Advanced Character Animation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI® for Half-Life®2, part of the Noesis Interactive™, MOD Your World™ training series, teaches how to "Evolve Your Character " by focusing on bringing your character to life by animating or applying motion capture data to your own custom design characters within Half-Life®2.

DVD topics covered include:
> Setting up your custom character in XSI for Half-Life®2 and Death Match™
> Creating game animations (key framing) for your character with SOFTIMAGE|XSI®
> Applying materials and textures
> Modeling from reference imagery
> Add triggers, scripts and delays
> Optimization techniques
> Atmospheric effects & entity descriptions

> 2D & 3D Skyboxes
> Create level overview maps
> Apply cinematic style color correction
> Create maps for a range of Source® games