Volumetric Light Effects in 3DS Max

Realistic Water in 3DS Max

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This quick tutorial will help you create realistic water for your 3DS Max scenes. You’re going to use mental ray’s Arch& Design material. The trick to water and the A&D material in general is in t...

Create Volume Lights in 3DS Max

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This tutorial will help you create great-looking, volumetric lights in 3DS Max. In the real world, this effect is visible when there’s a lot of dust in an enclosed space. The tutorial also skims thr...

Create Water Drops in Photoshop

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A Photoshop tutorial that will help you create water drops using a very simple and scalable technique. All you need is a picture with a surface that's prone to have water drops. We're using a beer mug...

Underwater Scene Photoshop Tutorial

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Create an underwater scene in 4 easy-to-follow steps. This Photoshop tutorial uses various techniques to create a surreal underwater scene. Most of the techniques will be used throughout your Photosho...

Essential 3DS Max Keyboard Shortcuts

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Learning keyboard and mouse shortcuts will greatly speed up your work in 3DS Max. Although 3DS Max has gazillions of shortcuts, this article only lists the most common/ important ones. You'll find you...