Tutorials

[Stone]

Again this is another Sticky Thread,
this time post your Tutorials...
Remember Don't start conversation in here please just post those loverly Tutorials.....

Here's a few that we're posted by 3Ddull (i think sorry if i'm wrong) a while back.....

3DSMAX GENERAL TUTORIALS
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3dhelp.cfm/
http://www.3dtotal.com
http://www.3dcafe.com/
http://www.raph.com/
http://www.exchange3d.com/main/index.php
http://www.3dark.com/
http://www.maxhelp.com/
http://www.max3d.com/
http://www.3dluvr.com/
http://mr2k.3dvf.com/frameset.htm (French)
http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/Tutorials.htm (provided by Ila Solomon)
http://www.x99online.net (by Conrad)
http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/3dstudiomax(submitted by Xilica
http://www.deviantart.com/thumbnails.php?section=3dsm(submitted by Xilica

ABSTRACT DESIGN
http://www.voidix.com/tutorials3d.php

BOOLEAN
http://www.atomic-animation.com/boolean_reminders.htm

CLOUDS: (afterburn) by Daniel P. Ferreira
http://www.wonderslime.com/tutorial...uds/clouds.html

CHARACTER RIGGING
http://www.maxtd.com/

CHARACTER STUDIO
http://www.maxhelp.com/csc/default.htm

FOLEY STUDIO
http://www.boomerlabs.com/

FOREST PRO
http://www.itoosoft.com/english/forest_tutorial.html

GRASS
http://www.suurland.com/tut_grass/tutorial_grass.htm

HAIR: (by Lizard Head)
http://www.lizard-head.com/Tutorial..._MAX_Hair_1.htm

HEAD
http://www.jonesinc.com/inktutorial5.html

HUMAN BODY (MODELING)
http://www.dlc.fi/~ops/tutorial/human.htm

LENS FLARE (BASIC)
http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/Max_effects.htm

LIGHTING (Fun with Lights By Dr-spline)
http://www.raven-nation.com/fil.htm

LIGHTING (Grayson Chalmers)
http://grayson.cgworks.com/tutorials/lighting

LIGHTING (VOLUMETRIC)
http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-57917/Tutktx.html

LIP SYNCHING
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3dhelp.cfm/

MENTAL RAY
http://www.cinegrfx.com/
http://www.mentalimages.com

MESHSMOOTH
http://max3dstuff.com/msmooth.html
http://www.max3dstuff.com/hand.html

MODELING (Sebulba): (meshtools)
http://www.polysculpter.fsworld.co.uk/lessons.html

MODELING (Joan D'Arc (character + clothes) tutorial in English, at least part of it.)
http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorial...rc/joanmenu.asp

MODELING (BALL SOCCER)
http://www.suurland.com/tut_ball/tutorial_football.htm

MODELING (GUITAR)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/3d/tutorials/lespaul/lp.htm

MODELING (HAIR)
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/hair

MODELING (MOUTH - ANIMATED)
http://www.geocities.com/mad-guru.geo/mouth.htm

MODELING (ROLLING CARPET - ANIMATED)
http://burningpixel.com/Max/MaxCarp1.htm

MODELING (SANTA)
http://visualmagic.awn.com/html/tutorials/santa.html

MODELING (TREE)
http://www.controlzed.com/greg/3dtipstree.html

NURBS (BASICS)
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson67/index.html
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson64
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson65

REFLECTION
http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/Max_effects.htm

RHINO
http://members.**********/~fyre3d/rhino.htm

RUBBER MAP
http://www***bberflex.com/RubMap/rubmap2.htm

SCRIPTING (MAXSCRIPT)
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_01.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_02.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_03.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_04.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_05.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_06.html
http://www.origamy.com.br/max/English/maxscript_07.html
http://www***ff-stuff.com/3dmax/Tutorials/Scripting.zip

SHAGFUR
http://www.3dgate.com/techniques/000328/03283ds.html

SKIN
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson98/

SMOKE (CIGARETTE)
http://www.suurland.com/tut_smoke/t...e-smoke_r3.htm/

SHADOWS (SOFT)
http://max3dstuff.com/sspot.html
http://max3dstuff.com/sspot2.html

SPLASH
http://hem.passagen.se/lexcyber/3dsmax/tut1/tut1.htm

TEXTURE MAPPING (Multiple UV Channels)
http://www.uvmapper.com/

TEXTURE MAPPING
http://members.shaw.ca/loganfoster/download/index.html

TILEABLE TEXTURE (Grayson Chalmers)
http://grayson.cgworks.com/tutorials/tile/

UV Mapping (In-Depth Look at UVW Mapping in 3D Studio Max 5)
http://waylon-art.com/uvw_tutorial/uvwtut_01.html

WATER / RUNNING WATER
http://www.3d-sdp.com/water tutor.htm

http://www.the3dstudio.com/tutorials.asp?id=116
[A very good tutorial about making realistic jewelry.]
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http://www.3dm-mc.com/tutorials/car/
[Making a concept car. This tutorial is for a bit advanced.]
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http://www.3dm-mc.com/tutorials/dmf/
[a very good tutorial about making, texturing and lighting a missile.]
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http://www.ludd.luth.se/~strat/tutorials.html
[A serie of tutorials about Mesh-modeling.]
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http://www.trinisica.com/sub_learn_...=virtual-studio
[A tutorial for early beginners.]
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http://www.trinisica.com/sub_learn_...ow=polymodeling
[another poly-modeling tutorial.]
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http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorial...tut/owntut1.asp
[A tutorial for total begginers. Useful for those who have just started.]
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http://www.cgm3d.com/tutorials/teeth/teeth.php
[making human teeth. Usefull.]
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http://www.cgm3d.com/oceantutorial.php
[an ocean scene.]
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http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutor...al.asp?id=20035
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutor...al.asp?id=20248
[two sets of tutorials for making an insect alien. My fav. =)]
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http://www.voidix.com/glasscrystal.html
[A glass crystal effect.]
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http://www.the3dstudio.com/tutorials.asp?id=115
[A way to make text on objects.]
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http://www.3rddimensiontutorials.com/dolphin.html
[modeling a dolphin.]
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http://www.geocities.com/ribok7/multiloft.html
[Here's something about multi-lofting.]
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http://www.studiowhiz.com/_tutorial...index.php?id=60
[fractals or shards... Very good abstract visualisation.]
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http://www.3dworldmag.com/tutorials/eggcell/
[Eggcell tutorial... What weird look.]
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http://www.raz.ro/tutorials/heart/heart.htm
[making a neclace with two hearts.]
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http://3dworld.3dark.com/tutorial/3d/lathe/index.htm
[another nice lathe tutorial for beginners.]
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http://www.3rddimensiontutorials.com/Cartman.html
[Modeling some guy from south park.]
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http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/eyerigging/
[making an animatable cartoony eye setup.]
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http://www.taffix.com/Tutorials/GoldRing/gold_ring.htm
[Even a tutorial for making a ring.]
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http://www.suurland.com/tut_ball/tutorial_football.htm
[making a soccer ball... Simple?.. Not actually.]
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http://www.terra.es/personal2/palmiro/tut_jar.htm
[A good tutorial for modeling a jar.]
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http://3dworld.3dark.com/tutorial/3d/warp/index.htm
[space warps for beginners.]
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http://www.the3dstudio.com/tutorials.asp?id=37
[lofting a spoon... Not so stupid idea.]
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http://www.voidix.com/coolabstract.html
[doing abstracts.]
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http://www.topleftpixel.com/ila_solomon/tut_exh_01.htm
[Modeling a fantasy toy car's exhaust pipe.]
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http://www.cgm3d.com/tutorials/boxm1/boxm1.php
http://www.cgm3d.com/tutorials/boxm2/boxm2.php
[a two-part box modeling tutorial.]
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http://www.3dm-mc.com/tutorials/carving/
[woodcarving. A very useful trick.]
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http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/jcmiller/Acell.htm
[A very quik tutorial about acceleratio9n and deceleration.]
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http://www.3dspline.com/boom-box.htm
[Yay! A subwoofer animation! =)]
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http://www.the3dstudio.com/tutorials.asp?id=24
[How to switch multiple cammeras during an animation.]
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http://www.the3dstudio.com/tutorials.asp?id=11
[A tutorial about motion capture.]
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http://www.anticz.com/animatio.htm
[Some very good tips about making good animation.]
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http://www.anticz.com/eularqua.htm
[Some kind of gimbal lock and why it occures.]
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http://www.anticz.com/morphy.htm
[prograssive morphing for animations.]
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[ankalar]

Lots of stuff about weapon modelling/skinning

 

[crabcakes66]

http://www.acay.com.au/~pancreas/links.htm

 

[titansolaris]

Video tutorials

This is my website, alot of video tutorials for you

http://bmc.unrealcodex.org

these video tutorials include

modeling uvw mapping and skinning

 

[HiroProtaganist]

nots so much as a tutroial more piece of advice.

when you get yourself stuck in a situation where your not quite sure how to create a particualr object it help to free hand draw on paper it gives you a better idea of how the shap is created. I use this for gas chambers on weapons all the time and it helps a lot.

 

[Short_Fuse]

For an extensive Skin Mapping tutorial on a Beretta 92fs visit my tutorial. This will help you get started on skin mapping for your HL2 models, or any models in fact.

http://chaos.waveartists.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=282

 

[Stone]

In depth detailing about modeling in 3d studio max 5.1 I use the techniques used in the gaming industry. Please feedback in my forums


http://bmc.unrealcodex.org

 

[Stone]

http://www.nuclear-dawn.net/ank/ank-uv-video.zip

ANK's UV mapping Tutorial

 

[Stitch]

http://www.maxforums.org

 

[Brian Damage]

A nice place for tutorials (You have to sign up, though):

www.renderosity.com

 

[ankalar]

A lot of weapon skinning tutorials:
http://st.gaming-interactive.com

 

[Tha_Slaya]

A handy tut: http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/materials/wornmetal/wornmetal.html

 

[dassbaba]

very very useful
thanks a million =P

 

[Wulf22]

You should probably give props to visualboo at CGTalk...... :frown:

 

[Cyanide]

Here's a link to the SoftImage tutorial database for those of you using XSI.
http://www.softimage.com/login/xsilogin.asp

You'll have to create an account and then login with it to access the tutorials, but it's definately worth it. There are literally hundreds of hours worth of tutorials there, ranging from beginer to advanced level.

 

[HatRabit]

Discreets normal mapping tutorial video for 3ds Max 7 : http://mtlstream02.discreet.com/streaming/qt/normals_300k.mov

:cheers:

 

[Ti133700N]

Thanks alot!! That's what I was looking for

 

[Mike Nuts]

Some more 3D Studio Max tutorials:

Modeling a chess pawn

Creating a realistic glass object

Creating gold, silver, and copper material

Rendering objects in a solid/wire mix

I'm working on several more including some that may be more suitable for games (less poly's )

 

[SidewinderX]

keep in mind that anything dealing with rendering and materials probably won't help anyone with game stuff.

 

[Gray Fox]

Here is a link to a site where you can download a free pdf book on how to animate in xsi, it has 390 pages, so its a long download. And you better use IE, it doesn't download if you use firefox.

http://www.mesmer.com/?loc=/public/readpublicarticle.php&qs=in=1118

 

[StardogChampion]

Anyone got a link on how to get your textured model from 3dsmax 6+ into CS/HL2 maps?

I found a good page that included the directory structure and everything, but I can't find it anymore .

 

[desty]

Here's my Colt 45 Video Tutorial for XSI:

http://www.hl2modcentral.com/tutorial.php?id=27&cat=0

desty

 

[Iced_Eagle]

http://leigh.cgcommunity.com/tutorials.htm

Mostly focuses on texturing, although has a good part on "So you want to be a 3D Artist?" that I suggest all noobs read if they are considering going into the 3D world...

 

[monkeyphonics]

Some tutorials covering some texturing stuff. More on the way as and when I get round to doing them. 3d Max and Photoshop orientated.

http://www.joda-media.com/forum/index.php

 

[SFCGuevara]

hey everyone...
im a complete and utter n00b!
ive been playing CS since 1.6, and got source ages ago
i dled tons of skins and maps but nvr realy thought about doing it myself...
now i do and i have to clue in hell wot to do, i have been readingup in these forums, but i hav no idea wtf everyone is on about.
i just wanna make my own weapon skins/models and possibly maps for CS:S not HL2


can sum one help? please.. it wud be greatly apreciated. :thumbs:

 

[TheSomeone]

/me has maya and not 3DSMAX.
/me cries.

 

[JFry]

Anyone got a link on how to get your textured model from 3dsmax 6+ into CS/HL2 maps?

I found a good page that included the directory structure and everything, but I can't find it anymore .

http://twhl.co.za/tutorial.php?id=92
Source Modelling Setup

 

[spitfir3]

damn so many of these links are dead

Has everything to do with game mods died away or something? been playing WoW for 2 years and ive finally quit it.

 

[97AndyMacK]

The modding community for HL2 seems to have dwindled recently.