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  1. Recreating Pixar's Wall-e in High Poly Using Maya 2012: Part 9

    Recreating Pixar's Wall-e in High Poly Using Maya 2012: Part 9

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this part of the series, you’ll construct the various elements that make up Wall-e's arm and shoulder joint. Once again you'll use a careful balance of...

  2. Creating a Disco Party Animation with C4D and After Effects

    Creating a Disco Party Animation with C4D and After Effects

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you'll be creating a full motion graphics 3D animation for a disco party. You'll start by creating some basic models and deforming them....

  3. Commercial Production Series: Canon EFS 55-250mm Lens - Part 3

    Commercial Production Series: Canon EFS 55-250mm Lens - Part 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial series from brothers Stefan and Andrew Surmabojov, you'll learn how to create a stunning 36 second fake video advertisement for the Canon...

  4. Quick Tip: Batch Renaming Render Passes on a Mac

    Quick Tip: Batch Renaming Render Passes on a Mac

    Tutorial Beginner

    When working in 3D, especially when compositing, you'll often need to render out your scene or animation in a series of render passes, and occasionally you...

  5. Quick Tip: Maze Trace Plugin for Cinema 4D

    Quick Tip: Maze Trace Plugin for Cinema 4D

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this quick tip you'll learn about a very cool free plugin for cinema 4D, that allows you to create very interesting maze type effects based on your...

  6. Game Character Creation Series: Kila Chapter 3 – UV Mapping

    Game Character Creation Series: Kila Chapter 3 – UV Mapping

    Tutorial Beginner

    Unless it’s destined to be a sculpture, a model without color will always be just a flat, lifeless collection of polygons and vertices. Adding color, even at...

  7. Commercial Production Series: Canon EFS 55-250mm Lens - Part 2

    Commercial Production Series: Canon EFS 55-250mm Lens - Part 2

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial series from brothers Stefan and Andrew Surmabojov, you'll learn how to create a stunning 36 second fake video advertisement for the Canon...

  8. Creating and Rigging a Non-Deformable Wooden Character in Maya: Part 3

    Creating and Rigging a Non-Deformable Wooden Character in Maya: Part 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this part of the non-deformable character series, you'll learn how to apply UVs to your character using Maya's proprietary tools. Topics Include using...

  9. Recreating Pixar's Wall-e in High Poly Using Maya 2012: Part 8

    Recreating Pixar's Wall-e in High Poly Using Maya 2012: Part 8

    Tutorial Beginner

    In part eight of the series, you’ll further refine and detail the lower portion of Wall-e's body. This includes blocking out the outer shape, adding the...

  10. Integrating CG Glass & Live Action Footage in Maya

    Integrating CG Glass & Live Action Footage in Maya

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this tutorial we will set up a scene in Maya that allows us to integrate CG elements that will reflect and refract the live action footage using...

  11. Creating Your Own Textures in Blender

    Creating Your Own Textures in Blender

    Tutorial Beginner

    Did you ever need the perfect set of textures? Use your CG software to create your own textures and bake the according maps. Watch this tutorial to see how...

  12. Fine Tuning: Adding Chromatic Aberration

    Fine Tuning: Adding Chromatic Aberration

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Chromatic Aberration is a type of distortion caused when a camera's lens fails to focus on all colors along the outer boundaries of an object, causing...