Maya Tutorial - Basic principles of the facial animation

In this Maya tutorial from SPAFi will be explained rig for facial animation based on BlendShapes.

3D Max: Modifiers basic

3D Studio Max, modifier basics.

Lightwave: Basics

Lightwave basics: modeler and layout plus loading objects.

3DS Max tutorial: the Wire parameters

In this tutorial is shown how to wire one object to another with help of the Wire Parameters. It save a lot of time if you are making the animation in 3DS Max.

3dsmax 9 - Air explosion with Afterburn

In this quick and concise video tutorial, I am going to demo you how to create realistic air explosion with SitniSati Afterburn 3.2. We are going to set up a simple particle system by using Superspray, adding gravity and wind forces to it. Finally, add Afterburn volumertic shader to the particle to give smoking looking.

3ds max - Meshsmooth and Smoothing Groups

Using Meshsmooth and smoothing groups to poly model a cylinder onto a square.

Blender - Making of a chain

How to make a chain in Blender - full tutorial.

3ds Max Workarounds for Bugs Tutorial

I would appreciate it if Autodesk fixed these bugs instead of adding more and more features. I love new features, but not at the expense of a stable application.

I have been noticing these bugs for a long time and they keep reoccurring over and over. I thought that 3ds Max users would get frustrated if these workarounds are not known, hence the video.

The yellow circle highlights my cursor, the red circle shows when I left-click and the blue circle shows when I right-click.

Blender - Engraved text

Blender engraved text using boolen.

3ds max - stairs

Creating 3ds max stairs along with handrails tutorial.

3ds max - Pelt Mapping Tutorial

Pelt Mapping tutorial. The new texturing feature present in 3DSMAX versions 8 and later.

Blender - rigging

Tutorial on Blender rigging basics.

Blender - UV

UV (Static+Movie)

3ds max - Stairs Tutorial

Creating stairs in 3ds max.

Mapping in 3DSMax - Ancient Column

Another Community Tutorial of Piranha Bytes.

Lightwave - Modifier Tools Introduction

Use of the most common, basic modifier tools in Lightwave Modeler.

Lightwave - Basic Creation Tools in Modeler

This tutorial covers the tools to create basic geometry in Lightwave Modeler.

Maya - Extrude Profile

A tutorial explaining how to extrude a profile along a path

Maya - Revolve Surface

How to revolve a surface in Maya

Bones in 3ds Max (Biped 2)

Biped - edit the skeleton(biped) inside the mesh and how to make the mesh transparent.

Bones in 3ds Max (Biped 1)

How to edit a Biped bones.

Maya: Manipulate Polygons

Manipulating Polygons in Maya

Maya: Create Polygon Primitives

A quick tutorial on creating polygone primitives in Maya.

Blender - Compositing Video (Particles)

Blender -Compositing Video(Particles). You may download High Quality Video from www.madseeds.com.

Perfect 360 degree Camera Pan in Maya

Author's comment:
It can be really tough getting a perfect yet adjustable 360 pan around an object using keys or tracks.
I was messing around in the expression editor making objects move in an orderly mathematical manner when I realized that a camera could be attached instead. So here's how I did it.

iClone Tutorial - 3DXchange Basic Operation

3DXchange is a powerful converter that makes it easy for users to convert any 3DS or OBJ file. Using content created in applications such as 3DStudio Max, ZBrush, SketchUp, Maya, etc...users can convert and edit their models for import into iClone as props, accessories or even 3D scenes. More info

Blender user settings

This is a quick video tutorial to demonstrate how to change some of blenders user settings and save them.

Lighwave Keyframing Basics Pt. 2

Second part of tutorial of the basics of keyframing in Lightwave 9

Lightwave Keyframing Basics Pt. 1

The basics of keyframing in Lightwave 9 including using the Dope Sheet and Move TCB tools

Air explosion with Afterburn in 3dsmax 9

In this quick and concise video tutorial, I am going to demo you how to create realistic air explosion with SitniSati Afterburn 3.2. We are going to set up a simple particle system by using Superspray, adding gravity and wind forces to it. Finally, add Afterburn volumertic shader to the particle to give smoking looking.

Fast and efficient 3D modeling tutorial for the human hand

This tutorial shows the best way to model a human hand with perfect edge flow. Made in Maya but should work great in any package.