Developer Partner will be here and they have developed a plug-in that provides real-time ray tracing within the viewport for Design Professionals.

https://caustic.com/

They will be here to discuss how and when to use viewport caustics, demo their software and GIVE AWAY a R2100 card!

We have TONS MORE awesome books and prizes for you to win! This will be a meeting you will NOT want to miss!

8:30: Formal User Group Ends

2013 June 03 | Categories: 2013, Meeting Announcements | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, May 16th 2013

AAUGA Meeting

Thursday,May 16th

6:30pm

Neoscape Inc.
23 Drydock Ave
Boston, MA
(Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and greet, pizza
7:00: Presentation #1: John West will show you some tricks the professionals use to give their images that “final touch” …I’m not just talking an AO pass here, I mean really digging into render elements and Material ID’s.
7:30: Break
7:45: We will be picking a winner of our iTooSoft environment modeling competition. As well as announcing rules for a NEW compeition. You HAVE to come to the meeting to participate though.

(Voting is still going on here Click here and like your favorite!)

8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2013 May 07 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, March 14th, 2013

AAUGA Meeting
Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and greet, pizza

7:00: Presentation #1: (3ds Max) Tom Lin Co-Founder and Creative Director at Demiurge Studios will be here to present. He will be talking about managing your scene and how it helped to organize their NEWLY released game Shoot Many Robots. We will also get a look at some game play.

7:30: Break

7:45: It’s a Pi Day Celebration! All things Pi will be had, so get ready to celebrate America’s most beloved number

8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2013 March 07 | Categories: 2013 | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, Feb. 21st, 2013

AAUGA Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 21st, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and greet, pizza
7:00: Presentation #1: (3ds Max) Want to make a beautiful lush forest? Maybe staircases are more your thing.
Jonny Allen of Neoscape will be showing some great plugins that are free to get and use that will make your life a lot easier.
http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/05/mystic-lake
7:30: Break
7:45: A surprise guest awaits you. (3ds Max)
8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2013 February 06 | Categories: 2012 | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, Jan. 24th, 2013

AAUGA Meeting
Thursday, Jan. 24th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

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2013 January 07 | Categories: 2013 | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: December 3rd, 2012 (MONDAY)

AAUGA Meeting
Thursday, December 3, 6:30 – 8:30 PM (MONDAY)
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA
(Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30-8:30: Welcome and Secret topic reveal

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

It’s our 4th annual IronMax 3D competition, The reason it is on the 3rd is in celebration of 3December (http://area.autodesk.com/3dec2012).

Four teams will battle to the death in order to with the crown!… or other sweet prizes.
And by “to the death” I mean that they will have 2 hours to model and render a top secret scene.

We will start promptly at 6:30 in order to give our teams optimal modeling, texturing and rendering time. So, get there on time to see the kick off.

 

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2012 November 28 | Categories: 2012 | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012

AAUGA Meeting
Thursday, October 18, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and metered street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and greet, pizza
7:00: Presentation #1: Ezra Cove from Turbine with present a UV mapping demo using Unfold; Maya free scripts: UVDeluxe and checker Size Tool.
7:30: Break
7:45: Presentation #2: Jordyn Peterson of Neoscape will be showing some super awesome plug-ins that will make your life easier. These will help you make a staircase in one easy minute or make a fence that goes on for miles on uneven terrain, plus more. The best part is that they are free! She will show you where you can get them and how to use them efficiently.
8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2012 October 16 | Categories: 2012 | Tags: , , | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, September 20, 2012

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, September 20
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (NEW LOCATION!!!)
(Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and Greet
6:45: Presentation #1: UDK: Architectural visualization is increasingly moving towards a more interactive format. A part of this is the push towards clients being able to walk through and interact with the environment. The Unreal Development Kit has been instrumental in developing the next generation of vis projects.
This presentation will explore this process from starting with a final result, as well as going through some workflow issues.
7:30: Break
7:45: Presentation #2: More Magnificent Maya: Maya Tips & Trick, part 2, from Special guests Jason & Dax from Turbine
8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2012 September 11 | Categories: 2012 | Leave A Comment »

AAUGA Meeting – Thursday, 16 August 2012

Special Guest: Steven Roselle, games industry focused Solutions Specialist at Autodesk, who has worked closely with a wide array of game developers using Maya, MotionBuilder and Mudbox for game content creation. This involves software customization, workflow development and pipeline integration, as well as working as a liaison between game developers and the Maya product development team. Some of the game companies Steven has worked with include EA, Microsoft, SOE, Activision and Nintendo.

AAUGA Meeting: Thursday, August 16
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Neoscape, 23 Drydock Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston MA (NEW LOCATION!!!)
(Easy access via the Silver Line! Take the SL2 Silver Line to the “21 Dry Dock Ave” stop. Garage and street parking also available.)

Agenda:

6:30: Meet and Greet
6:45: Special Presentation: Maya 2013- new features and updates just released at SIGGRAPH! (Steven Roselle, Senor Solutions Specialist at Autodesk)
7:45: Break
7:55: Presentation #2: Maya- Animating with Layers (Chad Moore, Director of Technical Art & Animation at Turbine)
8:20: Presentation #3: Maya Woes- A Q&A about your Maya challenges (Jason Breneman, Associate Technical Artist at Turbine)
8:30: Formal User Group Ends

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2012 August 14 | Categories: 2012 | Comments Off

Volunteer Positions @AAUGA

AAUGA Volunteer Position

The Boston Chapter of the Autodesk Animation User’s Group is seeking a Volunteer! Assist in the planning of our monthly events and maintaining outreach in the animation industry. Small commitment of just 3 – 5 hours per month. Requirements: 4 – 6 years of industry experience (animation, gaming, 3D production, or animation education).  Send your resume to AAUGA Boston.

 

Student Ambassador Position

The Boston Chapter of the Autodesk Animation User’s Group is seeking a Ambassador! If you are a current student enrolled in an art, an animation or a 3D program, are seeking some industry experience and a resume builder, send your resume to AAUGA Boston, This is a volunteer position, 3 – 5 hours per month.

2012 August 14 | Categories: 2012 | Comments Off

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