This movie looks at the Vanishing Point Filter and shows how it can quickly establish an accurate perspective grid that matches an image. It also shows the c...
Videos
Layer effects
This tutorial focuses on Layer Effects, specifically Bevel and Emboss and shows how it can be combined with brushes to add cracks and weathering to a scene.
Bump and Specular map creation
This short tutorial looks at how to go about creating bump and secular maps from a single color map and how these can be combined to enhance a texture.
Layer Masks
This tutorial focuses on the use of Layer Masks to create a non-destructive way of editing and shows how it can enable a full reversal of any changes made to...
Custom Brushes
This tutorial looks at how a custom brush can be created from a random image and then refined using the brush settings. It also deals with how the brush can ...
Craeting a Character Concept -Liche Priest
Over the next hour I will guide you through a step by step process of how I create a character concept. Various techniques such as painting from silhouettes ...
How to use Color Dodge
In this tutorial I will demonstrate a new way to use Color Dodge.
“Chain Mail, Painting”
In this tutorial I will take you through the process of painting chain mail quickly and easily by creating your own custom brush.
Painting Demo
In this tutorial I will take you through my process of designing a character based on a rough character brief.
Rending with Final Gather and GI
Learn how to use mental ray's Global Illumination and Final Gathering inside SOFTIMAGE|XSI for a photo-realistic render and learn industry tips and tricks on...
How to access Menus & Tools
Knowing how to work with menus in SOFTIMAGE|XSI is very important and vital to success. You will learn a few new tricks that will speed up your interaction w...
Customising how to interact with XSI
SOFTIMAGE|XSI has the option to change the keyboard layout to a more familiar keyboard map for those users coming from 3dsMax or Maya. We will look at how to...
How to Duplicate object & Creating Presets
Learn how to duplicate objects in SOFTIMAGE|XSI, while acknowledging the difference between duplicating and cloning. We will also discuss duplication options...
Override Properties and Painting Weights
Override properties can be used in many ways in SOFTIMAGE|XSI and can be quite useful for many situations. Using weight maps in SOFTIMAGE|XSI is a great feat...
How to use Clusters and Hierarchies
Learn how to quickly create clusters in SOFTIMAGE|XSI, as well as some techniques for viewing and working with them. Also, being able to create hierarchies i...