Another Masterpiece from Pixar. Pixar has created another character that you can believable and love. Wale-1 is a loser, left behind on the planet cleaning as it is the only think he ever learned.

What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL-E  (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award®-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton, Disney-Pixar’s WALL-E is the heartfelt story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.

“WALL•E” was written and directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, co-produced by Lindsey Collins and features original and innovative sound design by Academy Award®-winner Ben Burtt (“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”).

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(Wall•E Vacuum Vignette)

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(Wall•E Trailer)

The creative minds from Punga and The Meastros teamed up to make this “The Nightmare Before Christmas” like Ad for Steren GPS .

You can download a better version the clip from The Meastros web site here.

This sensational Ad from Akama Studio is another masterpiece of their work. My rating: “Top notch quality”

• Modelin
  • General Modeling
  • Organic Modeling
• Surfacing/Texturing
  • Tools
  • Mapping
  • Surface Editor
  • Node Editor
• Animation
  • Animation Tools
  • General Animation
  • Animating Cameras and Lights
  • Vehicle Animation
  • Character Animation
  • Particles
  • Dynamics
• Lighting
  
• Rendering and Compositing
  

Modeling

Modeling Tools

Introduction to Action Center Control:
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Introduction to Translate Plus:
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Introduction to the Interactive Paste Tool:
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Introduction to Move Plus:
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Introduction to the Rove Tool:
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Introduction to the Rotate About Normal Tool:
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Introduction to the Rotate to Object Tool:
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Introduction to the Rotate to Ground Tool:
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Introduction to Segment Scale:
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- Segment Scale introduction and examples
- Location of Tool Color preferences setting

Introduction to Set Map Value:
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Booleans vs Speed Booleans:
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Introduction to the Create Skin tool:
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Introduction to the Morph Polygons Tool:
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Introduction to the Bend Tool:
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Introduction to Toggle Backdrop On/Off:
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Note: The Toggle Backdrop video also shows how to add this feature to the interface and setup a shortcut key to help save time when using it.

Introduction to the Router Tool:
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Introduction to the Motion Path Extrude Tool:
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Introduction to the Platonic Solid Tool:
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Introduction to the Gemstone Tool:
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Introduction to the Drill Tools: Drill & Solid Drill:
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Introduction to the Drag and Snap Drag Tools:
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Introduction to the Center, Center 1D and Center Sel 1D functions :
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Introduction to the Lathe Tool:
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Introduction to the Jump Points Command:
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Introduction to the Rotate 90 to the Right Command:
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Introduction to the Center View on Cursor Command:
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Introduction to the Point Center and Find Center Commands:
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Introduction to the Angle Tool:
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Introduction to the Measure Tool:
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Introduction to Sketch Color:
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Introduction to the Pivot Tool and Center Pivot Command:
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Introduction to the Bevel Tool:
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Introduction to the Hide options:
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Introduction to the Rail Bevel Tool:
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General Modeling

Modeling a Tennis Ball:
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Creating seams in a football model (Multiple tools and techniques covered):
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Using Endomorphs in the Modeling process:
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Modeling a bowl of cereal with a little help from HardFX:*
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Hard Surface Modeling

2 Methods for creating a PaperClip:
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Creating a model with threads using subpatches and all quads:
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Be sure to check out JeffrySG’s killer technique here as well:
http://www.newtek.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77441

Creating a curved metal weaved mesh:
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Modeling a Texas star:
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Solution for creating ‘X’ and ‘T’ pipe joints in SubD :
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Creating Cathedral Ceilings:
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Organic Modeling

Introduction to Endomorphs, Morph Mixer and Open GL Sliders:*
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The first portion of the video shows how to create endomorphs in a character model. The rest of the video shows how to use endomorphs for character animation in Layout.

Using curves to create skelegons with the use of Convert Skelegons:*
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The first portion of the video shows how to create skelegons in Modeler using spline draw; the last portion shows how to convert the skelegons to bones in Layout.

Surfacing/Texturing

Tools

Introduction to Color Selection:
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Note: Includes the LightWave Color Picker. Works the same way in Modeler and Layout, although Layout is the only application shown.

Mapping

1 Weight Map, 1 Surface = Multi-Surfaces:
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Introduction to Texture Guide:
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Introduction to Color Vertex Maps:
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Introduction to texturing with image maps:
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Using a Clip map with Shadow Maps:
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Using Weightmaps and Adaptive Pixel Subdivision to control the level of detail at render time:
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How to Apply procedural textures with a UV map:
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Shows methods to apply procedurals with a UV Map in both Surface Editor and Node Editor.

Surface Editor

Introduction to the Special Buffers options in the Surface Editor:
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Introduction to the Halftone Shader:
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Node Editor

Creating Texture Displacement and more in the Node Editor:
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Multiple Bumps on one Surface in the Node Editor:
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Using Multiple Weight Maps on 1 Surface:
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Setting up a Distance to Object Gradient in the Node Editor:
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Node Editor: Creating Stitches with Procedural Textures:
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Creating Spiderman-type suit webbing:
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Creating a Radar Motion Trail:
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Creating a glass surface using the Dielectric Material Node:
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Animation

Animation Tools

Introduction to Serpent:
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Covers Lazy Points, Inertia, Serpent, Cloth FX, HardLink< MetaLink and more!

Introduction to Cyclist:
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Introduction to the Move Path and Path Tool:
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Introduction to the Effector custom object:
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Note: Be sure to watch the Effector video “Using Effector to displace a tube”.

Introduction to the Textured Motion, Motion Modifier:
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Introduction to Lead the Follower Motion Modifier:
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Introduction to Proxy Pick:*
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General Animation

Creating a rope and pulley animation:
Kickn’ it Old School!
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Creating a “Slinky-Style” spring animation:
This one has all kinds of goodies inside.
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Techniques for animating a spiral motion:
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Creating Multiple Pivot Points for one Object:
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Setting up an animation rig for window blinds:
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Animating carpet rolling and unrolling:
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Animating a Page turning:
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Setting up an animation of multiple pins driven by a displacement map:
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Now go off and do something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0u0AG_floQ

Using Effector to displace a tube:
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Animating a shaded object converting to a wireframe object:
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Rigging and animating an accordion style hinge:
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Localized morphing of an object based on the distance of another object:
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Be sure to also check out the video “Localized Morphing Used on a Face Rig” under the Character Animation section.

Localized morphing of an object based on the distance of another object using Normal Displacement:
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Animating Cameras and Lights

Creating a hand-held camera motion:
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Creating a light flicker using Noisy Channel:
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Animating a Muzzle Flash synced to an audio file:
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Introduction to Sun Spot:*
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Vehicle Animation

Animating Tank Treads:
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Note: The treads animate smoothly, though the framerate of the capture software looks otherwise. Give the setup a try and you will see how well it truly works.

Animating a train or roller coaster on a curved track:
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Relativity: Dr. Wheel Rotator:
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Animating an Escalator:
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Character Animation

How to setup a cartoon oval eye for animation:
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Localized morphing used on a face rig:
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Introduction to Endomorphs, Morph Mixer and Open GL Sliders:*
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The first portion of the video shows how to create endomorphs in a character model. The rest of the video shows how to use endomorphs for character animation in Layout.

Using curves to create skelegons with the use of Convert Skelegons:*
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The first portion of the video shows how to create skelegons in Modeler using spline draw; the last portion shows how to convert the skelegons to bones in Layout.

Introduction to Proxy Pick:
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Particles

Animating a bouncing ball using a particle emitter:
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Creating rain splashing on the ground using particle emitters:
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Creating a bottle rocket type animation with particle emitters:
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Creating water flowing through a piping structure:
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Dynamics

Using Cloth FX to Tear/Rip Material:
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Creating Foot prints in the ground using Cloth FX:
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Winding a flag around a pole using Soft FX and then the same thing with Cloth FX:
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Buttons on a Shirt that uses Cloth FX:
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Introduction to HardFx and Object Dissolve:
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Animating a hose that is connected to an object on each end:
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Using FXLinker to Mimic Modeler’s Point Clone Plus feature in Layout:
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Modeling a bowl of cereal with a little help from HardFX:*
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Creating a flag blowing in the wind:
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Lighting

How to set up the Spinning Light Trick and an introduction to Luxigons:
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The Spinning Light Trick was first developed by Dave Jerrard if I remember correctly. That guy has created more cool techniques then anyone I know!

Enjoy the video!

Introduction to Negative Lights:
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Introduction to Sun Spot:*
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Rendering and Compositing

Introduction to Compositing inside of LightWave:
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Introduction to Render Buffer View:
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Introduction to Render Buffer Export:
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Manually creating a depth pass:
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Introduction to the Photoshop PSD Export Image Filter:
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Creating trussing and framework with ease:
Kickn’ it New School!
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Some sites for you to enjoy this weekend:

Some reels to watch to learn on who you could do certain effects yourself.

• buzz Image Group INC.
  
• The Third Floor shots from Eragon, Rise of the Silver Surfer, Revenge of the Sith, Cloverfield, Beowulf and others.
• Hydraulx’s 2007 reel includes before and after shots from 300
• Newtek customer profile video showcasing the use of Lightwave by Eden FX and Zoic for the TV show, 24.
• Imageworks has posted a Spider-Man 3 ‘birth of Sandman’ making of clip
• Step by Step: Night at the Museum
• Rainmaker’s visual effects showreel from The Da Vinci Code and Firewall and other projects
• Imageworks on Ghost Rider

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Videos to watch this weekend:

• “Animals at Play”- A polar bear playing with sled dogs
• Imprint – PIKAPIKA Workshop
• Funkphonic – Rick Tank – 3D Animation

Adobe announces the winner for the categories

• Animation
• Motion Graphics
• Digital Illustration
• Digital Photography
• Environmental Graphics and Packaging
• Interactive and Web Design
• Live Action
• Print Design Multi-page
• Print Design Single page

All Design Achievement Award winners can be found @ Adobe