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Tony's Lightwave Tutorials Tony's Lightwave Tutorials: Tutorials for Lightwave 3D, as well as for Painter, Aura, and 3DS MAX. Sections include tutorials, 3D links, and a gallery. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.tonyg2k.com/ Internet EYE 3D Magazine Internet EYE 3D Magazine: Free 3D tutorials covering many popular 3D applications, reviews and news. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://Interneteye3d.com/ Strata 3D Tutorials Strata 3D Tutorials: Direct link to Strata 3D (pro) tutorials on the web. Basics, modeling, textures, lighting, animation, FX, rendering and 3d information. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.1n2.be/strata/ Making MEL Procedures Making MEL Procedures: Tutorial covers the basics of making MEL procedures, and creating commands instead of using the built-in commands like 'move', 'rotate' and 'polyCube'. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.nthd.org/nthd/302 A Simple Bowl A Simple Bowl: Making a simple bowl with C4D XL, splines and NURBS. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.technoscope.com/c4d/bowl/index.html Josh Josh: Tutorial for Milkshape to create bloody Newbs, option to download the tutorial for offline-view. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://tutorials.josh.ch/ Black Orb Black Orb: This site has great resources for 3D artists, with Maya and 3D Max tutorials, NURBS and Polygons and other useful links, with industry links. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.BlackOrb.com/ Harry Mott's Notes Harry Mott's Notes: Presents notes for Digital Artistes on the principles of animation, and a variety of related links. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://home.comcast.net/~harrymott/3D.html ArtSavant ArtSavant: Basics for 3D rendered illustration presented with sound, animation, and javascript. Step by step Photoshop 3D effects also. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.gic.net/avant.html 3D Animation Workshop 3D Animation Workshop: 3D graphics and animation news and tutorials, with special focus on Web 3D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.webreference.com/3d/ Maya Wizard Maya Wizard: A comfortable place for students of the computer arts to ask honest questions and get real answers. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.mayawizard.com/ Fear Tutorial Fear Tutorial: Making a 3D spaceship. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.afterlife.de/3dtut/igor/fear_01.htm 3D Artist Tutorials 3D Artist Tutorials: Modeling, animation, special f/x tutorials for the following 3D packages: 3D Studio MAX, Lightwave 3D, Power Animator, RayDream, Softimage 3D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.raph.com/3dartists/tutorials/ How Stuff Works How Stuff Works: Complete tutorial on how 3-D graphics and animations work, with additional links. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.howstuffworks.com/3dgraphics.htm CAD Drawing CAD Drawing: Before beginning to do 3-D drawing, you must learn CAD fundamentals and computer aided drafting. What type of computer and software is needed to get started? Answers here. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.eco-nomic.com/indexthn.htm Rhino/Max 3D House Rhino/Max 3D House: Rhino3d working with 3dsMax. Tutorials, Workspaces, resources and gallery. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://perso.wanadoo.fr/3d/ Tutorials in 3D Techniques Tutorials in 3D Techniques: The latest design techniques, step-by-step form the experts. Get the best results with professional techniques and all the latest, cutting edge technologies from 3D modeling, to mapping. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/3d/ RetinaJoy RetinaJoy: Links to tutorials plus a lightwave boxes tip. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://retinajoy.tripod.com/ NURBS NURBS: Article about Nonuniform Rational B-Splines - NURBS a summary by Markus Altmann. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~matt/courses/cs563/talks/nurbs.html C4D Basic Tutorial C4D Basic Tutorial: An introduction to Cinema4D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://members.aol.com/RogN/C4D101.html 3D GFX Coding Zone 3D GFX Coding Zone: A compilation of various 3D graphics tutorials ranging from basic 3D math to complex visualization algorithms. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://stuff3d.tripod.com/ Smoke in C4D Smoke in C4D: Offers examples and tutorial information on how to use visible lights to make wispy, smoky smoke in C4D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.technoscope.com/c4d/smoke.html DigitalxAus - Interactive Training DigitalxAus - Interactive Training: Six CDs of training media for 3dsmax 5 and Maya 4.5, over 4Gb of tutorials for 3d modelers and animators. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.digitalxaus.com Rethinkfx Rethinkfx: The source for visual effects and animation tips and tutorials using 3D Studio Max, Softimage and Aftereffects. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.rethinkfx.com/ Web3D Web3D: 3D tutorials for Truespace, Terragen and Rhinoceros. All so a gallery, books, downloads and links. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.webgraphics.tmfweb.nl/ Maya Tutorials Maya Tutorials: Professional level Maya, Softimage, Alias Studio, Sumatra, Renderman tutorials and other resources. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/ Perfect Eggs Perfect Eggs: Tutorial on making a basket full of eggs with CorelDream 3D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.corelmag.com/fre/alw/egg/egg.htm Xtreme 3D - Tutorials Xtreme 3D - Tutorials: Tutorials for 3D Studio Max, Lightwave, Softimage, Bryce 3D, Alias/Wavefront, Rhino 3D, Truspace, Infini-D, and Photoshop. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://xtreme3d.hypermart.net/tutorials/ Shiitake Mushroom Cloud Tutorial Shiitake Mushroom Cloud Tutorial: A tutorial on making a 3D animated mushroom clouds for Hash A:M 8.5p++ and above by Ilya Anisimoff. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.hash.com/users/weevil/ Introduction to MEL Scripting Introduction to MEL Scripting: A basic tutorial in using the Maya Embedded Language, MEL for creating objects. This introduction to the Maya Embeded Language (MEL) introduces some simple MEL commands as well as the basic programming concepts of variables and loops. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.nthd.org/article/articleview/52/ Building a Head with UberNURBS Building a Head with UberNURBS: A step-by-step tutorial for building a human head with ElectricImage's UberNURBS subdivision tool. The steps shown should also work with other 3D programs that model with NURBS subdivision. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.figure2productions.com/EI_HeadTut/EI_TutIntro.html Making Creatures with FFD Making Creatures with FFD: Tutorial for making creatures with FFD lattice points. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.afterlife.de/3dtut/ffd/chap7.htm Joel's Tutorials to Maya and XSI Joel's Tutorials to Maya and XSI: Beginers introduction to Maya. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://home.insightbb.com/~hpy53/ Realistic 3D Graphics Realistic 3D Graphics: Website dedicated to the pursuit of photorealistic 3D graphics. The site focuses on getting photorealistic images into realtime applications such as games. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.realistic3d.com/ Inspire Joy Inspire Joy: Computer animation student Scott Tygett's casual tutorials for Inspire 3D, the student's Lightwave 3D, are thumbnailed and include a "tipathon." (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.inspirejoy.50megs.com/ T-Rex T-Rex: A step-by-step tutorial on how to make a good-looking T-Rex in REAL3D. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.helsinki.fi/~jyhokkan/Home.htm Real-Time Massive Model Rendering Real-Time Massive Model Rendering: Master's Thesis by Jean-Daniel Nahmias. "This report discussed various techniques to speed up rendering of large and complex virtual environments. It explores algorithms such as Hierarchical Spatial Subdivision as well as Occlusion Culling." (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.nahmias.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Stem Ltd. Stem Ltd.: Supply a series of profession specific training manuals for form Z RenderZone and a CD containing 250 models and textures customized for form Z. (FAQs, Help, and Tutorials) http://www.stem3d.com/