There is a need for digital artists to generate animations from their 2D visual drawings. Further, they also want to enhance the short films with music and additional effects. In this class, we will learn how to create storyboards to short animated films in Autodesk Maya, using advanced tools and high-end plugins, to bring to life realistic 3D art, 4D animations or add to your design portfolio. If you are seeking more inspiration, then this class is for you - We will discuss a few examples to help you get to grips with its core Maya features, and supercharge your skills!

Autodesk’s education vision is to help students and educators imagine design and create a better world. Join Brenton Wyett, Senior Manager Education - Japan, A/NZ, Korea, to learn how Autodesk are providing software and solutions aimed nurturing the design mindset within students and helping prepare our future Engineers, Architects, Product Designers and Digital Artists for their careers in industry.

Certification in Autodesk 3ds Max software demonstrates your capabilities in one of the most demanding creative jobs in the market today. Digital artists and educators alike will benefit from the Autodesk Certification process, as credentials will help you gain confidence with studios and schools. This class will help you prepare for your Certification examinations by exposing you to the topics and materials on which you may be tested. The class will cover subjects such as modeling, cameras, scene management, materials, rigging, interoperability, and animation, with an emphasis on workflow.

This class covers the use of InfraWorks software to create a visual representation of not only the world outside our office's windows, but also to display the results of dynamic phenomena that evolve for real in the represented territory. Starting from CAD, GIS, or other data related to territory, many software applications can simulate the evolution of events such as atmospheric dispersion of fumes or the diffusion of pollutants or noise. However, many of these applications usually produce just raw data as results in tabular form, or they require a digital artist to convert the results to a form everybody can understand. In this class, we demonstrate techniques to prepare data for simulation applications, elaborate them, and then bring the results of the analysis into the visually rich and geometrically correct context provided by InfraWorks.

This class will help digital artists become more employable in their industry, fast-track their career, and build a strong name for themselves in the competitive visual effects field. We will talk about how to develop unstoppable demo reels and attention-getting cover letters, along with tactics for managing and presenting yourself in the best light. We will cover how to develop contacts, stand out from other applicants, play the "game" when it comes to freelancing, and treat yourself like a business. You will learn to promote yourself and your work, create viral videos to gain recognition, and practice dozens of techniques to make your career unstoppable. The goal is to put yourself in more of an "industry celebrity" role where you are offered work based on word of mouth rather than having to apply for work and play the numbers game.

Humans are constantly searching for new and better tools. And yet, the pen still remains one of the most used tools by nearly everyone on earth. Come see how the pen is being used across a range of industries by people such as digital artists to mechanical engineers and architects. We’ll have representatives from Autodesk Sketchbook with Thomas Heermann, Director of Digital Arts, Autodesk FormIt with Tom Vollaro, Senior Principal User Experience Designer,  and Lenovo to discuss how these technologies are evolving to meet the growing demands of users.

Whether we use a pencil or the latest technology, as digital artists we still need to develop creative to give our clients an advantage over the competition. Clients sell the same product to the same clientele—how do we help them differentiate? We have technology converging in many ways (architectural visualization, video games, real time)—how do we find the best way to make use of this convergence? Ultimately, as a creative agency or architectural visualization firm, we need to look for ways to show off products and environments that are visually more compelling so that they become the catalyst of this differentiation. Products such as 3ds Max software, Maya software, NVIDIA mental ray software, Revit software, AutoCAD software, and new emerging real-time technologies like Showcase software help with this problem, but that’s just the beginning. In this roundtable we will talk about why we follow these trends and where these new technologies will bring us. Is it all a fad? Will we find a real practical use other than entertainment? Will our clients end up showing us the way?

At this lecture discover the joy of sketching and painting on your iPad, using the newly redesigned SketchBook app. Reconnect with your inner artist. This class is intended for the true beginner. A range of tools, concepts and ideas will be explored.

This class covers the use of the Lip, Boss, and Grill commands inside of Inventor software. We'll discuss real-world examples of how to create lips, bosses, and grills in Inventor software. We'll also take a look at the Split command, and we'll show how to use multiple solid bodies within a part, including how to control their visibility and material. Prior part-creation and sketch-creation knowledge will be useful.

"Virtual theater" is defined in a number of ways. This class includes examples of many options for theater and provides descriptions of the tools and techniques used for a number of productions. The examples include both totally virtual productions and productions that combine the digital and the physical.

How to apply VRED for best in class CGI production for consumer products and beyond

Delve into initiatives aimed at attracting under-represented talent, normalizing mental health support, and leveraging technology to create a smarter, more robust workforce, in collaboration with industry leaders like Women in Animation.

This interactive class will demonstrate the importance of the discovery process at the beginning of any visualization or video project. After an introduction to the key elements of the discovery phase, the class attendees will collaborate to develop a set of questions to ask during discovery that will achieve the best results and reveal the single most important message to tell. Working in small groups, the class will then compete with each other to find the most compelling story in several scenarios based on typical client requests.

Autodesk Alias is used by leading global automotive brands for design and class A modeling. Alias's class A modeling tools in particular have been heavily invested in over the past several years. Autodesk is in the process of creating new learning material for class A that takes advantage of these new tools. In this class, class A expert Barry Kimball will introduce this new learning material.

Autodesk Alias is a powerful software package used for automotive and product design. Because of the advanced NURBS and Bezier mathematics available in Alias, there are many possible ways to approach any modeling project. Our Autodesk Alias experts have combed through years of tribal knowledge and time spent working in industry to come up with the 10 Golden Rules of creating good, high quality models in Alias.

Universities set up relationships with companies as a way to bring real-world experience to the students. The students get a better understanding of production needs, practical working experience, and production credit prior to graduation. The university gets support from a production house and a connection to benefit future students. For the production company, this provides an increased labor force, an opportunity to share work practices, and potential employees after graduation. There are opportunities to make a successful connection and provide students great hands-on experience while in school, along with some pitfalls. During this class, we will talk about how to work effectively with production houses in a university setting and cover some of the pitfalls you may encounter along the way.

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has given the artist an exceptionally unique tool for storytelling. Elevating our view from ground level gives us a chance to show architecture both in scale and context. This interactive discussion will begin with a brief introduction to examples of the types and applications of UAVs used in architectural storytelling. After discussing how the various class attendees use UAVs in storytelling, we will talk about best practices in craft operation and in storytelling techniques. We will then wrap up by collaborating on how the various class attendees work in post-production with the footage. This session features 3ds Max and Revit.

Embark on a flight above Westeros with the Rodeo FX animation department as they discuss the intricate work done on these jaw-dropping creatures for the latest season of HBO's smash hit House of the Dragon.

Years ago I began exploring the possibilities of creating the classical orders of architecture in Revit software. Parametric families are the cornerstones of Revit software, and this project presented an ideal way to push Family Editor to its limits. Challenges were many, but there were plenty of successes as well. This session is part case study (of the journey I took from the original idea all the way to the publication of a book) and part tutorial (to show the 'nuts and bolts' of how we built the software families), all demonstrated directly in Revit software. In this session I'll talk about scaling, content reuse, profiles, moldings, formulas, nested components, and complex forms in both the traditional and adaptive component Family Editors. I'll show the final successful versions and a few not-so-successful earlier versions as well. If you're interested in historic architecture and/or classical form, or you just like pushing Family Editor to extremes, then this session is sure to please.

In this class you will learn how to position yourself as an expert, treat your career as a business, deal with clients, build an unstoppable resume and reel, and create an effective website and online presence. You will learn how to gain a following based on your work, and you'll discover other activities that you can do to get your name out there so you'll get noticed. You will learn about things you should do to associate yourself with various products, tools, and subject matter. You will understand how to do your research, find your niche, and define yourself so effectively that people instantly associate you with their projects and reach out to you before they contact anyone else. Finally, you will learn how to target specific studios that will benefit your career, and you'll discover backdoor ways to get in with those companies, avoiding the other hundreds of applicants by taking the initiative and the time to approach in ways that will set you apart and eliminate the competition.