Modeling of COCA-COLA

Introduction This tutorial is intended to show you how to make a Coca-Cola bottle using Maya. Although, you may think making a bottle is trivial, but it is easy to overlook some of the tiny details that make your final image more desirable to watch. I will also try to give you some tips, which […]

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Export from Maya to DirectX

This tutorial will show you how to export mesh and animation to DirectX. Download XExporter.v1.2 (*.mel) source file Download video file Talk about this tutorial at the Forum >> 3DM3.comCopyright © Dr. DEdit by StrykerSource: http://www.3dm3.com

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Photorealistic Anisotropy with mental ray for Maya

In this video, from “Introduction to the Hypershade in Maya 2009”, learn how to properly use the anisotropic features of the mental ray architectural material. By taking full advantage of this powerful feature, you can create incredibly realistic metallic surfaces that can mimic rough, brushed metals commonly seen across many real world objects. Download video […]

VIDEO: Irradiance Particles in mental ray for Maya 2009

In this video, from “Introduction to Rendering with mental ray in Autodesk Maya 2009”, we will continue to become familiar with the new Irradiance Particles feature from the latest version of mental ray. Learn how to start working with Irradiance Particles and lower your render times while balancing out the render quality of your image […]

VIDEO: How to create FBIK in Maya

In modern CG industry character animation is one of the most important and one of the most difficult parts. It’s very hard to create realistic animation, that’s why software developers are searching ways to solve this problem. One of the latest solutions is FBIK. In this tutorial I want to show how to create Full […]

VIDEO: Introduction to the Maya 8 User Interface

This Noesis Interactive tutorial outlines the interface and basics of Autodesk’s Maya 8. It provides an overview of the tools, windows, and options you’ll need to get started with this popular 3D program. After following this tutorial you’ll be comfortable with the basics of Maya. Download video file Talk about this tutorial at the Forum […]

UVing a Hand with Maya (Part 2)

This video looks at how to use the new (to maya 2009) UV unwrap tools in Maya to cut apart a hand by UV edges. Perfect for very fast organic UV unwraps is the smooth UV tool, also demonstrated.

Maya Modeling Basics: Chair Part 2

This video from Andrew Klein (www.andrewklein.net) covers duplicating using the duplicate special command, freezing and reseting transformations, and creating the slats for the seat of the chair.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: mia_round Corners in Maya

In this video tutorial I’ll explain in depth how to use the mia_roundCorners node newly introduced in maya 8.5. Its use with maya materials as well as mental ray materials and mia_material will be discussed and explained in detail. INFO: Original size of movie: 25 MB Compressed size in .RAR: 19 MB Duration is about: […]

VIDEO TUTORIAL: ZDepth & Height GrayScale represention

In this maya video tutorial i’ll explain in depth, how to create GrayScale representation of ZDepth as well as Height fields, using many methods including”shading networks” & “mel scripting”. INFO:Original size of movie: 38 MBCompressed size in .ZIP: 34 MBDuration is about: 13 minutes and 22 secondsFormat: QuickTime Movie (*.mov) Download video file Talk about […]

How to create a model of a sport car – Nissan 350-Z

This is a step-by-steptutorial that explanehow to create 350Z’s body using polygonal modeling in Maya environment,but you can apply this technique to other poly-modeling software. Step 1 This is my screen-shot after I have correctly placed my blueprints. Step 2 To start with, we’ll concentrate on the front part of the car. I’ve divided it […]

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Creating Custom Marking Menus

I have crated a video tutorial with voice in Maya that how to create custom marking menus. INFO: Original size of movie: 20.1 MBCompressed size in .RAR: 1.9 MBDuration is about: 4 minutes and 26 secondsFormat: QuickTime Movie (*.mov) Download video file Talk about this tutorial at the Forum >> 3DM3.comCopyright © Aziz KhanEdit by […]

Active Key Frame Tutorial By Aziz Khan

Hello every buddy, in this tutorial I will show you the most important part of (Active Rigid Body) and (Passive Rigid Body) called (Set Active Key) and ?(Set Passive Key) these 2 options some time very necessary to work with, allot of people asked me to help them or to write a tutorial about (Active […]

Dynamics Reverse Face

This is common problem with these kind of collusion objects with dynamics every object has (Back And Front) that is why some time in modeling faces are reversing accidentally , to solve this problem I am writing you this tutorial, so hope it will help you to solve your problem. So get ready and we […]

Missiles Tutorial

Hello every buddy, This is from one of my tutorials series, in this tutorial I will show you how to work with (Instancer) inside Maya. (Instancers) can be very useful and handy when you have one single object and you can convert it with particles in your scene, and then you can create many of […]

Rigid Body

Hello friends In this tutorial I will show you how to work with (Active rigid bodies) and (Passive rigid bodies) to collide object in the scene. Dynamics has really nice effect to create real visual effects its commonly use in the movies and the industrial projects. ok lets turn to start, open Maya or if […]

How to create realistic water from Particle

In this tutorial I will show you how to manipulate particle effect from shower head into tub and collide with surface of tub react as like water, Particles are widely use to create visual effects like Smoke, Water, Fire, different kind explosions as you watching in movies most of the time. Ok lets start the […]