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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: Sculpting in ZBrush for 3D Printing with Jeff Feligno

Jeff Feligon takes you step by step through the process of preparing your ZBrush sculpture for 3D printing. Download video file: Part 1 Download video file: Part 2 Download video file: Part 3 Download video file: Part 4 Download video file: Part 5 Download video file: Part 6 Talk about this tutorial at the Forum […]

Making of “Voodoo Doll” (part 6/6)

In this final part of the tutorial, we will discuss how the background was created to finalize the piece. This includes the texture, lighting, ambient occlusion and more. We will also discuss and demonstrate the importance of final character and environment details including light scattering, light particle effects and adding final wear and tear to […]

Hull Damage

Want to know how to tear up your favorite starship without actually messing up the mesh? Use textures. We could start with a sphere but that’d be too easy. Grab your favorite mesh instead. The easiest way to apply even burn marks over a whole mesh is if the mesh is one attached object. That’s […]