Upcoming Events! October 2009

A quick post to let you all know about a few upcoming events.

First off, this Saturday the 24th we'll be the Featured Speaker and Luncheon Sponsors for the VES Production Summit 2009.

Come join us to meet and greet a few Side Effects Staff, including our Founder and President, Kim Davidson.

Later next week, we'll be offering a Mantra Class by our ex-wonder intern Brian Burke from Method Studios in the Santa Monica training center.

We look forwarding to seeing you all!

HOUPLA Presents: Mantra 10

Thanks for everyone who came out last night to our event in the Santa Monica office. Andrew Clinton had a great time meeting all the users and chatting about new features in Mantra 10.

Also, thanks for those of you who showed me how to properly pour from a keg. It's the little things that seem to matter.

The room was packed, and the corridors filled with people and cups of Fat Tire. A great way to help the local users meet one another, catch up, or explore Houdini for the first time ever.

A few photos from the evening:

Nordin Rahali points at old co-worker from Framestore, Dan Seddon.

James Kirk and Ken Ibrahim in the standing area checking out the presentation.

John Courte (AKA, St John), showing how it's done while spinning the tunes.

R&H TD, Victor Grant reviews Houdini intern Dan Letarte's latest work.

Soaking up the knowledge with a brew :).

** Please let us know if you're interested in teaching any classes in Houdini or doing an Houdini Intern Mentorship program. All inquiries can be sent to Aliza Sorotzkin, aliza@sidefx.com.

Mantra 10 Focus Week

HOUPLA Presents: Focus on Mantra
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Side Effects invites you to join us for an evening with 3D Graphics Programmer, Andrew Clinton and learn about some key feature enhancements (such as IPR and PBR) in Houdini's world class renderer, Mantra version 10.

The evening will follow with refreshments, and music spun by Side Effects' own John Courte, Senior Houdini Artist.

**Space is limited, please RSVP **

Time:

• 6:30 - 7:00 Registation
• 7:00 - 7:30 Presentation
• 7:30 - 9:00 Social Hour and Music

**Also be sure to attend Andrews training class on Thursday, Sept 24 from 7pm - 9pm. Volumetric rendering will be discussed - including an overview of the volumetric rendering pipeline in Mantra, how to render fire and smoke, and optimization techniques for volume renders, and much, much more.**

LA Event: HOUPLA Presents Mantra 10

We're going to have our developer Andrew Clinton, in charge of Mantra, down from Toronto in a few weeks.

To celebrate, we'll be throwing a small social gather, following his presentation on the latest and greatest in Mantra.

Check out the link to RSVP for this event. Space is limited, so we can't let those not on the list enter.

Also, Andrew will be doing a master class on Volumetrics in Mantra the following day!