3D (898 Tutorials)
How to dent a Garage Door VFX with Mettle FreeForm Pro
September 23, 2014
Mettle offers up this tutorial regarding real-world 3D displacement with Freeform Pro. Mike Sevigny explains how to track the footage with Adobe After Effects and project it back onto a plane. He then shows you how to align the FreeForm Pro layer to that geometry and displace it in 3D space. Using these techinques allows you to “dent” any footage, not just a garage door.
Alex Dow of Zaxwerks on the RFShow
September 23, 2014
Alex Dow of Zaxwerks, the ProAnimator Guru, lets his talent run rampant on for RFShow.TV! Watch Alex display the power and simplicity of ProAnimator 8!
13 Cinema 4D Presentations From Siggraph 2014
September 23, 2014
If you weren’t able to make it out to SIGGRAPH 2014 this year well, you missed some good stuff. But never fear, Greyscalegorilla filmed their demonstrations and they are available to watch here!
3D Rooms with Cineware / AE and Automatic Follow Through
September 16, 2014
It’s days 10 and 11 of 30 Days of After Effects from School of Motion in Sarasota, Florida. Joe explains how to use Cineware to set up a scene in a 3D environment. In the second part, he focuses on animating the dog in the room with an expression.
Boris Red Advanced Text Fill Options
September 16, 2014
Originally posted by BorisFX, this tutorial for Boris RED is “based on an inquiry regarding gradient on text in the Avid forum. Senior Product Manager, Dirk deJong, shows you how to add gradient with bevel and 3D looks across entire words using a texture track.”
Top 5 3D Camera Tips for Adobe After Effects
September 16, 2014
Get tips and techiniques from Sean Frangella for “working with 3D cameras in After Effects, including changing focal length, parenting cameras to nulls, cutting between multiple cameras, roving keyframes, and linking depth of field.”
Autodesk Maya Soccer ball and Basketball Modeling
September 9, 2014
Here’s a few tutorials on creating different sports balls in Maya.
Topographic Images using Hair in MAXON Cinema 4D
September 9, 2014
Chris Schmidt from Greyscale Gorilla, was inspired by some gorgeous renders by Lee Griggs, and attempted to recreate rolling hills of geometry in C4D. He didn't want to use MoGraph clones as the shear number needed would be overwelming. So he set out to create a more procedural technique and came up with using the Hair Module.
GI Area Light Script and Tutorial for Reflectance Channel for MAXON CINEMA 4D R16
September 8, 2014
Nick from Greyscalegorilla has a useful script to help you properly light a scene with the Reflectance Channel and his GI Area Light Script.
Facial Modeling Timelapse Software: Maya
September 2, 2014
Tips & Tricks related to facial modeling for Animated Productions by Sergi Caballer.
Fluid Flush X-Particles Tutorials for Maxon Cinema 4D
September 2, 2014
If you are a fan of X-Particles and Cinema 4D then stop and take a second to check out a few of these great tutorials we have managed to round up!
After Effects Video Tutorial: 3D Corner Text
September 2, 2014
Follow the technique in this After Effects tutorial to animate text around the edges of a 3D object.
The tutorial covers:
- 3D Anchor Points
- Easy-Ease Keyframes
- Key-framing Cameras
- Snapping Vertexes Together
Extreme Eye Closeup with Mettle FreeForm Pro
August 12, 2014
This is a two part tutorial on how to create a highly detailed human Iris using the FreeForm Pro plugin by Mettle.
News: See What’s New in MAXON CINEMA 4D R16
August 7, 2014
Cinema 4D Release 16 places a greater emphasis than ever before on visual effects and realism, with key features like Motion Tracking and multi-layered reflections. Here’s a wonderful collection of tutorials for all the great new features.
Creating an Island Environment in Blender
July 25, 2014
This is a 3 part tutorial on how to create an island environment using Blender 2.6 and Chaos Group V-Ray. It’s a long and complicated process, but the end result is stunning!
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