The /*jupiter jazz*/ group believes in sharing knowledge and in an open learning philosophy.

In the last decade we’ve been releasing a lot of educational tools, docs, tutorials, videos, additionally we regularly contribute on public forums, teach in universities, present talks at industry conferences. Here a rather complete list of what we have been doing in the field of education.

SIGGRAPH Masterclasses

• Siggraph 2008 — Maya GrindHouse II: Planet Nucleus & Render proof
• Siggraph 2007 — Maya GrindHouse I: Planet Nucleus & Render proof
• Siggraph 2006 — SuperToon Shading & Lighting
• Siggraph 2006 — Using mental ray standalone
• Siggraph 2006 — Digital Hair
• Siggraph 2006 — Trix R 4 Kids Vol.3
• Siggraph 2005 — Trix R 4 Kids Vol.2
• Siggraph 2004 — Trix R 4 Kids Vol.1
• Siggraph 2004 — Flow Workflows
• Siggraph 2003 — mental ray custom shaders
• Siggraph 2002 — Understanding Shading Networks
• Siggraph 2001 — Using mental ray for Maya

ACM SIGGRAPH Courses

• SIGGRAPH 2008 Sketches — Surf’s Up beach break
• SIGGRAPH 2006 Course 26 — Going Mad with Magic Lights

Free Online Education

• Trix are for Kids — 3Delight Edition (2007—present)
• Trix are for Kids (2004—2007) — Retired
• Maya Queen (2000—2004) — Acquired by Alias|wavefront

Books

• Understanding Maya I & II
• Rendering with mental ray 3^rd ed.
• F1 Maya

DVDs

• Using mental ray standalone
• Digital Hair
• Flow Workflows
• mental ray custom shaders
• Using mental ray
• Understanding Shading Networks

Educational Courses in Universities

• CUC Communication University of China, Beijing
• HKPU Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Schools in Russia

• RealTime School founders
• Scream School founders
• CGEvent Founders

Software Documentation

• Maya Rendering Courseware
• Maya Rendering Docs
• mental ray docs
• mental ray shaders docs