In this session, I take a look at the techniques behind basic mult-pass compositing of a simple 3D element into a background plate. Topics covered: • Image-Basded Lighting • Creating an HDR Spherical Map ...

The purpose of this course is to give those from a traditional art /non 3D Digital Sculpting Background tuition in Autodesk Mudbox 2011. This course assumes little to no knowledge of either the program ...

This is a brisk 3-part series on creating image planes in Maya. I will cover multiple ways pf creating image planes, working with image planes, file formats. and how to create a handy rig ...

Learn the basics of DVD Studio Pro 4 in a little over an hour. This tutorial video is also great for earlier versions of the software.

How to model, unwrap, rig and animate a custom Glock in 3dsmax for use in Unreal Development Kit engine.

Neville leads you methodically through the process of creating a wet, fleshy creature. First emphasizing the importance of reference, the properties of fleshy surfaces are deconstructed. Neville teaches how to create custom brushes by ...

In this tutorial you will be taught the2 nd basics of the Traditional Drawing Styles, We will continue with an Female Samurai Warrior What you will need: A3 sketch pad H2 pencil.B4 pencil, Fineliner ...

On this session we'll be covering the basic features of Blender. Starting from the interface, to modeling, texturing, creating UVs... everything you need to know for mastering the new versions of Blender!!

When designing automobiles, the ability to sketch well is absolutely essential. The skill of showing a design on paper enables the designer to communicate with others. In a step-by-step demonstration Harald will share his ...

The following session is a 25 step through image style tutorial that will explain how I created the design above using a variety of stock photos I found on Filter Foundry. Some are downloadable ...

In this three parts session we'll see how to create spider webs using Blender. 1. Modeling the spiderweb using curves. 2. Cloth simulation and water particles. 3. Materials, BG, Render & Compositing.

Learn how to quickly create short hair, stubble, fur and more with my custom brush for Zbrush!

Making eyes appear rich and soulful is critical to conveying character. In "Rendering Eyes", Neville Page clearly describes a process for rendering beautiful, frightening, or appropriately horrible eyes. Detailing the anatomy of the eye, ...

I'm a character artist at Insomniac Games. In this tutorial, I’ll be showing my process and how I approach taking a concept from a rough idea into a fully realized and flushed out 3d ...

Welcome to advanced character texturing techniques. In this session we are going to take an in depth look at texturing the character you see below. I am going to cover some key concepts you ...

Mat Tremblay, Artistic Director of Digital Extremes game explains some of the details of creating the characters, the style "cartoon" of the game and some of the techniques used to make a game similar ...

This tutorial shows how to "layer" animations using the Motion Mixer in Lightwave. Useful for animating walk cycles while having the character move forward.

In this tutorial we take a look at basic chroma key in After Effects.

Wow are you in for a treat. The video below will take you on a journey form start to finish of fully tweaking a RAW file from a D3X from out of the camera ...

This tutorial covers some basics in the process of creating topology and extracting mesh using ZBrush 3.1

This Visual Basic programming tutorial is designed to complement my Visual Basic Game Programming series, but is not limited to game design. It is designed to teach you how to create a custom VB ...

Learn how to make and use hyperblobs. As well as go over the differences between object-parametric and world-standard mapping modes. Deep look into the function editor to make hyperblobs and use the filter setting ...

This tutorial will demonstrate how to use the Gradient tool to modify a layer mask so that you can pull of a realistic composite.

Skin Wrap is a tool known to be used to make an object deform another. It is flexible enough to have a variety of uses, but practically, it is mainly an extremely efficient tool ...

Learn how to make a character blink in this Adobe Flash Tutorial.

A Tutorial on how to make Chrome-like 3D Text in Cinema 4D. Simple Steps and easy to follow.

I do this a lot when I want to try out different lighting techniques in Cinema 4D. I build this abstract shape and see how sexy I can make it. Follow along and learn ...

In this tutorial you will learn how to do 3D Modeling of the human head with good edge flow in blender2.5.

Jeremy shares his portrait-painting workspace. Designed to help photographers, this includes a custom palette with his favorite controls and tailored layouts for multiple screen resolutions. Layouts are provided for both right- and left-handed artists. ...

Layouts are used to set up our drawing for printing (plotting). In the past, layouts were refereed to as "Paper Space". A layout is created to match the size of the paper you will ...

This is the first part of making an interactive animation of a cartoon face with particles. Maya Motion Builder

Creating a very professional swipe using PolyFX to transform particles to text!

In this presentation with Mark Winteres, you’ll learn how to evaluate typefaces for their visual appearance and emotional mood so you can make the appropriate choices for your site or app design. Additionally, you’ll ...

Blender tutorial

Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades. Next to founding MetaDesign and FontShop, the latter being the first ever digital distributor ...

This week Jay explains how you can incorporate a 3d model onto a 2d background with Maya’s use background shader. The method shown here will allow you to cast shadows onto an image and ...

A video tutorial demonstrating how you can quickly setup a text overlay or 'lower third' in Final Cut Pro.

Final Cut Pro Tutorial: How to Multi-Clip Edit

This video tutorial is based on the Houdini bridge tutorial that can be watched for free on 3DBuzz. I show how to build the same procedural bridge in Softimage ICE. If you are interested ...

In this tutorial, I'll be talking about my thought process when I'm taking one of my 2D sketches and converting it to a 3D maquette. I'll be using ZBrush for the tutorial, but hopefully ...

In this clip, Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi speaks about the work from her Aperture monograph, Illuminance, with Aperture publisher and editor of the book, Lesley A. Martin. Kawauchi explains how she is interested in ...

This is production footage I shot over the summer for my debut film, "TimeScapes," a modern portrait of the American Southwest. I used Canon and Red MX cameras.

Chris Marino from WideOpenCamera.com and I were wondering how I would get an edit to him for grading in AE out of Avid with out having to shell out $500 for the Automatic Duck ...

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a stylish and glossy extruded 3D title with advanced lighting effects that can be controlled on the fly or even animated. Of course you could be tinkering the ...

Connect with the roots of photography and learn to create a camera obscura. This video of that process includes brief text instructions, so that you too can transform a room into a camera.