3D (847 Tutorials)
Puppet Tool Tips from Video Copilot
February 11, 2014
Andrew Kramer animates the Twitter logo with the Puppet Tool in Adobe After Effects.
Waxy Shader in CINEMA 4D
February 11, 2014
Tim Clapham at HelloLuxx has a new tutorial on making waxy looking elements with metaball typography in CINEMA 4D with lights and shaders.
Stylish 3D Wooden Text Structure with CINEMA 4D
February 11, 2014
Our Tutorial Tuesday Extravaganza continues with a tutorial from Rory at Rate My Funeral, which is a stack of wooden numbers created for Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40.
Crumpled Paper in After Effects
February 4, 2014
You know the open for the sitcom “Community”, with the crumpled paper? Trevor Penner explains how to do this effect.
Tutorial/Inspirations: Cutting Object into Fragments in CINEMA 4D
January 28, 2014
How about a little bit of CINEMA 4D on this Tutorial Tuesday? Philipp Pavlov explains some of the techniques he used in his vfx reel introduction, which is also really inspiring work!
Inspirations/Tutorial: How to Add Special FX to Instagram Videos
January 28, 2014
A little fun for Tutorial Tuesday! Dave and Shaun are Adobe UI designers and created all of these effects in After Effects. There are a variety of explosions, light sabers and more!
Create a 3D Sci-Fi Panel in Adobe After Effects
January 13, 2014
Follow along as Tudor “Ted” Jelescu shows you how to use Adobe After Effects to create an out-of-this-world 3D Sci-Fi Panel!
Dynamic Worms in Maya
January 7, 2014
This is the last one for this tutorial Tuesday. Simulate a bunch of worms in Autodesk Maya from noorvfx.com.
FreeForm Pro – The Ultimate Guide by Chris Lavelle
December 24, 2013
Follow along with Chris Lavelle as he shows you the “In’s & Out’s” of Mette FreeForm Pro!
Tutorial: Creating Node-based Materials and Shaders Using cmNodes in Maxon Cinema 4D
December 16, 2013
Lester Banks gives you the rundown on how to use cmNodes, developed by Chris Montesano, to create some pretty powerful stuff within Maxon Cinema 4D.
Fancy Bevels with Element 3D (Lionsgate Logo)
December 10, 2013
We love a new Video Copilot tutorial on Tutorial Tuesday! Andrew Kramer explains how he created detailed bevels with Element 3D and added lens flares, light rays and camera movement for the Lionsgate Logo.
Tutorial: Intro to 3D in Photoshop CS6 and CC
October 22, 2013
This tutorial will show and explain how to use the basic 3D tools and functions in Photoshop CS6/CC to create and render a piece of 3D text.
Inspirations / Tutorials: Pixologic ZBrush SIGGRAPH 2013 Videos
October 16, 2013
Pixlologic recently posted their video archives from SIGGRAPH 2013. Learn and be inspired by fantastic talent from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Aaron Sims Company, id Software, Epic Games, Marvel Entertainment, Seth Thompson, Blizzard, Ubisoft Entertainment, Joseph Menna, and Santa Monica Studio.
How to Create a Parallaxing Background Without a 3D Camera
September 23, 2013
We continue with Tutorial Tuesday with this fun video tutorial from AE Tuts+. Shawn Sheehan demonstrates the Offset effect combined with comp-to-comp expressions, plus a little time-remapping to create a parallax effect, without a 3D camera or Z-depth of any kind.
Talking Toons Episode 1 – Advanced Toon Shading (Basics 101)
September 23, 2013
It’s Tutorial Tuesday! This is part 1 in a 15 part series called Talking Toons. “Shaders are best used for Props, Particle FX, Organic and Hard Surface Objects, The Relationship Editor’s role, which Lights work best for Toon Shading, Normal Maps, Displacement Maps and the methods we will be using in the following episodes to come.”
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