I’m not sure if this is 3d or stop motion, but I’ll try to find out.

Hey all,

3DTotal has a great video tutorial about UVW mapping a head object in 3d Studio Max.  It takes a good look at the edit UVWs window and some of the tools you’ll need for organic objects.

This short tutorial looks at a quick and effective method of mapping and unwrapping a head by way of a cylindrical map.

3dsMax Head UVW Mapping

Hey Everyone,

I realize this week’s 3ds Max tidbit is a little slow coming today. I’ve been out of town at PAX 2009, and my computer has had a crippling RAM/BSOD problem for the last few weeks. I’ll have it cleared up in a jiffy, and get the next movie pumped out to you as soon as possible!

For those of you who asked (and for those who want it for your own blog), I’ve installed Sociable- a WordPress plugin that puts social networking buttons on my blog posts. Now when you see a post that’s just too-dang-cool, you can share it with the world. Show them how ahead of the curve you are. =)

Cheers!

This is a listing for another tutorial from the Florence Design Academy. Their tutorials don’t get as much traction as they should, so every post (like this one) helps!

This is a pretty epic tutorial on how to model and rig a character in 3dsMax.  In 13 pages, CGArena guides you through most of the steps in the process.  While there isn’t a whole lot of detail on how to exactly follow along, there are enough in-progress images and guidance to give you a good idea of how the project was executed.

Hello I am Jalo and going to explain the construction of bob (sideshow bob). The first stage that I go to speak is the one of conceptualization and modeling.

Modeling and Rigging Sideshow Bob

This is a listing for another tutorial from the Florence Design Academy.  Their tutorials don’t get as much traction as they should, so every post (like this one) helps!

This time they’re providing another perspective on studio lighting using Vray.

In this tutorial I will tell you the method of studio lighting. For the rendering i used Vray 1.5rc3.

Setting up studio lighting in Vray is a snap!

The Florence Design Academy has issued another tutorial! This time they’re talking about how you can use mental ray rendering techniques in order to give the appearance of a photo-studio setup.

This tutorial explains all steps to illuminate an object with a technique which simulates the illumination techniques of a photo studio. Before we begin it is very important to inform you that we will use “Mental Ray” as render engine (version 8 and 9 of 3D Studio Max).

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Looks like CGArena published a tutorial on using HDRI lighting in VRay.  Plenty of images too!

In this tutorial, we will illuminate the scene with the help of one light source and one HDRI. This is a step by step tutorial, with images to grasp the general workflow idea easily.

Rendering HDRI in VRay

Hey everyone,

CGArena strikes again with an 8-minute video about interior lighting and rendering in VRay.  It’s a quick one, but they cover indirect illumination pretty well.  VRay still isn’t my renderer, but for those of you who use it- enjoy!

This video tutorial is created by artist Giorgio Luciano in 3ds max using Vray. Giorgio live and dream in Genova and was born in 1975 (Gemini). Love art, reading, drawing and the smell of the place where live after the rain. This tutorial will cover the interior lighting, materials & rendering (explained color mapping, gamma). This 8 minutes video tutorial will definitely help you.

Hey all,

CGArena uploaded another video tutorial on basic head rigging.  It’s a really juicy video tutorial, and a great way to spend an afternoon.  Enjoy!

This commercial video tutorial is created by artist Loocas Duber from Duber Studios in 3ds max and given to CGArena for celebrating 10,000 members. The length of this tutorial is 1 hour which covers all the aspects of head rigging and this is very informative tutorial. Must look or download for every CG enthusiastic.

I’m working on this week’s Monday Movie. I totally forgot to leave the encoding overnight, so now it’s encoding while I’m at work. Should be up in a few hours.

In the meantime, here’s that 8-bit Chocolate rain remix. The video footage is kind of hostile, but just close your eyes and listen. And wait- I’ll have my vid up soon.

I realize that everyone on the planet is posting this, but if I didn’t participate, I’d be pretty uncool.  Below is an embed of the awesome, new, Meet the Spy video- one of the TF2 shorts that you’ve undoubtedly seen.  I’m planning more content for you, so stay tuned!

Hey everyone,

I don’t want you to feel like I’ve forgotten you! I have, en route, a new 3dsMax primer that you’re going to love. If you think hard about it, you can probably guess what it is (imagine the particles primer, but for that other really hard body of knowledge).  You’ll be glad when it’s out.

In addition, I’m still working on that alternate website.  I want to build the best source for 3dsMax tutorials on the web.  Providing new and interesting tutorials is directly helpful, but collecting all the knowledge that’s out there will multiply my efforts.  I’ll try to get the website far enough along to release the URL on Monday.

In the meantime, I’ve signed up for Project Wonderful and placed a few of their ads on the site.  They don’t have quite the fill rate that Google AdSense has.  I’ll leave them up for a week and see what happens.

As always, tune in on Monday for the Monday Movie.