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  1. Cinema 4D: Creating an Abstract Animation With Effectors and Dynamics

    Cinema 4D: Creating an Abstract Animation With Effectors and Dynamics

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial we are going to use some MoGraph Cloners, Effectors and dynamics to make a pretty interesting and abstract animation. We are going to create...

  2. Advanced Poly Modeling - Tassimo T-65 Home Brewing Station: Part 3

    Advanced Poly Modeling - Tassimo T-65 Home Brewing Station: Part 3

    Tutorial Advanced

    In part 3 of the series, we’ll continue to refine the overall shape of the main components and do additional mesh cleanup to finalize some of the elements....

  3. Adobe Improves 3D Functionality in Photoshop CS6.1

    Adobe Improves 3D Functionality in Photoshop CS6.1

    Tutorial Beginner

    Adobe made some rather significant changes to its 3D features in Photoshop CS6. In CS6.1, they have made a handful of tweaks that you should be aware of....

  4. Global Illumination vs Photometric Lighting in Maya

    Global Illumination vs Photometric Lighting in Maya

    Tutorial Intermediate

    When working with Mental-Ray, many times we would use final gather almost exclusively. In this tutorial I would like to explore two less commonly used...

  5. Creating Vases, Pots and Crockery In 3D Studio Max with the Vase Script

    Creating Vases, Pots and Crockery In 3D Studio Max with the Vase Script

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this quick tip, Chandan Kumar will introduce you to an amazing free MAXscript for creating simple to extremely complex vases, pots or crockery in only a...

  6. Create a Valentine's Day-Inspired 3D Text Effect Using Filter Forge and Photoshop

    Create a Valentine's Day-Inspired 3D Text Effect Using Filter Forge and Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Valentine's Day is right around the corner. In this tutorial, we will combine Filter Forge and Photoshop to create a wood textured 3D text effect with a...

  7. An In-Depth Look At Working With Motion Vectors

    An In-Depth Look At Working With Motion Vectors

    Tutorial Advanced

    This tutorial goes in-depth into using motion vectors for production. We'll look at their limitations and how to solve those problems. The setup will be done...

  8. Quick Tip: Creating a NURBS curve in Photoshop for Maya

    Quick Tip: Creating a NURBS curve in Photoshop for Maya

    Tutorial Beginner

    We'll begin by creating a simple Pen path Object with the help of the Pen tool in Photoshop. This method is good for creating stuff like 3D Logos or a...

  9. Advanced Poly Modeling - Tassimo T-65 Home Brewing Station: Part 1

    Advanced Poly Modeling - Tassimo T-65 Home Brewing Station: Part 1

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this new tutorial series focused on product modeling and rendering, we'll create the Tassimo T-65 Home Brewing Station from Bosch. Starting in 3d Studio...

  10. Create a Shattering Glass Animation in Cinema 4D & AE - Part 5 Compositing

    Create a Shattering Glass Animation in Cinema 4D & AE - Part 5 Compositing

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In the fifth and final part of the Shattering Glass series, you’ll take the various render passes created in the last lesson and move into After Effects to...

  11. Jack On: Creating a Futurama Inspired Bender Portrait - Part 2

    Jack On: Creating a Futurama Inspired Bender Portrait - Part 2

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In part two of the Bender portrait creation series, you'll learn how to UVMap the necessary elements using 'Roadkill' and create Bender's textures using...

  12. Convert a Triangulated Mesh Into Quads Using Quadrangulate

    Convert a Triangulated Mesh Into Quads Using Quadrangulate

    Tutorial Beginner

    Chances are you've run into in a situation where you needed a quad based mesh and were stuck with a triangulated one. Sure you could manually convert the...