Splines
Welcome to this introductory tutorial about splines! Splines are a powerful modeling tool, which has it's pro's and con's, but for me until now, I have found mainly pro's. Modeling with splines is very different from box/polymodeling, but in the end the results will be much alike.
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Spline Cage Tutorial
Greetings, this time we are going back to modelling using a spline cage method
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Sliders and Wiring
Using parameter wiring and sliders is a very quick and easy way to create dynamic and efficient time savers allowing you to use a predefined interface to control values of objects which would otherwise waste precious time getting to. In this tutorial i will cover what you need to set up sliders and ...
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Shockwave Tutorial
This time around I will show you how to do a pretty good looking shockwave effect not using plugins. So start max up and create a tube object with radius 1 -70 and radius 2 about 50. Set the height about .6 or .7 high as we want this to have some depth. Also give it about 70 sides.
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Shapemerge
Ok, here we go with our first 3d tutorial, with what I think is one the most powerful weapons in a 3d modellers toolbox; especially for adding much needed detail, as most 3d models are too bland and dont look good close up.
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
A Simple Rubber Boat
Step 1. - Reset 3D Studio Max Step 2. - Go to to the Top View Step 3. - Go to the create menu, shapes and select Line. Make sure that Initial Type and Drag Type are both on 'corner': they are in the Creation Method roll-out of Line. This is essential, because we do not want roun.......
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Realistic Lighting Rig
A Realistic Lighting Rig This tutorial will show you how to create a lighting rig that will simulate daytime lighting conditions. Most importantly, it will allow you to easily adjust the rig so you can reuse the rig in many different scenes. With support for lighting based on HDRI images and ...
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Experienced
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Realistic Glass
This is a basic tutorial, suitable for beginners, it produces a realistic glass effect using only the scanline renderer. I used 3d Studio MAX 5 for this tutorial, but it will work with older versions.
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Radiocity Tutorial
Radiosity & HDRI explained Image 1- HDRI lighting (high dynamic range image) Image 2- Skydome lighting(indirect lighting) o.k, here we go..... one of the hardest things to do in 3D (for me at any rate), is lighting your scene in a "realistic" way. That is, not to be photoreal, but so t...
Type : 3D Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Added : Jul 29, 2004
Puppets
Having spent several years building and animating both stop-motion and CG puppets I can honestly say that not all characters are created equally. With today's software the same character model can be set up many different ways but, only a few will be useful to the a...
Type : 3D Articles
Level : All levels
Added : Jul 29, 2004
