CgCookie Tutorial on the modelling and rendering of the exterior of a modern villa using 3dsMax. Videos and project files included.

Creating realistic flames and fire in CG can be a definite challenge, but the process can be greatly improved with the aid of good reference materials. So today we have an outstanding collection of 22 flame videos shot in glorious high definition. These videos are available in 720p @ 60fps separated in three packs.

Today we’re happy to bring you the fourth and final day of Madhan Mohan’s Modeling the AudiR8 tutorial series. In today’s post, Madhan will cover setting up a basic scene with Vray lighting, creating and applying Vray materials to the car and environment, and finally we’ll delve into render settings and tweak the final image in Phototoshop.

The third DVD in our Particle Flow Fundamentals series continues our in depth examination of its Operators. The Operators covered are... Shape, Shape Facing, Shape Instance, Shape Mark, Materials Static, Material Dynamic, Material Frequency, Mapping, Cache, Display, Notes, Force, Render and Script..

In the first part of our two part Scripting Particle Flow series, Bobo introduces us to the inner workings of Particle Flow and how we can take total control of Particle Flow via MAXScript. The tutorial will show you the standard structures of Particle Flow scripts, how particle channels are accessed and altered, and how you can easily modify the standard examples to create a plethora of real world production ready practical examples.

A young couple on the run hole up in a country estate with a hostage in tow

In this demonstration the instructor starts off by explaining the Red One camera and how it was used to capture the HD video. Then he goes into SynthEyes and explains everything needed to get a good track. Once the live footage is tracked, its on to Maya to use the camera animation with the provided 3d scene. After that he goes through rendering your scene in passes, and then compositing the elements in Combustion.

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In the first part of our two part Scripting Particle Flow series, Bobo introduces us to the inner workings of Particle Flow and how we can take total control of Particle Flow via MAXScript. The tutorial will show you the standard structures of Particle Flow scripts, how particle channels are accessed and altered, and how you can easily modify the standard examples to create a plethora of real world production ready practical examples.