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Creating a Neon Sign
- Learn how to model and texture to create a neon sign.
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Vertex Paint in Procedural Materials
- Learn the method of blending procedural materials with vertex paint modifier.
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Grass Tutorial
- Learn how to create grass in 3D Studio Max.
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Making a Plexiglass Material
- Learn how to easily and quickly make a Plexiglass material using 3D Studio Max.
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Fake HDR Images
- Learn the method of faking HDRI images for reflections.
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Add Wood Material to Objects
- Learn how to apply and add wooden material effect to objects.
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Using UVW Mapping Texture Technique
- This tutorial will teach you how to use the UVW mapping texture technique in 3DS Max in order to be able to apply complex textures to your created models.
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Edges rendering
- Learn how to render edges with Vray
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Material morpher
- Create blended material animations using material morpher
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House Project: Texturing & Painting
- This tutorial is the sequel to the House Project: Modeling tutorial in which we will complete our house with texturing and painting.
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Smoke Material in 3DS Max
- In this tutorial, I'll try to explain how to make a smoke like material only using standard 3ds max and how to properly use it with particle systems. This material can easily be used for all sorts of smoky effects and objects. For example: cigarette smoke, clouds, nebulas, burning oil fields, etc (basically volumetric effects).
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Metal Plates Texture
- Learn how to design metal plate textures.
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Mazda RX-8 Project Overview
- This tutorial will show you how to create Mazda RX-8 model using 3D Studio Max.
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Mapping through Reactor Cloth
- Every model required a lot of tweaking to remove the stretching in mapping, see how reactor cloth can be useful.
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Making of Robot: Step 4 Materials
- In this tutorial we finish our robot while doing materials and rendering after that.
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Creating Reflective Material
- This tutorial will teach you how to create and apply a reflective material with ease.
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Creating a Realistic Looking Object
- This tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic looking object using V-Ray which is a very popular renderer that is widely used in the making of movies and videogames.
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Reflective Objects
- This tutorial will teach you how to make reflections just as a shiny wooden floor will reflect something, it's a good trick to have.
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Skinning a Building
- Learn how to skin a building.
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Texturing In 3D Studio Max
- This tutorial will teach you a couple of methods to use to texture your objects in 3D Studio Max.
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Cell Shading
- This tutorial is going to show you how to create two dimensional pictures in 3Ds Max.
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Making a Clay Render In 3DS MAX
- Clay render is used to show the details of any model you create in any 3D application. One of the best plugins for clay render is Brazil R/S for 3D Studio MAX, but such a plugin will cost you alot of cash. This simple tutorail will show you how to create a clay render using your default 3D Studio MAX rendering engine without spending any extra cash for any extra plugins.
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Easy UV Mapping
- In this tutorial, We will demonstrate how simple and precise UVmapping can be using DEEPUV.
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Realistic Texturing
- In this tutorial we'll be looking at techniques for using textures and materials to create realistic objects.
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Render Object Solid + Wireframe Mix
- In this tutorial you will learn how to render an object to an image with both the solid and the wireframe render, without using PhotoShop or anything else than 3D Studio Max. Key terms include wire, Opacity map, Push modifier and Lattice modifier. This tutorial is aimed at the beginner, but might be interesting for the more advanced 3D artists as well.
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Realistic Glass Object
- In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic glass material and turn our chess pawn into a realistic glass object. Key terms include reflection, refraction, opacity, and fall-off. This tutorial is aimed at the beginner, but since there are several ways to create glass, it might be interesting for everyone.
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Creating Materials
- In this tutorial you will learn how to create gold, silver, and copper material. Key terms include reflection, specular, index of refraction, fresnel, and fall-off. This tutorial is aimed at both beginners and professionals.
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