Volumetric Light Effects in 3DS Max

Create Cloud Light Rays / sunbeams in Photoshop

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Say you’ve taken a great shot of the sky on your holiday abroad. The cloud formation and lighting are perfect but somehow it lacks some dramatic accents and feels somewhat dull. In this tutorial you...

Quick Vignette Effect Tutorial

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A simple Photoshop tutorial that will help you create a vignette effect. This is part of the Photoshop Beginner series and focuses on Layer masks. The Vignette effect you’ll create is completely non...

Create a realistic Table Cloth

Realistic Table Cloth Tutorial

Ever wondered how you can create a table cloth without tweaking every last vertex? This tutorial will help you achieve that effect using the Cloth modifier in just a couple of minutes. You'll also fin...

Matrix Text effect with Particle Flow in 3DS Max

Matrix Code tutorial

Today you’re going to create the well-known Matrix Code effect. Graphically the effect is just a bunch of falling letters (symbols) with a small amount of glow. This can be easily achieved in 3DS M...

Neon Glow Texture

Neon Glow Tutorial

A quick 3DS Max / Mental Ray tutorial that will help you create a neon glow texture. You’ll learn to use the mental ray material and the Glow (Lume) map. The resulting textures will be procedurally ...