Volumetric Light Effects in 3DS Max

Apply Decals using a Composite Map

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This tutorial will walk you through applying decals on any 3D object (including curved ones). It’s a relatively quick technique that can be used whenever you want your decals to be separate textures...

Dreamy Photo Effect in Photoshop

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This 2 minute Photoshop tip will help you add an extra layer of “wow” to your photos. The effect is utterly simple to do and produces some interesting effects. You’ll be using two standard filt...

Leaves Blowing in the Wind – 3DS Max

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A tutorial that will help you create a Haiku-worthy effect. You'll create this leaf animation using 3DS Max’s Foliage object. It also covers the creation of some simple bitmap textures in Photoshop ...

Mental Ray Interior Lighting Basics

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Another basic tutorial that talks about natural interior lighting and the “theory” behind it. A must, if you just can’t seem to get your interior scenes to look right. This 3DS Max tutorial will...

Creating 3D Terrain in 3DS Max – Part I – Modeling

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A three-part tutorial that will help you create realistic 3D terrain meshes in 3DS Max. In this part we’ll be looking at the two most common ways of modeling a terrain mesh. In part two you'll creat...