In this tutorial, Pratik Gulati will give you an insightful overview of interior lighting and rendering in 3d Studio Max using V-Ray. Pratik will discuss his work-flow and the techniques he uses to achieve realistic results. You’ll learn how to setup interior lighting, create V-Ray shaders and the settings needed to render a modern bathroom scene realistically!
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Dynamics simulations can be a powerful tool when trying to generate realistic looking effects that would be very difficult to achieve manually. In this tutorial you will learn how to use nDynamics’ passive colliders and ncloth objects, in conjunction with fields like air and gravity, to easily simulate realistic dynamic objects such as a windy flag or a water container.
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You requested it and Chandan Kumar has delivered. In this beginner level quick tip, Chandan will explain how to render your animations out of 3ds Max, as both image sequences with alpha channel information included (ideal for post work.) Or in a direct movie format such as .mov or .avi with some helpful tips on codecs and compression.
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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to render a realistic electric guitar in Maya using VRay. Sansar will cover the process of creating and applying materials and textures to the model. And how to setup Vray to achieve a very realistic render in Maya with HDRI reflections and global illumination.
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In this beginner level tutorial, author Chandan Kumar will explain how to generate and render caustics in 3D Studio Max. Caustics are an essential element in adding a level of believability to your renders, and simulate the effect of light bending while passing through a transparent or semi-transparent medium such as glass or liquid.
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In this new multi-part tutorial series, Shaun Keenan shares the techniques and workflow he uses to create characters using Maya and ZBrush. In the first lesson Shaun will demonstrate basic blocking techniques to quickly build a sculpt-able base mesh for the character’s clothing, which will then be exported to ZBrush for detailing and refinement in part two.
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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a 3D floor plan model from an 2D architectural drawing. Karan Shah will show you some simple, yet effective techniques for constructing the walls, windows and doors following a basic interior schematic in Blender. With the model complete we’ll add materials and textures, and do a final render of the scene.
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Today we bring you the conclusion of Antonio Cerri’s recreation of the iconic 20th Century Fox Logo in Cinema 4D and After Effects, the first tutorial in our “Hollywood Film Studio Logo Animation Series”. In part 2 we’ll analyze the creation of the spotlights, sky map, mountains and city skyline. As well as add materials, textures and ambient lights. Finally we’ll complete the project by compositing our render passes together in After Effects.
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In this quick tip we’ll look at an often overlooked feature of 3D Studio Max. Selection sets are a great way to keep large scenes in order by allowing you to save specific object selections, or sub-object selections. Not only will this keep you sane when working on massive scenes with hundreds or thousands of objects, but save you an enormous amount of time by essentially giving you the ability to return to a previously saved selection any time with a single click.
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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a next-gen, game model of an old weathered Boiler, with the help of only one black & white reference image. The whole process will cover the Low poly Modeling, High poly Modeling, UV mapping, Textures baking (i.e Normal and Occlusion maps) and Diffuse Texturing. Finally we’ll be applying Xoliul’s shader in Maya for realtime rendering of the model.
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