Lynda.com and VTC.com Requests for Training Links

Please help put in a request for training materials. Thank you.

Lynda:
http://www.lynda.com/aboutus/contact.aspx?lpk34=11

VTC Has published a Unity3D Training Course. THANKS TO ALL WHO VOTED!!!

http://www.vtc.com/gamedesign.htm

 

my vote is in

 

bump

 

Did this awhile ago, for both. It would be a great learning tool for users, and should do well financially for either company hosting it - vtc or lynda.com

 

I made a request at Lynda’s!

Kind regards, Robert

 

VTC already available!

 

Oh thanks,

Looking at them now, I must say,… very impresive.
This guy Efraim does a great job.

Regards, Robert

 

I voted

 

I put in my Request

 

Requested Voted.

 

I put my vote too!

Regards.

 

Voted.

 

Voted very good idea.

 

Thanks for the kind words, Robert.
Here's the whole story:
Even BEFORE we did work for the Virtual Training Company (VTC) we sent previews of our YouTube channel to Lynda.com with the request to make series for them.
They never replied, not even with a short message, but DID put my email on their newsletter list... kind of rude if you ask me.

Next we contacted VTC.com and they were on-it from the start. Great guys!

So that's the whole deal when it comes to video training other than our YouTube channel.

Cheers,

Efraim (TornadoTwins)

 

voted :wink:

 

VTC Added a Unity3D Training Course. THANKS TO ALL WHO VOTED!

http://www.vtc.com/gamedesign.htm

Now if Lynda.com can do the same thing...

http://www.lynda.com/aboutus/contact.aspx?lpk34=11

 

Hey everyone!

We've been getting an awful lot of requests on this front as well, and we've got what we think is a pretty solid selection of upcoming video training headed your way very soon. We're almost finished with it, and there are some details about the release schedule that are yet to be finalized. I will say that we're doing our best to come up with a way that we can release ALL of what you see here for FREE. We're actually in talks with Unity regarding this, and as soon as we hear something back from them, we'll let you know!

Just so you know, this list is NOT complete just yet. We've recorded a lot more videos that we've not yet processed/encoded/etc. that are not listed, such as a section on particle effects, videos over rigid bodies, trails, among others. We're currently looking at about 57 hours of total completed video training, and as you can see, the larger portion of it is divided into many bite-sized chunks!

And this is just a portion of some of the projects we've got planned over Unity. Feel free to pop over and check them out!

Zak Parrish
3D Buzz, Inc.
http://www.3dbuzz.com


Simple Level Creation with Maya

00:06:16 - 02_SceneSetup.avi
00:44:35 - 03_ExportingFromMaya.avi
00:32:04 - 04_ImportingIntoUnity.avi
00:08:26 - 05_FinalizingLevelMaterials.avi
00:08:00 - 06_SkyboxSetup.avi
00:36:38 - 07_LightingSetup.avi
00:37:44 - 08_OverviewOfLightMaps.avi
00:05:58 - 09_LightmapPanel_ObjectTab.avi
00:52:15 - 10_LightmapPanel_BakeTab.avi
00:22:43 - 11_LightmapPanel_MapTab.avi
00:11:55 - 12_BakingLevelLightmaps.avi
00:03:52 - 13_Conclusion to Lightmapping.avi
00:32:39 - 14_Occlusion Culling Test Level.avi
00:32:12 - 15_Occlusion Culling Overview.avi
00:19:13 - 16_Custom Occlusion Culling - View.avi
00:28:48 - 17_Custom Occlusion Culling - Target.avi​

3rd Person Character System, Part I

00:09:44 - 001 Intro.avi
00:35:13 - 002 Gravity And Jumping Theory.avi
00:09:08 - 003 Gravity Implementation.avi
00:07:14 - 004 Jumping Implementation.avi
00:12:47 - 005 Sliding Theory.avi
00:11:00 - 006 Sliding Implementation.avi
00:13:35 - 007 TP_Animator Overview and Theory.avi
00:12:35 - 008 TP_Animator Implementation.avi
00:12:16 - 009 TP_Motor MoveSpeed Theory and Implementation.avi
00:03:27 - 010 TP_Motor Fixing Sliding Behavior.avi
00:53:07 - 011 Occlusion and Collision Overview.avi
00:10:59 - 012 Near Clip Plane Theory.avi
00:12:29 - 013 Near Clip Plane Implementation.avi
00:08:53 - 014 CheckCameraPoints Theory.avi
00:23:03 - 015 CheckCameraPoints Implementation.avi
00:10:43 - 016 CheckIfOccluded Theory.avi
00:19:45 - 017 CheckIfOccluded Implementation.avi
00:21:09 - 018 ResetDesiredDistance Theory.avi
00:17:40 - 019 ResetDesiredDistance Implementation and Outro.avi
00:11:12 - 019 ResetDesiredDistance Implementation.avi
00:06:56 - 020 Testing and Outro.avi​

3rd Person Character System, Part II

00:10:59 - 001 Intro.avi
00:17:15 - 005 Creating Character Prefab.avi
00:08:58 - 006 Creating Ragdoll Prefab.avi
00:20:44 - 007 TP_Animator Overview.avi
00:21:14 - 008 TP_Animator Setup Implementation.avi
00:06:29 - 009 Simple Looping Character Animations.avi
00:11:26 - 010 Using.avi
00:06:46 - 011 Jumping Part I.avi
00:09:59 - 012 Jumping Part 2.avi
00:07:52 - 013 Falling.avi
00:05:54 - 014 Landing.avi
00:07:04 - 015 Sliding.avi
00:27:59 - 016 Climbing Overview.avi
00:13:27 - 017 Climbing Message Flow.avi
00:22:48 - 018 Climbing Initial Setup.avi
00:28:38 - 019 Climbing Implementation.avi
00:10:55 - 020 Climbing Testing.avi
00:22:20 - 021 Dead Initial Setup.avi
00:14:19 - 022 SetupRagdoll.avi
00:14:43 - 023 Ragdoll Completion.avi
00:10:32 - 024 Testing the Ragdoll.avi
00:11:36 - 025 Fatal Falling.avi
00:12:08 - 026 Player Input Cleanup.avi
00:10:54 - 027 Last Minute Fixes.avi
00:17:52 - 028 Packaging and Outro.avi​

3rd Person Character System, Part III

00:19:33 - 001 Intro.avi
00:02:45 - 002 Level Intro.avi
00:13:34 - 003 Character Stand-In.avi
00:26:24 - 004 General Overview.avi
00:36:30 - 005 TP_Controller Theory.avi
00:06:53 - 006 TP_Controller Skeleton.avi
00:32:38 - 007 TP_Motor Theory.avi
00:04:29 - 008 TP_Motor Skeleton.avi
00:07:41 - 009 TP_Motor Implementation.avi
00:06:57 - 010 TP_Controller Implementation.avi
00:07:58 - 011 Wiring Testing The Character.avi
00:16:51 - 012 TP_Camera High Level Overview.avi
00:18:01 - 013 TP_Camera Secondary Functionality Theory.avi
00:13:59 - 014 TP_Camera Secondary Functionality Implementation.avi
00:37:01 - 015 TP_Camera Primary Functionality Stage 1 Theory.avi
00:08:48 - 016 TP_Camera Primary Functionaility Stage 1 Implementation.avi
00:27:28 - 017 TP_Camera HandlePlayerInput Theory.avi
00:15:18 - 018 TP_Camera HandlePlayerInput Implementation.avi
00:38:20 - 019 TP_Camera CalculateDesiredPosition Theory.avi
00:07:44 - 020 TP_Camera CalculateDesiredPosition Implementation.avi
00:07:38 - 021 TP_Camera UpdatePosition Theory.avi
00:04:37 - 022 TP_Camera UpdatePosition Implementation.avi
00:15:55 - 023 Testing Outro.avi​

3D Platformer Game, Part I

00:08:55 - 001 - Intro.avi
00:18:07 - 002_PlanningTheGame.avi
00:06:09 - 003_MayaRoughTemplate.avi
00:11:18 - 004_InitialLevelSetup.avi
00:31:21 - 005_TerrainSculpting.avi
00:03:52 - 006_ImportingAHeightMap.avi
00:01:40 - 007 - SavingWorkflow.avi
00:13:07 - 008 - ProceduralTextures.avi
00:10:04 - 009 - PaintingTexture.avi
00:08:17 - 010 - AddingTrees.avi
00:11:47 - 011 - PaintingGrass.avi
00:21:40 - 012 - AddingDetailMeshes.avi
00:23:17 - 013 - ClimbingLedgesAndVolumes.avi
00:07:10 - 014 - ReassociatingClimbingVolumeScripts.avi
00:18:09 - 015 - Waterfall_Part1.avi
00:19:53 - 016 - Waterfall_Part2.avi
00:21:47 - 017 - RenderingWrapup.avi
00:07:08 - 018 - Outro.avi​

3D Platformer Game, Part II

00:09:32 - 001 Intro.avi
00:08:52 - 002 UVScroller Script.avi
00:13:48 - 003 Interactive Object Setup.avi
00:02:45 - 004 Adjusting Character Use Functionality.avi
00:29:02 - 005 ButtonPush.avi
00:10:45 - 006 TempleDoor.avi
00:23:04 - 007 TilePuzzleSafeColorLight.avi
00:09:08 - 008 DeadFall Animation.avi
00:14:22 - 009 TilePuzzlePad Part 1.avi
00:21:50 - 010 TilePuzzlePad Part 2.avi
00:05:29 - 011 Adding Hold Ability to the Character.avi
00:25:28 - 012 PickUp.avi
00:15:14 - 013 PlaceItem.avi
00:03:00 - 014 Animating the Platform.avi
00:09:47 - 015 TemplePlatform.avi
00:14:30 - 016 PortalSwirl.avi
00:13:45 - 017 Portal.avi
00:17:09 - 018 GameManager Part 1.avi
00:08:08 - 019 GameManager Part 2.avi
00:10:16 - 020 GameManager Part 3.avi
00:27:39 - 021 GameManager Part 4.avi
00:33:59 - 022 GameManager Part 5.avi
00:08:26 - 023 GameManager Part 6.avi
00:11:59 - 024 Debug and Outro.avi​

Creating Interface Panels within Unity

00:29:36 - 01_Intro.avi
00:16:49 - 02 - Basic Editor Window.avi
00:21:02 - 03 - Creating the Category Buttons.avi
00:09:58 - 04 - Button Functionality and State.avi
00:16:36 - 05 - Enhancing the State Buttons.avi
00:18:38 - 06 - Abstract CreationButton Class.avi
00:32:22 - 07 - StandardPrimitiveButton Class.avi
00:05:56 - 08 - Creation Button Layout.avi
00:09:16 - 09 - Standard Button Functionality.avi
00:14:05 - 10 - ExtendedPrimitiveButton Class.avi
00:13:13 - 11 - Using State to Control Visible Buttons.avi
00:12:11 - 12 - Adding the Group Section GUI.avi
00:13:34 - 13 - Adding Functionality for Group Section.avi​

 

Sorry... there was too much training to fit on a single post!

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Basic Level Design

00:05:30 - 001_Intro.avi
00:06:08 - 002_ProjectCreation.avi
00:10:24 - 003_InitialTerrainSetup.avi
00:04:45 - 004_SavingScene.avi
00:13:38 - 005_TerrainToolkit.avi
00:26:38 - 006_TerrainSculpting.avi
00:13:34 - 007_PlayTesting.avi
00:17:20 - 008_TestingAndAdjusting.avi
00:03:58 - 009_AddingTerrainAssets.avi
00:09:31 - 010_ProceduralTexturing.avi
00:15:00 - 011_TexturePainting.avi
00:11:03 - 012_AddingTrees.avi
00:09:00 - 013_AddingDetails.avi
00:10:10 - 014_Skyboxes.avi
00:07:49 - 015_SunAndLensFlare.avi
00:18:04 - 016_ExternalAssets_Maya.avi
00:19:35 - 017_ImportingFBXFiles.avi
00:18:10 - 018_CollisionObjects.avi
00:04:07 - 019_Water.avi
00:20:22 - 020_SnowEffect.avi
00:12:02 - 021_FogAndAmbientLight.avi
00:13:27 - 022_AddingSteamEffect.avi
00:13:51 - 023_CampFireEffect.avi
00:10:13 - 024_CampFireSound.avi
00:06:28 - 025_WindSound.avi
00:07:08 - 026_WindZone.avi
00:17:37 - 027_Lightmapping.avi
00:14:42 - 028_BuildAndWrapup.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Primary Interface Features

00:08:30 - 001_InterfaceAtAGlance.avi
00:02:33 - 002_SceneViewVsGameView.avi
00:03:35 - 003_MayaStyleViewportNav.avi
00:02:19 - 004_FPSStyleNavigation.avi
00:04:43 - 005_SceneGizmo.avi
00:06:34 - 006_DrawModes.avi
00:04:50 - 007_RenderModes.avi
00:03:25 - 008_ViewportFunctions.avi
00:03:17 - 009_GameAspect.avi
00:02:25 - 010_GameViewToolbar.avi
00:02:31 - 011_MainMenubar_File.avi
00:03:26 - 012_MainMenubar_Edit.avi
00:08:36 - 013_MainMenubar_Assets.avi
00:07:03 - 014_MainMenubar_GameObject.avi
00:01:53 - 015_MainMenubar_Components.avi
00:04:24 - 016_MainMenubar_Terrain.avi
00:02:20 - 017_MainMenubar_Window.avi
00:01:18 - 018_MainMenubar_Help.avi
00:02:26 - 019_Toolbar_TransformTools.avi
00:04:03 - 020_Toolbar_Pivot_LocalGlobal.avi
00:03:00 - 021_Toolbar_PlayControls.avi
00:01:43 - 022_Toolbar_LayerDropdown.avi
00:01:28 - 023_Toolbar_LayoutDropdown.avi
00:02:27 - 024_ProjectView_Overview.avi
00:06:56 - 025_ProjectView_OSFolderStructure.avi
00:06:36 - 026_ProjectView_Linking.avi
00:05:00 - 027_ProjectView_Creating.avi
00:02:00 - 028_ProjectView_Search.avi
00:03:50 - 029_Hierarchy_Overview.avi
00:02:38 - 030_Hierarchy_Linking.avi
00:03:03 - 031_HierarchyView_Creating.avi
00:02:28 - 032_HierarchyView_Search.avi
00:04:43 - 033_Inspector_Overview.avi
00:08:07 - 034_Inspector_Properties_PlayMode.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Secondary Interface Features

00:12:08 - 001_AnimationView_Overview.avi
00:08:54 - 002_AnimationView_AnimatingTransforms.avi
00:10:01 - 003_AnimationView_AnimatingOtherProperties.avi
00:09:20 - 004_AnimationView_WorkingWithCurves.avi
00:13:06 - 005_AnimationView_ReusingCurves.avi
00:07:38 - 006_Profiler.avi
00:08:17 - 007_Console.avi
00:08:49 - 008_RenderSettings.avi
00:04:34 - 009_ProjectSettings_Input.avi
00:02:30 - 010_ProjectSettings_Tags.avi
00:03:18 - 011_ProjectSettings_Audio.avi
00:03:40 - 012_ProjectSettings_Time.avi
00:05:12 - 013_ProjectSettings_Player.avi
00:05:13 - 014_ProjectSettings_Physics.avi
00:02:32 - 015_ProjectSettings_Quality.avi
00:01:10 - 016_ProjectSettings_Network.avi
00:03:42 - 017_ProjectSettings_Editor.avi
00:05:00 - 018_Preferences_General.avi
00:03:09 - 019_Preferences_Colors.avi
00:02:25 - 020_Preferences_Keys.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Customizing the UI

00:06:07 - 001_DockingAndUndocking.avi
00:02:08 - 002_AddingAndRemoving.avi
00:02:48 - 003_SavingAndLoadingLayouts.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Working with GameObjects

00:01:24 - 001_Intro.avi
00:05:43 - 002_Creating.avi
00:07:12 - 003_Moving.avi
00:04:23 - 003_Rotate.avi
00:02:22 - 004_Scale.avi
00:04:16 - 005_Duplication.avi
00:10:15 - 006_Parenting.avi
00:03:30 - 007_AddingResettingRemovingComponents.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Working with Prefabs

00:03:22 - 001_Intro.avi
00:04:10 - 002_CreatingPrefabs.avi
00:08:40 - 003_PrefabInstancing.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Working with Packages

00:02:50 - 001_Intro.avi
00:06:00 - 002_ExportingImportingPackages.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Snapping

00:01:47 - 001_Intro.avi
00:03:54 - 002_PlacementSnapping.avi
00:02:39 - 003_RotationSnapping.avi
00:01:22 - 004_ScaleSnapping.avi
00:02:41 - 005_VertexSnapping.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Tags and Layers

00:03:49 - 001_Introduction.avi
00:03:37 - 002_CreatingAndAssigningTags.avi
00:05:37 - 003_CreatingAndAssigningLayers.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Cameras

00:02:32 - 001_Intro.avi
00:04:00 - 002_ClearFlagsAndBackground.avi
00:03:09 - 003_CullingMask.avi
00:02:44 - 004_Projection.avi
00:06:04 - 005_FOVClipPlanes.avi
00:04:43 - 006_ViewPortRectAndDepth.avi
00:04:44 - 007_RenderingPaths.avi
00:07:17 - 008_TargetTexture.avi
00:01:47 - 009_Skybox.avi
00:15:12 - 010_MultiCameraSetup.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Included Character Controllers

00:25:40 - 001_FirstPersonController.avi
00:26:37 - 002_ThirdPersonController.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Lights

00:08:20 - 02_LightTypes.avi
00:02:56 - 03_LightColorAndIntensity.avi
00:06:31 - 04_LightCookies.avi
00:05:44 - 05_Shadows_Intro.avi
00:03:29 - 06_Shadows_TypesStrengthResolution.avi
00:04:04 - 07_Shadows_ShadowResolution.avi
00:02:45 - 08_Shadows_Bias.avi
00:09:42 - 09_Shadows_QualitySettings.avi
00:06:01 - 10_LensFlares.avi
00:13:09 - 11_RenderMode.avi
00:02:35 - 12_CullingMode.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - Terrain

00:11:32 - 001_Overview.avi
00:09:16 - 002_ObjectPanel.avi
00:09:14 - 002_TerrainResolution.avi
00:08:43 - 003_TerrainSculptingTools.avi
00:10:40 - 004_PaintingTerrainTexture.avi
00:07:36 - 005_PaintingTrees.avi
00:08:10 - 006_PaintingDetails.avi
00:02:44 - 007_BaseTerrainSettings.avi
00:03:52 - 008_TreeAndDetailObjects.avi
00:06:16 - 009_WindSettings.avi
00:04:35 - 010_TerrainCollider.avi​

Mastering Unity: The Fundamentals - TerrainToolkit

00:04:30 - 001_Overview.avi
00:06:09 - 002_Voronoi.avi
00:02:00 - 003_Fractal.avi
00:02:30 - 004_Perlin.avi
00:01:27 - 005_Smooth.avi
00:01:45 - 006_Normalise.avi
00:02:17 - 007_ThermalErosion.avi
00:02:45 - 008_HydraulicErosion.avi
00:01:42 - 009_TidalErosion.avi
00:01:58 - 010_WindErosion.avi
00:03:48 - 011_PaintingErosion.avi
00:06:14 - 012_TextureOverview.avi
00:02:43 - 013_TextureSlope.avi
00:03:48 - 014_TexureHeight.avi​

 

Wow, Zak - looks like you put a lot of planning and care into that! Mighty impressive list

 

Yeah, that list is the result of months and months of planning and production. Unity projects have really been the primary development venue for 3D Buzz throughout 2010, and it's great to finally see all of these lesson plans and so very many hours of production starting to come to fruition. Exciting times!

 

WHA?!?!? the mythicaly 3DBuzz Unity3 series may arrive someday soon???? cant wait!!! THanks for the update Zak

That looks like the most thorough list of Unity tutorials I've ever seen.
P.S. I got the 3 vol XNA extremem series for using c# in Unity, a definite recommend for anyone interested.

 

Looking foward to the Buzz 3D tutorials,

I did their C++ ones last year and was very impressed.

 

TornadoTwins, and 3dbuzz are geniuses! I've been following 3dbuzz for years, and Tornado twins are awesome teachers as well! Keep up the good work, and thanks!

 

I can't wait to see these, Zak. You're UDK videos were a thing of beauty.

 

Any chance for tutorials with JavaScript? I guess you create tutorials only with C# as programming language.

 

Hi community!

If you'd like to jump in to an excellent Unity Training Video Course right now, I've just started a thread here. The training includes all of Unity 3 Interface, Tools, Workflow, JavaScript Training, and the Unity Api, in a professional step by step approach for the Absolute Beginner.

 

That's Great ^^ Thx

 

o/ Zak, I dunno if you remember me or not, but I sat next to you over at the Ren Center for that 3ds max boot camp course.

It's nice to see you guys are putting a lot of focus into Unity, I sent Busby a PM about 2 or 3 years ago when I first found Unity trying to get him to start making vids for it. He probably never read it, but regardless, it's nice to see you guys covering this as it's a fun little game engine.

Only thing you need to do now is ditch Maya and use Modo.

btw.. site has come a long way, from when you guys used to burn all those mountains of CD's to mail out.

 

Uhh, looks like he ditched Maya for Blender some time ago, and I believe that might be better than Maya OR Modo at this point (probably because of both price, as well as how much easier Blender has become to use over the course of the current 2.59 build).