TD-College
is proud to announce the release of yet another in-depth technical
course: The RenderMan Specification
in Depth.

We thrive on
cranking out talented and motivated people who innovate, create and
invent new methods and technologies. Our individual courses are for
folks who are looking to expand their skills in specific areas or for
artists looking to build up some technical chops in CG production. To
succeed in this industry, one needs to be self-motivated to learn new
techniques and skills. With that in mind, TD-College
pairs you up with the big names in the industry to walk you through
and polish your craft.

In the pursuit to expand our courses,
TD-College
is proud to announce the release of our The
RenderMan Specification in Depth
course authored by Chris Armsden.

Chris
Armsden

Chris is a Lighting Technical Director based in
Los Angeles. His tireless determination and extensive skill-set
enable him to save the sanity of TD's on a daily basis. While he
currently focuses his attention on all things lighting and rendering,
his interests cover all aspects of the CG industry.

The
RenderMan Specification in Depth

TD-College
founders believe that Renderman is one of the ultimate creative
tools. It's the most flexible and proven way to develop something
visually amazing from the initial spark of an idea. Pixar's Renderman
renderer is fast, efficient, and able to handle the astonishing
amount of geometric complexity needed to create today's cutting-edge
effects. The VFX and animation industries have chosen Renderman to
produce the highest quality special effects - it is used everywhere
by studios large and small to create spectacular graphics for feature
films and broadcast television. We're thrilled to offer Renderman
training to our growing curriculum of courses.

In addition to
this exciting Renderman course, we're proud to announce the upcoming
release of a pillar in our character set-up discipline: Character
Set-up 1: The low-res animation rig authored
by Stewart Jones. Stewart comes from a background of sketching and
making animated flip books. In his younger years, he realized that
his obsession with making and watching cartoons could actually lead
to a career.As his career progressed, he started to rig his own
characters more and more, and from there he moved into setting up and
rigging almost exclusively. Stu is currently working at Animal Logic
as both a Character Technical Director and an Animator.

Stewart
Jones

Character Set-up 1:
The low-res animation rig centers
around the in-depth knowledge riggers need to set up scalable and
procedural characters for high-end projects, relying heavily on MEL
and a bit of math. This course will teach you everything you need to
know about coming up with solutions for complex characters that need
to be rigged for animation. You'll learn all the fundamentals
necessary to make production proven rigs that can be used for any
project. This course will show you how to rig everything from humans
to creatures, and one off characters, and show you all of the steps
along the way. Aimed at mid to senior level riggers looking to
improve their skill set, this course will help you excel at any
rigging task and push your skills to a higher level.

At
TD-College
we offer technical training for aspiring TD's of the highest possible
standard. TDC's curriculum is being developed by the cream of the
crop of the VFX world, directly based on the feature film pipeline of
major film studios in Hollywood and London.

About
TD-College

TD-College
was founded by 3 experienced professional Technical Directors. Rudy
Cortes, Sr. Cinematics Rendering TD at Blizzard Entertainment
Cinematics in Irvine, CA. Kevin Mannens, an effects TD at Sony
Pictures Imageworks and Arthur Shek, Software Manager at Walt Disney
Animation Studios. TD-College's
goal is to provide the best training for technical directors to a
world wide market by providing an exclusive one-on-one mentor system,
as well as a collaborative community where TD'ism can flourish.