Introduction to Modo

Interface and Workflow with Gennaro Esposito

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Modo is a powerful 3D tool used in the film, game and design industries. Known for its intuitive interface and artist friendly approach, this title provides a jump start for users new to the software. In this lecture, 3D Artist Gennaro Esposito provides a thorough introduction to Modo 12 while demonstrating the core toolset for navigation, selection, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, lighting, shading and rendering. Through the creation of a professional asset designed by Oscar Cafaro, he delves into the user interface and viewport, then demonstrates the main modeling tools, the procedural modeling approach, Mesh Fusion and the topology tools. He explains how to create UVs, how to utilize 3D paint and how to manage lighting, shaders and rendering, as well as multi-pass compositing. While an introductory title, students will learn how Modo’s efficient workflow fits into production as a powerful complement to any pipeline.

Duration: 325 Minutes

Format: HD 1920x1080

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Gennaro Esposito

Lead 3D Asset Artist at Pixomondo and Founder of Digital Shark Academy

Gennaro Esposito is a 3D Artist specializing in environment and hard surface modeling. With over eight years experience in VFX and Motion Graphics for film and television, Gennaro has worked for such studios as MPC London, Cum Creative Singapore and Gadget-Bot Los Angeles, recently completing work at MPC for “The Lion King.” He is also a MODO certified trainer for the Foundry, instructor at Think Tank in Vancouver and CEO of the Digital Shark Academy in Italy.

I had the pleasure to work with Gennaro these latest 9 months at MPC London, working closely at the environment department for Lion King (2019-Disney). He is an reliable artist with a spontaneous inclination for the team work, since he arrived his first goal has been to help the team, always pushing and learning , more than successfully, his abilities as modeller (already strong ) and as Generalist becoming an autonomous artist in the team!
- Nunzio Bitetti
Generalist Artist at Industrial Light & Magic
It was great to work with Gennaro closely on my short film. He has amazing work ethic and he has been a pleasure to work with. He has a great eye for detail and has been a big contributor in the 3D work for the films Vfx.
- Robert Simons
Co-Founder at Gadget-Bot Productions
Gennaro was a vital team member on the Razer Mamba E3 2015 video. He has shown exceptional speed and good work ethics whilst using Modo. With good direction and decent references, he can produce great work with good quality and speed. He is also a pleasure to work with and gets the job done. I think he is a great team member to work with.
- Wen Hao Tan
Director at cum. m+d
I had to chance to work with Gennaro since the beginning of his career in 3D/VFX; at that time he had already a lot of experience in Motion Graphics. Since the beginning I noticed his potential and his great skills. I can honestly tell he improved himself so much in a so short amount of time that I was impressed; he was eager to learn like few people in the industry, always open to critics and suggestions, and always willing to do more and more going over his limits to improve his skillset in the more efficient way possible. His specialties is Hard-Surface modelling, but he's great also in the organic ones, everything topped with great eye for texturing and lookdev. He never give up, he's full of energy and proactive, so it's always good to have him on board on complex projects. Everything it's also topped by an amazing attitude, funny and always available to help his colleagues, that makes him a great team oriented professional. Can't wait to work with him again.
- Cristian Spagnuolo
CG Supervisor at MPC

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