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Making Guanajua to Alley by Eugenio Garcia Villarreal

Introduction Hi, everyone, this my first tutorial of the creation of a 3D image, im a recently graduated Graphic Designer, from Monterrey, México, and I have 2 years since I start to do 3d, when I began to learn Lightwave. I find 3d great, because you can bring to reality anything you imagine. Inspiration. I […]

Digital Painting: Catch of the Day

This tutorial is partly a development of my knowledge with Painter IX program, hence this is still amatuer level. Hopefully, you can get some pointers here. Anyway read on to see how this piece is done using Painter IX with Wacom tablet. I scanned this drawing in Photoshop in original blue pencil sketch then I […]

Modeling of Schwerin Theater

I use Autodesk 3dsmax version 9 for modeling so run it. I will use default unit setup for this project because I want make it with my eyes so unit isn’t important.

Video: 3d Max 2008 Mental ray exterior light & render setup tutorial

In this video tutorial of www.renderray.com, we will work on the Exterior Light setup, Render settings & HDRI, Environment Effects And Mental Ray Photographic Exposure Control setup to make a realistic and professional render. To download the sample scene go to www.renderray.com Renderray is an online cg community specialised in rendering, where you can download […]

VIDEO: Modeling of Tennis Ball in 3DS MAX

Simple Modeling of Tennis Ball by Khuram Shahzad. Download video file Talk about this tutorial at the Forum >> 3DM3.comCopyright © Khuram ShahzadEdit by StrykerSource: http://www.3dm3.com

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: Modeling of Portal Cube

The Portal Cube or Weighted Companion from the Valve game Portal has become somewhat of an icon. This morning I modelled this in 3D Studio Max and recorded to show how it was done. This is a High-Poly model which demonstrates some basic to moderate modelling techniques and adding some textures. DOWNLOAD VIDEO FILE Talk […]

VIDEO tutorial: Roman soldier

In this VIDEO tutorial you will see how to make Roman soldier. Tutorial time 2:15 h -> speeded up 600-700%. Thanks KLICEK Size: 40 MB Link to codec:http://www.techsmith.com/download/codecs.asp Talk about this tutorial at the Forum >> 3DM3.comCopyright © KLICEKEdit by StrykerSource: http://www.evermotion.org

VIDEO: Working with ICE

Get a free look into the inner workings of ICE and production workflow in this video from the “Mastering the Art of ICE Volume I: Breaking the ICE” series. In this video, we will look at working with an ICE Tree and how to tweak and work with the new volume shaders in XSI 7, […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Reflections Part One

Overview You just finished your photo-realistic model of a car. You have asigned a blinn shader and you’ve cranked up reflectivity 100%. You’re all set in mental ray with raytracing. You hit render and your car looks matted, no reflections. (NOTE This is a beginner’s tutorial. Most average Maya users will have already learned to […]

HDRIs using Vray 1.5 RC3 Renderer in 3DS Max 9

Hello, this is Shashank Sharma, or better known as shashanks18 on 3DM3. In this tutorial, we’ll work out to know how to do a decent lighting using HDRIs using Vray 1.5 RC3 Renderer in 3Ds Max 9. Here, I’ll be using a Castle scene for the example, that I have modelled, textured and lighted up. […]

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 […]