It's brand new line, in Outokumpu, and this is our first year for all
of us, and it's a full 3-year study programme.
Here's the website for it: http://www.pelitalo.org (There's also an
in-english link there)
And yeah, I too haven't come across anything similar before, ofcourse
it's not perfect (If not for the fact that it's first year for this
programme), but I'm really glad that the hardware and software we have
at our disposal are near cutting-edge, atleast compared to other
similar courses/programmes I've seen here in finland. Everyone get's a
dual-monitor workstation to use, programs include Maya, Motionbuilder,
Max + the usual 2D stuff.
One recent interesting addition to all this has been the motion
capture equipment we have got to use for a few weeks on behalf of the
close partner to this study-programme, Lapland-Studio
(http://www.laplandstudio.com) where we also have people visiting
teachers from.
Ofcourse, the 3D Studio -orientation of all this makes me cry myself
to sleep every now and then. I too am quite passionate about the tools
I use.
Hope this was of any interest to anyone :-)
On 4/1/06, Timo Heubach <timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> Where do you study and for how long have you been studying? I'm at the
> university of Jyväskylä where there's only this GameLab... Of what I've
> heard from it it's not that great, really :\ An I've come across only a
> few 3D programming courses, which isn't good...
>
> Regards,
> Timo Heubach
> Technical engineer
> Radiant Raccoon Tmi
>
>
> Ville Tammi kirjoitti:
>
> >XSI'er here too. *wave*
> >
> >I'm at the moment studying game development (= lots of 3D), first time
> >there's this big study programme concentrated solely on game
> >development by the way.
> >
> >Sadly the teachers here are the most extreme pro-3DStudioMax people
> >I've seen for awhile, I'm sticking with my copy of foundation most of
> >the time though in the classes (While getting funny looks and 'funny'
> >remarks from the teachers, just before Max again crashes for half of
> >the class)
> >
> >Maybe someone from the sales department wants to contact these lost
> >souls here ;-)
> >
> >
> >On 4/1/06, Timo Heubach <timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Sadly, really, CG in Finnland hasn't yet gotten far... Which is a shame
> >>since we have all the benefits of Canada with a nice S3TC compression
> >>applied to sqeeze it into a population of 5-6 million... The benefits
> >>are: cold winters and technologically oriented people :) Even worse
> >>really is the situation with games companies... Of which there are only
> >>a handful. So it's not easy for indie developers like our team to get
> >>them selves heard :( But on the other hand we get to be pioneers... I
> >>hope people will get more interrested about "bigger" games than just
> >>cellular games on Java platforms and concentrate on XBox, PS and the PC.
> >>
> >>Btw. Mikko, what are you by profession, if I may ask? A 3D freelancer?
> >>
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Timo Heubach
> >>Technical engineer
> >>Radiant Raccoon Tmi
> >>
> >>John Clark kirjoitti:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>No, it was when I was being a sculptor. I had a show over at the
> >>>society of finish sculptors and had a studio for 3 months to make the
> >>>work. The tallin part of the trip was an agreement to go and do some
> >>>teaching over at the art school there. As i said it was great both in
> >>>Helsinki and Tallin. Tallin was interesting at the time because it was
> >>>still within the soviet umbrella (this was 1990 just pre gorbechev
> >>>reforms) and prices were frozen at 1917 levels which meant that while
> >>>there wasn't a lot to buy what there was was mindbogglingly cheap! but
> >>>the thing I liked most was the old centre. A beautiful place (that was
> >>>unfortunately surrounded by other fairly brutal architecture). I hear
> >>>now that Tallin has become a place were guys from wealthier parts of
> >>>europe go and have their stag do's, which is a pity in a way ,even if
> >>>the benefit to the economy is good.
> >>>Anyway I'm rambling.... but you'r right it wasn't cg !-)
> >>>
> >>>Tony Nightingale wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>If I may ask John, doing what? Not CG, that cant be...Tallinn is like
> >>>>siberia for that stuff. Prove me wrong ;)
> >>>>
> >>>>-Tony
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>John Clark wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I worked in Helsinki and Tallin for about 3 months in a former life.
> >>>>>Both places were fantastic!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Mikko Ronkainen wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I'm in Espoo
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>T.
> >>>>>>Mikko
> >>>>>>(no I don't own skis)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:17:23 +0300, Timo Heubach
> >>>>>><timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Are there any Finnish Softimage|XSI users around?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Regards,
> >>>>>>>Timo Heubach
> >>>>>>>Technical engineer,
> >>>>>>>Radiant Raccoon Tmi
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