A flock of birds can add an extra level of believability and detail to even the simplest of animations. In this tutorial Chandan Kumar will show us just how quickly we can setup and animate this type of effect using modifiers, offset animation, and the power of Particle Flow in 3D Studio Max.
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With Christmas fast approaching we’ve complied a list of 36 great holiday gift ideas for the computer graphics artist in your life (let’s face it, that probably means you!) Ranging from smaller inexpensive gifts, to high end graphics tablets. We’ve got 36 products that any CG artist would be happy to receive. So whether you’re looking for a last minute gift for the holidays or simply something to spend your next paycheck on, we’ve got you covered!
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Today we have another outstanding texture pack containing 70 high resolution environment textures. This pack includes various stone, brick, concrete, wood, bark and metal textures, all in massive resolutions. These unique photos were taken by Cgtuts+ author and regular contributor Frederik Steinmetz and are available exclusively to all Tuts+ Premium subscribers. You won’t find these amazing textures anywhere else! So Log in or Join Now for access!
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From the Cgtuts+ archives:
Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we’re taking a look back at Mountaga Kane’s awesome tutorial on Creating Realistic Renders Using Advanced Render in C4D. This tutorial received a great response when it was originally published back in June of 09′, so if you missed it the first time, why not check it out now.
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Today we’re super excited to bring you this amazingly detailed character model from Cgtuts+ regular Shaun Keenan. Shaun has re-created “Pyro” from Valve’s hit game Team Fortress 2 in glorious detail, and is making the model available to the Cgtuts+ community for free! Models of this quality are rarely made available free of charge, so seize the opportunity and download it today!
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More often than not, students come to me asking for a good method of creating wireframe renders, so in this tutorial I’m going to explain two different methods of achieving a wireframe render with Ambient Occlusion in Maya using Mentalray.
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In this tutorial by Cristian Pop, you’ll learn how to create a nice flying papers effect in 3d Studio Max using the power of Thinking Particles. We’ll start by creating the paper shapes and materials, then move into Thinking Particles to set up the rules and look at how we can combine them to create the flying paper effect.
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This Tuts+ Premium tutorial series covers a variety of basic techniques for both creating and projecting matte paintings using Photoshop, Maya and Nuke. The first part of the tutorial will cover how to approach the creation of a matte painting, the research and background knowledge you need, the concept, and finally starting to create your matte painting in Photoshop. Log in or Join Now to get started!
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Today we’re back with the next installment of Wassim Ouartsi’s massive Introduction To Vue 9 xStream series. In part 7 we’ll be taking an in-depth look at Vue’s powerful animation wizard. Topics include Key animation and the best settings to use when rendering, so let’s get started!
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Once again Stefan Surmabojov has provided us with another free 3d model to share with the community. This time we have an amazingly detailed sci-fi style gun with bullets. The model’s free and available in .obj format, so everyone can easily import it into their respective software package of choice. Download it after the jump!
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