3D Rendering (269 Tutorials)
How Physically Based Rendering Shaders Work
March 26, 2018
There are several tutorials here. In the first, Meghdad Asadi breaking down how Physically Based Rendering shaders (PBR) work in a render engine. The second is an excerpt from the Maya 2018 Essential Training from Linkedin Learning. In the third, Arvid Schneider talks about setting up shaders in Arnold.
Working with Arnold AOV’s in After Effects
March 26, 2018
Maghdad Asadi has a new overview video on working with passes (AOVs) from Arnold in After Effects.
Rendering in Maya
March 26, 2018
This page contains several tutorials about installing Arnold Render, render settings you should use, saving the render and things like ray depth, viewport settings, and anti-aliasing.
Using Displacement with PXL + Dirt Rig for Octane and Cinema 4D
March 6, 2018
PXL + Dirt Rig for Octane! Joren at The Pixel Lab explains a technique to use displacement, with the PXL + DIRT Rig to add some grunge.
Realistic Interior Render in Cinema with Free Project File
February 9, 2018
Get this free interior scene project file, so you can follow along with this tutorial on creating a realistic interior render in Cinema 4D.
C4D: Speed up your HDRI Workflow in Octane with HDRI Link
January 19, 2018
Chad Ashley from Greyscalegorilla explains how to work faster using HDRI Link with Cinema 4D and Octane.
Turn a 2D Image into a 3D Mesh in Maya
January 16, 2018
PlatinumRyan explains this simple process of converting a flat image into a 3 dimensional mesh.
Understanding Depth Of Field in Arnold and Maya
January 16, 2018
This is a free excerpt from a course from Mograph Plus and Kamel Khezri. Learn about how to set up Depth of Field properly in Maya and Arnold.
V-Ray for NUKE — CryptoMatte
December 28, 2017
This tutorial shows you how to automatically generate ID mattes with support for transparency, depth of field and motion blur, speeding up workflows for compositors.
Procedural Growing Frost Cinema 4D & X-Particles + Creating a Realistic Ice Material in Arnold 5
December 26, 2017
Daniel Danielsson is a Freelance Director / Motion Designer who is based in Hertfordshire, which is north of London, England. I’m not sure how much snow and ice they get there, but Daniel has some fantastic Cinema 4D tutorials on creating frost and ice.
Speed up your HDRI Workflow in Arnold with HDRI Link
December 26, 2017
Chad Ashley from Greyscalegorilla explains how to work faster using HDRI Link with Cinema 4D and Arnold.
How to make Snowy Object in Maya
December 26, 2017
How to make Snowy Object in Maya – This tutorial is originally in Korean but is great quality so don't fear a language barrier. It's subtitled in English.
Maya Snow Tutorial
December 26, 2017
This one, from 3DYee Modeling and 3D Tutorials, has no voice over so follow along visually.
MtoA 206 | Snow and Ice | Material series using Arnold 5 with Maya 2018
December 26, 2017
Arvid Schneider puts out some fantastic Maya tutorials and this one seems especially seasonally appropriate, as I look out my window. He explains how to set up a realistic looking snow shader with Maya and Arnold.