In the second part of the Creating A Futuristic Weapon In Maya series, we’ll continue working towards the completion of the model by building and detailing some of the additional parts, using poly modeling techniques.
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Creating A Futuristic Weapon In Maya – Modeling The Base
Hey guys, today I will show you how to make a futuristic weapon in Maya. There are lots of beautiful examples available on the net, but I won’t be using any of them due to copyrights. So, here I have prepared my own model of a gun and then took an image as reference for making this tutorial.
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Create A Snake Animation Using Spring Magic In 3D Studio Max
In this tutorial Chandan Kumar will introduce you to Spring Magic, a very useful free script for animating bones or splines in 3D Studio Max. This script is extremely easy to use and will save you the time consuming task of hand animating bone chains. As a practical example, Chandan will show you how this tool can be used to animate a snake model in only a few minutes!
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Quick Tip: How To Render Frames And Video In 3D Studio Max
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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75 High-Res Rusty Metal Textures – Tuts+ Premium Texture Pack
This week’s premium content comes to us from Cgtuts+ regular Chandan Kumar. Chandan has put together another outstanding collection of high resolution rusty metal textures, ideal for adding a little grit to your next project. These textures are available exclusively to our Tuts+ Premium members, so Log in to your Premium account or Join Now to download!
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How To Generate And Render Caustics In 3D Studio Max
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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Achieving Realistic Depth Of Field In 3D Studio Max & After Effects
Depth Of Field is essential to add believability and realism to any 3d render. In this tutorial Chandan Kumar will explain how to achieve in camera DOF in 3d studio max, and how to improve quality and control focus using the camera’s target distance.
This effect can work nicely, but if you want greater control. The use of a Z-Depth pass and post production software such as After Effects, gives you the ability to change an image’s focus without the need to re-render. In the second half of the tutorial we’ll move into After Effects where you’ll learn how Z-Depth can be used to control Depth of Field using AE’s Lens Blur Options and the benefits of doing this in post production.
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Freebie: 10 High-Res Rusty Metal Textures – Tuts+ Premium Pack Preview
This week’s freebie content is brought to you once again by regular author and contributor Chandan Kumar. Chandan has put together another great set of Rusty Metals for an upcoming Tuts+ Premium texture-pack, and we’re giving you a chance to try them out by downloading this pack of 10 hi-res textures for free. If you like these, look out for our upcoming Tuts+ Premium pack which contains 70 more amazing images!
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70 High-Res Cloth & Fabric Textures – Tuts+ Premium Texture Pack
Today we have another great collection of 70 high resolution Fabric and Cloth textures for our Tut+ Premium members. These images are extremely clear and captured at a huge resolution, making them ideal for all your texturing needs. This pack includes a huge variety of fabrics and cloths of various colors, patterns and embroidery from regular contributor Chandan Kumar. Log-in now to download!
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Create Audio Driven Animated Text In 3D Studio Max Using Controllers
Chandan Kumar is back once again with another awesome tutorial showing you how to create an audio driven text animation in 3D Studio Max using controllers. While complex in appearance, this effect can be achieved quite easily using Max’s built-in toolset, with no need for additional software or expensive plugins!
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