Real-Time Character Animation with Softimage|XSI®, part of the Noesis Interactive™ MOD Your World™ training series, teaches you how to “Activate Your Character” by demonstrating techniques used by professional animators.

Working in Softimage|XSI® with a character and animations from the Source® engine video game, Counter Strike™, you’ll learn how to blend different poses and motions together in order to create new animation sequences. Then use customized parameters to develop the controls and organization necessary to work with the animation sequences. Using device capture you’ll be able to link your mouse movements to the character animation controls and essentially turn your mouse into a motion capture tool. Finally, you’ll see how to create real-time shadows from the character model geometry.

DVD topics covered include:
> IAnimation Clips & Sequences
>Animation Blending
>Custom Parameters
>Linked Parameters
>Animating Poses
>Device Capture Techniques
>Real-Time Shadows