Build an Advanced Drifting Car Rig in 3ds Max – Day 1

Sep 28th in 3D Art, Animation, Autodesk 3Ds Max, Rigging by Laurens Corijn
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In this advanced level tutorial, you will learn all of the steps necessary to build a fully functioning car rig in 3D Studio Max. This rig features working suspension, steering and body roll, as well as some functionality for drifting and powerslides. You will learn how to set up internal functionality through links, constraints, expressions, and parameter wiring. The final result will be a robust rig with easy, and accessible controls.

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Animate a Dancing Ice Cream Bar in Cinema 4D and After Effects

Jul 24th in 3D Art, Animation, Autodesk Maya, Blender, Maxon Cinema 4D, Rigging, Tutorials by Tomas Sinkunas
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In this 125 step monstrosity of a tutorial you will learn everything you need to know to make a dancing ice cream bar animation in Cinema 4D, and then composite it in After Effects.

You will start off by modeling the Bar, making procedural textures for it, and creating a Soft IK rig with Cinema 4D. Then you will light the scene, set up cast shadow and AO passes, and export the final renders of the animation using batch rendering. Finally, you will bring it all into Adobe After Effects to compose the final sequences, add post blending effects, and create some simple text animations.

Don’t miss this one. Seriously..it’s HUGE!

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