Render / Generate (240 Tutorials)
After Effects: Large Scale Explosions in AE
May 15, 2018
ActionVFX’s Alan Fire has two tutorials explaining how to create a composite using their explosion stock footage in After Effects.
iToo Software: Making it Snow with Forest Pack
April 10, 2018
Learn how Forest Pack can be used to add a covering of snow to high polygon objects, like trees, really quickly.
Animating Mars with MoGraph in Cinema 4D and After Effects
March 27, 2018
Jeremy Walker creates Mars with realistic planet texture maps, using Cinema 4D’s native MoGraph Effectors. He animates and composites it in After Effects.
Lens Flares in Avid Media Composer with Boris Sapphire
March 26, 2018
Learn to create Lens Flares in Avid Media Composer with Boris Sapphire in these two tutorials, one from Kevin McAuliffe and the other from Nick Harauz.
How Do I Make a Hologram Effect in After Effects?
March 26, 2018
Holograms are a way to show recorded, beamed messages, schematics, 3-dimensional characters, futuristic user interfaces, and they’re now being used in interesting and exciting ways in real life. We’ll start with a few examples, and then some After Effects tutorials dealing with the humble hologram.
Maya XGen and Interactive Grooming Tutorial Roundup
March 26, 2018
Maya 2017 Update 3 brought the interactive grooming tools and they’re really powerful! With XGen, you can create natural looking hair and animal fur. Here are some overviews and examples of what XGen Interactive grooming can do.
Cinema 4D: Animate Growing Foliage with X-Particles
March 13, 2018
Want to populate your scenes with animated growing vegetation? This step-by-step tutorial from Rob Redman shows you how, using X-Particles in Cinema 4d.
Space Freebies and Tutorials to create your Science Fiction Film
February 23, 2018
I love space stuff! Here’s a nice collection of free space related items for your space short, epic sci-fi feature, or documentary.
Cinema 4D: Getting Started with ProRender in C4D R19
February 13, 2018
This Cinema 4D Quick Tip with Jonas Pilz explains how to get started using the new Radeon ProRender in Cinema 4D R19.
Laubwerk Plants integration with iToo Forest Pack
January 17, 2018
Learn how to use Forest Pack to instantly create stunning CG forest scenes using Laubwerk’s line of beautiful, render-ready 3D tree species, inside 3ds Max.
Chaos Group Phoenix FD for Maya – Quick Start: Gasoline Explosion
January 17, 2018
Learn how to create a fiery explosion with an accelerant like gasoline in Phoenix FD for Maya. Using both the toolbar preset, and then again manually, step-by-step you’ll learn the ins and outs of this simulation type.
Chaos Group Phoenix FD for 3ds Max – Quick Start: Basic Liquids #gettingstarted
January 17, 2018
This video covers the basic workflow for creating a basic liquid simulation in Phoenix FD for 3ds Max, using both a toolbar preset, and then again manually, step-by-step for good measure.
V-Ray for MODO: Quick Start: Materials Parts 1 & 2
December 27, 2017
This tutorial takes a closer look at V-Ray materials and the advantages they can offer over MODO materials. Part 1 looks at the V-Ray Material with the GGX BRDF Type. Part 2 looks at V-Ray’s Blend Material, and V-Ray’s Fast SSS2 material.
V-Ray for MODO: Quick Start: Intro
December 27, 2017
The tutorial is a nice introduction on rendering a MODO scene with V-Ray.
Happy Holidays using Stardust in After Effects
December 26, 2017
Roland Hartmann of graphicinmotion.com gives a nice tutorial on making particle trails with 3D elements and dives into some features like working with the new Model and Material nodes, creating primitives, extruding masks, adding environments, and using ambient occlusion.