Technology majors Autodesk and Nvidia, in association with cgTantra, have T3 (Train The Trainers) for the faculty of various animation institutes across India. The event was conducted at the Whistling Woods International in Mumbai on 3rd January 2008.

The program is scheduled to go on for two months in several cities wherein all the aspects of animation will be covered. The idea is to make trainers understand the industry requirements clearly so that they can impart precise knowledge to the students. Professionals from the industry will undertake the training. At the Mumbai leg, Modeling and Texturing Supervisors from Crest Animation - Madhu Nair and Rahul Dasgupta did a lecture on the production pipeline followed in the industry.

Aditya Infotech Limited Application Engineer Imran Desai was also present to explain the new features in Autodesk's latest softwares. Commenting on the idea behind organizing such an event, he said that, "The idea is to make sure that trainers across the country know precisely what the industry wants from those joining so that they can train their students accordingly."

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Focusing on modeling, Madhu Nair explained the basic production pipeline and stressed on pre production work including concept sketching and character line-up. He also emphasized on modelers using reference image from all possible angles. According to him a good aesthetic sense makes a good artist. He explained every possible detail in order to make the participants understand easily what goes in the making of a perfect model. The model needs to be kept as simple as possible at the start and then slowly the detailing part should be done.

There are quite a few new features to optimize the work flow of the users in Maya and Mudbox 2009. The possibility of importing assets and working on them in 3ds Max, Maya and Mudbox is a welcome feature. Features for various type selections have been added to make the process of modeling faster and easier in Maya. Besides, Mudbox boasts of a number of tools and also the platform of working in layers like in Photoshop. UV's are also imported separately form the 3D software into this sculpting software and all possible digital sculpting can be done.

Answering a question on what makes a good showreel, the professionals said that a simple and complete work talks volumes as compared to an unfinished, complicated work. A few good works should do the trick, instead of showcasing all of one's projects.

Rahul Dasgupta stressed on getting the basics right and also on reading the manual provided. He further mentioned that naming of textures is very important and needs to be practiced.

This being the first day of the program, participants were trained on the basic workflow only. The event will, however, cover animation in detail in the coming weeks. It is being held in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

The Hyderabad program on January 3, 2009 on game production pipeline was conducted by FXLABS’s Kameshwaran Iyer. Besides, freelance 3D artist Sriram Chandra conducted another session on game art.

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