Aug 6, 2008

“Multi Displacement setup” by Ashraf Aiad Multi displacement method can be very handy when setting up various displacement files for your geometry. It will enable you a higher detailed displacement for your render. Maya When preparing geometry for export to mudbox, it would be wise to layout the UVs on the positive direction of the U. Note: when...

Aug 6, 2008

“Generating a realistic surface with Terragen and Maya” by Berthold Grünhagen Are you searching for a method to generate a realistic surface or landscape maybe for a background in your Maya scene? Of course you can generate an object-file using 3DEM (Digital Elevation Model) files with millions of polygons. I will introduce you to a more simple way....

Aug 6, 2008

“Making of Chess set ” by Joshua Murphy In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Chess set. For this tutorial you will need at least an intermediate knowledge of 3DS Max, or your preferred 3d application. In this tutorial, I will be using 3DS Max 2008, so if you have an older version or if you are using a different 3d application, your...

Aug 6, 2008

“Modeling a chair ” by John Hammond Beginners: First steps with Editable Polygons The purpose of this exercise is to familiarise you with the 3DS Max interface and basic Editable Polygon modelling tools such as Extrude, Bevel, and Chamfer. Hopefully it will get you used to working with selections of vertices, faces and lines, within an object....

Aug 6, 2008

“Light” by John Hammond Light can be thought of as a wave (it’s the visible part of the electro-magnetic spectrum). We see variations in the wavelength or frequency of light as variations in colour. Humans can see waves from violet through to red, Violet (blue) being the shortest wavelength and red being the longest. Beyond these extremes lie...

Jun 26, 2008

“Angie – 3D Photorealism Portrait Tutorials & Digital Art Lessons – Part 6 ” by Ralph Manis Post production work in Photoshop… Painting realistic hair details and final touch ups 3Dtutorials.sk recommendation: To maximise the realism of your CG character we recommend using high quality photo references from the #1 reference...