June 17th  NY Maya Users Group meetup ! 

Come join fellow artists and Maya users for a look into Amazon's cloud services and the future of working procedurally  in Maya, at this months meeting.

7:00 to 9:00 @ theMolecule

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AMAZON's Cloud Services! 

The cloud is just "other peoples" computers,but Amazons cloud is large, powerful, and secure,  and they want you to use it!

AWS ( Amazon Web Servides)  provides tools and easy access for individual artists to entire studios to take advantage of that cloud.

SR Business Development Manager, Stephen Oliver from AWS is going to give an intro to Amazon's cloud services, and how you can take advantage of it!

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Autodesk's Bifrost !

By now you have all heard about Bi-Frost, and how it's the future of working procedurally.
But what does that future look like?
Autodesk Tech Specialist , Lee Fraser and Senior Product Manager,  Marcus Nordenstam are going to give a sneak peak into that future.
Taking a deep dive into the bifrost's development, and what to expect next.

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The Molecule (https://www.themolecule.com/)is generously hosting the event at their NY studio, and refreshments will be provided by Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/)! 

The Molecule NY

104 W 29th St 5th Fl

New York, NY 10001

While this event is free and open to the public, please be sure to RSVP to 
nycMayaUsersgroup.gmail.com to help me get a semi-accurate head count.   Don't worry I won't be selling your emails. ( I don't even use mailChimp!) 




Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

 -=s
Stephen Mann :
NYC Maya Users Group President

Maya Users Group Summer Meet up July 18th

NY Maya Users Group  Summer Meet up ! 

Lee Fraser , Sr. Technical Specialist for Autodesk , will be in town to show off some the latest news and tricks with Maya. 
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/profile/O37DF4517DE632EF

 and 

 Roger An,  Graduate of SVA and local 3d artist, will be presenting a look into  his film "Alpha Fish" , and how he created it on a very limited budget, and got it not only into but winning in several festivals around the world. 

 https://www.alphafish.tv/

July 18th 

6:30 to 9:00

133 W21st Street 

Room 301C 

Refreshments provided as well

  be sure to RSVP on the facebook  invite.
or to nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

NYC Shotgun Group Meeting October 13th

Hey that's right,  a shotgun user group Meeting !



We have a great line up of industry experts joining us in a casual environment to talk about how they use Shotgun in their studios.

We hope to create a setting to share knowledge and experience.

Please feel free to share this invite with team members that might be interested.
I do ask that you register below if you can join us, as I will use this for catering purposes.
Food and drinks will be provided.

Date: Thursday October 13th
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Autodesk Office – 38 West 21st Street, 9th floor, New York 10010

http://gems.autodesk.com/ShotgunCommunityNYC


and if you are interested in the trial version of RV you can find that here:
www.shotgunsoftware.com/signup

May 3rd User Group Meeting

 It's been  a while but a lot has happened.  As I'm sure you all know, or have already experienced, there is a lot of new tools and improvements in Maya 2016 Ext 2.  

Lee Fraser will be stopping by to show off and take QnA on all the latest offerings from Autodesk Maya.  

• Solid Angle Arnold
• Mash
• poly tools
• uv tools
• one click rigging
• General Improvements! ( seriously, the new preselection now works !!)
• Blend Shape manager
• Pose Space Deformer
• Sculpting Improvements 

 Ben D'amprisi from AMD will be giving away an AMD firePro card to one lucky winner..
and I got some Plural site / digital tutors monthly member ships to give out as well ! 

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 Refreshments are graciously provided by Autodesk

  Please be sure to RSVP to :  nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 3rd

New York Autodesk Office

7:30 PM - 9:00 pm

38W 21st Street, 9th Floor

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thanks to our sponsors !

MAYA METING : Golaem Crowd team ! and Aardman Nathan Love: Thursday November 19th

Coming up, the next Maya Users Group meeting is looking pretty fun!  We will be hearing from the creators of Goleam Crowd  about it's latest improvements and uses in production.  Also Joe over at Aardman Nathan Love will be talking about their recent merger with Aardman and the making of their epic logo reveal.

Golaem Crowd is a Maya Plug-in focus on crowd creation and control, and has been used in a number of high profile spots. 

Golaem Crowd is  the winner of the plugin category for CGAwards 2015!

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/cg-awards-winners-2015-revealed-111517613

http://golaem.com/

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Joe Burrascano and his team are anxious to spread the word and talk about their recent connection with Aardman to become..  Aardman Nathan Love  !! 

I'm still not sure this is even their final form!  

  Joe will be talking about the merger , projects, and the making of their epic logo reveal.

so far,, this is all we really know...  

AARDMAN NATHAN LOVE is an innovative animation, design, and development studio located in NYC.

Driven by a passion to tell great stories and connect with audiences around the globe, Aardman Nathan Love develops memorable characters, imaginative worlds, and engaging narratives for television, film, interactive and more. Clients and collaborators include Kellogg’s, Kraft, McGraw-Hill Education, Merck, NBC-Universal, and Nickelodeon Studios. Founded in 2007 by Joe Burrascano, Nathan Love partnered with award-winning UK animation studio Aardman to become Aardman Nathan Love in September 2015.

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 Refreshments are graciously provided by Scalar

  Please be sure to RSVP to :  nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

Thursday, November 19th 

New York Autodesk Office

7:30 PM - 9:30 pm

38W 21st Street, 9th Floor

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thanks to our sponsors !

https://www.scalar.ca/

September 16th Maya Users Group meeting

Maya 2016 Extension has just released, siggraph has just ended, and we haven't had a meeting in a while. Come on down to the autodesk offices for some QnA with Lee Fraser about the updates and get  a quick look into Episcura from Patrick McAvena !  Maybe I'll even give away some digital tutors memberships for the best questions asked..
  see you there !

   -=s

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Lee Fraser , Technical Specialist of Autodesk. Will be presenting a post siggraph recap and run down of some of the new stuff in Maya, and  take some QnA. 

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/lee

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Patrick McAvena will be showing off and explaining the motivations behind Episcura and what you can do with it.

high rez HDRI, reference, and textures images for artists.

https://episcura.com/

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 Refreshments are graciously provided by Great Eastern,

  Please be sure to RSVP to :  nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

Wednesday, September 16th 

New York Autodesk Office

7:30 PM - 9:30 pm

38W 21st Street, 9th Floor

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sponsored by :

AUGUST 27th 2014 : Maya Users Group Meet !

I know its been a while, but hopefully everyone has been enjoying this summer weather. But now its time for work.. Come meet up with your fellow artists and check out some of what's new in Autodesk and Maya technology from Lee Fraser. Also, from Framestore, James Dick will be showing some behind the scenes of some of the more interesting challenges he's faced in commercial production.

 Refreshments are graciously provided by Great Eastern,

  Please be sure to RSVP to :  nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

New York Autodesk Office

6:00 to 9:30

Wednesday, August 27th  

6:00 PM - 9:30 pm

38W 21st Street, 9th Floor

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Lee Fraser , Technical Specialist of Autodesk. Will be presenting a post siggraph recap and run down of some of the new stuff in Maya, and  take some QnA. 

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/lee

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James Dick, CG Supervisor for Framestore studio will be showing off some of their latest work and giving a little look into the making of some of his favorite commercials.

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sponsored by :

March 20th - Maya Users Group Meeting - MPC "Thomas"

Bill Dorais and Andres Weber 

of  Moving Picture Company 

to share behind the scenes and making of 

for their dell commercial "Thomas"

 Bill and Andres have been kind enough to offer their time and show us an in depth look into just what went into making this incredible commercial. 

In advertising, MPC has worked on some of the most well known and ground breaking commercial spots in the industry, working with director’s such as Daniel Kleinman, Adam Berg, Rupert Sanders, Noam Murro and Traktor. While our foundation is in photo-real visual effects, we have extended our reach into additional disciplines including Digital/Interactive, Design and production. We have recently won accolades for Digital/Interactive work for Nike +, NBC Universal and HBO.


Our range of skill-sets provide a multitude of creative solutions. Digital compositing, color grading, 3D / CG effects, design, motion graphics, directing, experiential, conform/finish, data and asset management and any combination and collaboration thereof. MPC is the sum of the parts: a range of creative partners and a range of creative solutions.

 

Bill Dorais:
Bill graduated top of his class with a BFA in film from the university of Colorado, Boulder where he studied under experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage. He is a self-taught 3D artist and photography enthusiast.
After living and working in Iceland for two years, Bill landed at Buck LA where his taste for design and 3D animation flourished. Over the last seven years, Bill has worked for notable companies such as Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Framestore and The Mill. He joined MPC in 2011 as a project and lighting lead. He enjoys the craft of experimental and traditional filmmaking as well as cutting edge technologies and methodologies. Bill’s work has a unique aesthetic that is accomplished by incorporating both new and old techniques. 


Andres Weber:
Andres Weber is a 3D Generalist currently working at MPC New York, contributing on Motionographer and all around swell guy who is happy to have worked at studios such as Buck, Disney Interactive and Leviathan. He was raised in New York and came back here from LA because he hates nice weather. Originally, he was a Computer Science major in school but realized that he really liked making the pretty pictures more than figuring out how to code them. While he's not playing with computers at work he avidly plays video games, does nerdy things, and loves climbing rocks. His hands have been in 3D pertaining to Video Games, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics and is always looking to expand his skills and knowledge.

Refreshments will be provided thanks to Heidi and Brad of  Great Eastern Tech !

                   

please  sure to RSVP to: nycmayausersgroup@gmail.com

and join us on face book at :  https://www.facebook.com/groups/301048576637798/

Psyched to see everyone there, and I hope you can make it!

Wednesday March 20th 

7:00 - 9:00

CADA | NYU SCPS

11 West 42nd Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenue)

10th Floor

New York, NY 10036

7:00 to 9:00

MAY 23rd Users Group Meeting!

Mark your calendars!  

May 23rd 7:00 to 9:30  users group meeting 

Featuring Whats New in 2013 ! 
And Chris Devito & Danica Parry will be presenting  their award winning short 
"RAMUS"


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Lee Fraser of autodesk will be showing us a bunch of new and cool stuff in the latest release of Maya 2013!

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Chris Devito and Danica Parry recent graduates of SVA will present and talk about their award winning short

-  "RAMUS" -

 




Food and refreshments sponsored by Brad Porter of Great Eastern Technology

See you all there! click here to RSVP

Wednesday, May 23rd , 2012
7:00 PM - 9:30 pm
38W 21st Street, 9th Floor

Feb 1st Meeting Re-cap

Ryan explains the finer points of using a reverse camera rather than rendering a mirrored surface.


Thanks everyone for coming out. I think it went pretty well. Sorry about those of you behind the glass ( a little hard to hear over there). We had a few more people than I expected, over 80!

Hope you all had a good time, and it was worth trekking out on a wednesday night.


Just a reminder. get on the google group nycmayausersgroup@googlegroups.com
follow this blog....
see you at the next meeting.

-=s