3D (978 Tutorials)

Strawberry Modeling Tutorial + Quick Tip for Cinema 4D

June 25, 2015

iDani shares a great tip for creating the indents on a strawberry model that won't slow your computer down.

Gerbera Daisy Cinema 4D Modeling Tutorial

June 25, 2015

Learn how to model, texture and light a realistic flower for a close up. Nate Vander Plas takes you step by step through the process using the Cloner.

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Houdini: Lava like a Boss

May 13, 2015

Learn how to create realistic lava in this 2 part tutorial from Ben Watts.

In Part 1 of this tutorial, we'll start by setting up the emitter, dynamics & mesh for our main lava sim. After that's completed we'll create a secondary dynamics system consisting of temperature based particles that will impact the main sim to create tendril like strands and splashes.

In Part 2 of this tutorial, we'll learn an efficient way of sourcing smoke from our mesh. After that I'll show you how to render the geo & smoke at the same time whilst still maintaining separate passes. I'll show a nice easy way to render custom object buffers & take a look at adding some punch to our final rendered image in post with After Effects.

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Understanding Maxwell Materials the easy way

May 11, 2015

Topics covered in this video:

Assisted materials: minute 9:25
Advanced materials: begins at minute 15:32 …
Diffuse materials: minute 17:27 (surfaces with high roughness)
Metals – reflective, smooth, specular materials
Plastics – glossy surfaces: minute 1:05:26
Translucent materials: minute 1:24:29 (transparency with scattering)
Multi-layered materials: minute 1:31:05 (decals/labels, opacity/masks)

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Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Solid to Liquid

May 11, 2015

This C4D Quick tip with Mustapha Fersaoui demonstrates the use of the Solid To Liquid Tool, showing how it can be employed using different parameters.

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Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Quantize Function

May 11, 2015

Learn how to model smarter using the quantize function in MAXON Cinema 4D.

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ZBrush Modeling Techniques

May 4, 2015

Ali Noori describes how he used ZBrush to create his alien character: Infested Marine. Read an excerpt here and then follow the links to read the entire tutorial.a

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Advanced 3D Noise & Deform using Element 3D

May 4, 2015

In this tutorial Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot shows you how to create an intricate deform animation using 3D Noise & Twist with Element 3D V2 inside After Effects.

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Case Study: Fluid Dimension – Josh Clos

March 31, 2015

Josh Clos, the winner of the RealFlow / Cinema 4D Fluid Dimension Challenge in December 2014, takes us step-by-step in the creation of his winning RealFlow fluid sim.

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RealFlow Case Study: Batman: Arkham Knight + Bonus Tutorial

March 16, 2015

Check out this case study with Brandon Young of Blur Studio, talking about working with Next Limit RealFlow on Batman: Arkham Knight. They had a VFX problem to solve involving the Batmobile shooting out of water and spraying liquid all over the place. Learn about how they solved it.

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Creating Ceilings with RailClone + Freebie

March 10, 2015

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a ceiling with iToo Software RailClone!

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The Importance of Compositing: A Layer By Layer Breakdown in After Effects

January 29, 2015

Learn how important compositing is for your 3D renders, as every shot needs color correction and/or compositing, in this tutorial from Greyscalegorilla.

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Cinema 4D Custom Material ID Pass Tutorial

January 29, 2015

Ryan Snider of TangleWire.tv, shows you his customized compositing render pass that will allow you to make targeted color corrections, and changes to your C4D renders in Adobe After Effects.

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