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A big thanks to the folks at SESI for the Motion Graphics class in L.A.

I went for the class even though I knew the intermediate level lecture was going to be over my head. Being a noobie with only a few months of self training, I expected to overwhelmed, and I was, in a good way. I kept up where I could, and struggled some. I guess I left in a in a bit of a supersaturated brain fog!

When I got back to home and stated playing with the exercise files, I found I picked up more than I thought I would. However, my hearing and memory aren't what they use to be so I wish I made an audio recording to replay at home.

I thought it was a good lecture, well explained, at a good pace.

I drove up from San Diego, 2 1/2 hours each way, and it was well worth it. I'll attend classes there anytime I get a chance, and I highly recommend them.

The class was recorded for internal use only. I may be just a noobie, but this gets my vote to be added to the tutorial page so it's available to a wider range of users.

Thanks for the hospitality as well!
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Thanks for coming to the class! I'm glad it was worthwhile for you and worth the long drive!

Yes, I think it was a bit of information overload - especially near the end. Four hours is probably too long for a technical class. If I do another workshop it will be shorter and more digestible

There's a lot that I wasn't able to explain as clearly or as easy to follow as I would have liked. If I can get the time I hope to do some videos that go through the files in a more organized way.

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Hey Adam, do you have any plans to post any information/videos that give a teaser of what to expect, for those of us who can't attend?
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Hey Goldleaf,

The class already happened last week…

I am going to try to do some videos that covered the topics I covered in the class and post on vimeo or possible on SideFx's site if they are interested.
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Great! Thank you. And thanks for the videos you've already posted.
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thanks for the videos you've already posted.

Where can one find these?
this is not a science fair.
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i would assume the vimeo channel mentioned here:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=21000 [sidefx.com]

http://vimeo.com/8378129 [vimeo.com]

cool stuff by the way!
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Hey thanks!

That's old stuff, though. Some of what I covered is in those videos, but I want to show everything from the class. The videos that are posted right now don't actually explain anything - they just show off some tools.

Ok, maybe this weekend I'll get to sit down and put up some vids…

Cheers,
Adam
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Two videos of stuff I presented in the class are up:

http://vimeo.com/17035181 [vimeo.com]
http://vimeo.com/17039552 [vimeo.com]

These aren't from the actual videos from the class, but present the same material.

More to come.
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Very useful stuff. You teach very well, thank you.
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awesome stuff!
kudos for taking the time.
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Hi Adam,

Many thanks for posting some videos. I'd love to come down for some of the training classes, but I'm a bit far away, so being able to view the videos is great.

I haven't yet got my feet wet with Houdini because I can't get it running my system

I'm pretty sure the videos you have posted are an intermediate level. What would be a good place to find learning materials for beginners of Houdini 11?

Thanks much!
Mike
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