Spencer Lueders当前是洛杉矶Sony Pictures Imageworks公司的特效技术总监。他将在这里为大家讲解8周的在线教学。Spencer将会为大家讲解大量的材质，讲解到很多技术层次的基础概 念，例如算数，几何体，三角法，等等其他控制特效的东西。如果你要制作很棒的特效，是没有按一下按钮就能解决问题的方法。本教学将为大家打下基础，让大家 明白特效背后发生的事情。

Spencer Lueders is currently a Senior FX Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Los Angeles. He's now here to work with you at CGWorkshops in this 8 week online, fully-mentored Houdini training course.

Spencer will cover a variety of material and get into many technical low level concepts, such as the maths, geometry, and trigonometry, etc involved in gaining complete control over an effect. When it comes to making great FX, there aren't any push-button solutions. This course helps to lay that groundwork to understand what is going on under the 'hood'.

Spencer will take you step-by-step through the construction of a production ready scene in Houdini - right from looking at the UI and procedural modeling in Week 1, and eventually on to particles and fluids. You will cover techniques that give complete control when you're creating cracks, wind effects, dissolving effects, as well as procedural modeling, to name a few..

Finally, you'll bring in the various elements you have created together in one final scene.

Don't miss the chance to learn from one of the industry's most experienced Houdini professionals.

Houdini's Apprentice education edition software is available as a free download, and is all you will need to take this workshop.

自从2004年开始，CGWorkshops已经开始与专业教师合作制作高质量的在线教学，如果你是一个学员，希望学习实用的技巧用于以后的工作，或者是在职艺术家希望提升自己的技巧，CGWorkshops都会为大家提供正确的工具与知识。

我们有大量的在线教学，它们适用于各种级别的用户，让我们的教学与其他的教学区分开的关键在于我们教师的卓越行业经验。他们都是行业精英，有大量的影视与游戏制作经验。

Since 2004, CGWorkshops has been delivering quality online training in partnership with expert instructors. If you are a student seeking to gain real-world skills for future employment, or an employed artist wishing to increase your abilities, CGWorkshops will provide you with the right tools and knowledge.

We have a wide variety of online courses, which are geared towards all level users, from beginner to advanced. What makes our courses stand out is the quality of instructors. They are industry leaders, with big budget film and game experience.

All CGWorkshop content is designed by these high-end professional artists who share their solid, up-to-date understanding of the industry. In this way, students learn first-hand how to improve their skills in preparation for real-world employment in the game and film industries. It's not about how to use a particular piece of software. It's about how to make the best matte painting, or the best special effect explosion or the best 3D model or the best animation.

CGWorkshops offers you more than a school or college. We bring professional artists from all over the world into your home or office to share their knowledge and make you a better artist.