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admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:03:02 +0000

The Importance of Compositing: A Layer

In this video, I wanted to show you how important compositing is for your 3D renders. A 3D render is never finished straight from Cinema 4D or any 3D package. Every shot needs and deserves some sort of compositing and color correction before it’s ready for prime time. Uploading a render straight from 3D is like uploading a raw image from your digital camera without any color correction. Rich Hinchcliffe was kind enough to allow me to show you his compositng file for this excelent animation for the latest Five Second Projects. I will show you how Rich used After Effects, color correction, blurs, RSMB Motion Blur, Frischluft Lens Care and Lens Flares to turn his simple grey primitive 3D animation into a beautiful, atmosphere rich finished composite.

Galactic Orb

• Create an infinite galactic zoom through particle energy
• Build the orb from scratch and animate in 3d space

How To Create Stereoscopic 3D Motion Graphics

This tutorial covers creating a stereoscopic 3D animation using Adobe After Effects CS4 or higher. Skills covered are animating in the 3D space using standard AE techniques, creating stereoscopic animations using a dual camera virtual rig and displacement mapping for stereoscopic animations. The tutorial is split into two parts, today for the basic animation and tomorrow for the stereoscopic creation.

Part 1

Part 2

3D Set Extensions

• Create a 3D set extension with fog using Stock Footage
• Use Camera Tracker to matchmove inside of AE

Lights and Colors: Poetic Typography

10 best 3d tutorials

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:20 +0000

Creating Next-Gen Environment Textures using Total Textures

Introduction:

Hello, my name is Daniel Vijoi and I have been working in the gaming industry for 7 years. My current job is Lead Texture Artist at AMC Studio, a Romanian game development company based in Bucharest. During this time I have worked on many projects, like Test Drive Unlimited (Atari), Mercenaries 2, Saboteur (Pandemic Studios/EA), Pure (Blackrock Studios/DISNEY), Rise of Nations & Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games/THQ), and other exciting titles yet to be announced.

I decided to write this tutorial as I noticed a certain lack of interest for game-related environmental texturing in the 3D community. This tutorial is targeted at medium level users and will present the process of texturing a photorealistic building that has already been modelled. I will focus on the texturing process in particular, even though the modelling and UVs are also important for the final look of the building.

Creating a Next-Gen Video Game Hot Rod: the Complete Workflow

Ever wanted to know how the artists create those amazing cars for AAA video game titles? Well here’s your chance to find out. In this incredible CGTuts+ exclusive tutorial series, you will follow professional CG artist and teacher Laurens Corijn as he creates a high quality, next-gen, normal mapped Hot Rod for realtime use.

In this first part of the series, Laurens takes you through the first planning and design steps, such as gathering inspiration, collecting reference, and fleshing out the idea, and then demonstrates how to get started with the first rough blockout of the model.

Making of Tree Room

Hi everyone! In this making of I’ll try to show you the process of making the “Tree Room” image. First of all I started to look for some references on Japanese rooms and trees because that was the style I wanted to reproduce. In this stage I also look for light and texture references.

Making of Annie

Hi, my name is Florian Falcucci and I am CG Graphist in Paris since 1 year. For this character, the idea was to create a character in a cartoon style with a good charisma. A woman who does not let itself be. And I love the period of the aero postal, with Amelia Eckhart. The objective was creating an illustration with a single character, and discovering other methods for a best workflow. I suppose parts of my workflow are not very classical but it is my procedure.

How to Animate the Inception Totem with Cinema 4D and Dynamics

In this tutorial, I show you how to animate, light and texture the totem top scene from Inception. I show you how to use the Lathe Nurbs, Dynamics and noise in your textures to build and texture the scene. Then I show you how to light the scene with the HDRI Light Kit Pro. Stay tuned for part 2 of this tutorial where we head into After Effects and do the texturing and compositing.

Part 1

Part 2 Making of Angel

Concept – I didn’t create this model with the purpose of making a real time character; I wanted to represent a modeling and concept exercise. That’s why, the low-poly phases of this model are missing from the working process.

The idea of this project was based on a portrait I’ve made in ZBrush, and this portrait inspired me to create a whole character. I didn’t have a specific idea of how this character will look like, I just wanted to attach him an interesting body and a pair of wings.

An Introduction to Texturing, Lighting and Rendering Architectural Exteriors

In the field of Architectural Visualization, realism must always be the 1st goal that we strive to accomplish. In this 3 day tutorial series, you will gain a solid introduction to valuable lighting and texture mapping techniques that can be used to achieve realistic architectural renderings.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 How to use Volumetric Lighting in Cinema 4D

In this short tutorial, I show you how to use Volumetric Lighting in Cinema 4D. You can use Volumetric Lights for glows, Shine effects and also for dramatic backlighting.

Making of a Formula 1

Introduction – I’ve made this car by the requests of an advertising agency here in Rio de Janeiro. They need it completed in less than 3 days… It should be a generic formula1, ‘because our client doesn’t sponsor any… I asked for more time, but the agency was in a hurry (as always…)

So I decided to do it by myself…the color scheme of the car is a tribute to my soccer team Flamengo who is the winner of the Brazilian soccer championship of 2009. The car took me one week to be finished! And here is the small project overview…

I’ve looked in the Internet for the official documents of formula1 in order to have the right dimensions to model my own car.

Procedural Modeling with MEL Scripts in Maya

This tutorial introduces the exciting possibilities for modeling using Maya’s MEL scripting language. In this first part, we will learn the basics of MEL commands, and create two procedural model scripts that could be useful in your own workflows.

Part 1

Part 2

Particle Shadows

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:11:33 +0000

• Cast realistic shadows from a 3D Particle System
• Includes work-flow tips and setup for custom sprites

Green Smoke

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:05:40 +0000

• Create a cloudy smoke title with real footage
• Combine video elements with a particle system

10 Best AfterEffect Video Tutorials

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:12:44 +0000

Spatial Experiment – The After Effects with Trapcode Particular

Hello everyone! This new video tutorial will be devoted to After Effects and Trapcode Particular 2.0! We will learn through 45min of video how to set this fabulous plugin to get an experimental space scene, in which thousands of particles will be in action.

Glow in the Dark – Spheres of light lines with layers of forms

Following a request on the Facebook page of Samuel, who wanted to reproduce a photo of Blaison, we’ll learn how to recreate a 3D sphere, composed of dozens of rows of lights to bring the best of the spirit of this light painting in the reference image.

Cutting videos into strips for a cool 3D transition

Hello to all in this new video tutorial Free After Effects, we’ll see how to make a nice transition between two dynamic compositions, videos, 3D-based blades, masking, lighting and expressions.
The graphical output, although interesting, is not the most important in this training. The main objective will be to improve your workflow, how you manage the effects and multiple elements at once to improve your working speed!

Text Effects Flip-Flap, Particles, Triangles and color effects

In this new video tutorial, we’ll create an animation of 5s, which can be used as an intro video with a text Effect Flip-Flap with a colorful and modern dress.
We will cover several different topics, such as animation of text characters per character, the management of a system of particles under CC particle world, and other effects to dress up the whole.
This tutorial does not require third party plugins, and works from version CS3 for animation character of text.

How To Make The Cherry 7up Look With Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I go though the process of making this Cherry 7up Animation. First, I show you how to model a simple cherry to use for the particle. Then I show you how to use the Mograph Cloner Object, Dynamics, Spline Effector, Global Illumination, and Linear Falloff settings to animate the scene. This is a long one. Over an hour. So go get a coffee, get comfy, and I’ll see you in the tutorial.

Part 1

Part 2 How to make the the Discovery Channel Rebrand Cube Transition Effect

In this tutorial, I show you how to recreate the Discovery Channel Cube Effect that is the main part of a recent Discovery Channel Rebrand made by Royale. I have been trying to figure this out for a while now and I always had trouble controlling the boxes in such an organic, yet specific way. It wasn’t until I started playing with the shader effector that it dawned on me that this was the solution. Anyway, check out the tutorial where I also use a Cloner Object, the Plain Effector, Object Buffers, Ambient Occlusion and Specular Highlights to get this animation ready for composite.

Part 1

Part 2 How to make a Simple Spin Logo Animation

In this tutorial, I use Cinema 4D, Mograph and the Random Effector to animate a simple logo. I also show you how to texture your text with different textures for the front and sides. Finally, we animate a camera using CS Tools Easy cam and prepare our animation for render.

Part 1

Part 2 After Effects CS5: Color Finesse

This effects plugin that comes with After Effects CS5 will let editors take better advantage of the higher quality 32-bit color space.

Car Light Trails

Create car light trail effect in After Effects
Play around with 3d stroke effect to achieve great results

Discover How To Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect

After Effects, my dear Watson! This tutorial uses hand drawn elements, textures, and pre-matted motion elements to recreate a look that is similar to the Sherlock Holmes credits. It gives you basics to build on. The great thing about this effect is that it is made to look organic and not 3D and effects heavy, but it still turns out looking really professional. It does not require very much expertise in free hand drawing seeing that all you have to do is trace a still image. Take this tutorial and build upon it to create something awesome.

Animating a Still

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:44:09 +0000

• Add fake movement to a still and animate moving smoke
• Create a real camera movement with a rack focus

TUTORIAL NOTES:
Turning on the Motion Blur switch for CC Particle world applies to AE CS5 only.

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Cel Shading in Maya with Christophe Desse

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:14:09 +0000

We’re very fortunate to have Christophe Desse, who is working at Naughty Dog in Santa Monica, stop by Gnomon to create a tutorial on Cel Shading in Maya.

3D Ledge

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:12:36 +0000

• Integrate 3D with Live Action footage using 2D tracking
• Includes steps for 3D Max & Cinema 4D or use AE only

I’m finishing up some work on my 3D ledge presentation and more ideas came to mind (after watching The 5th Element) and I wanted to include some tips for possibly creating a futuristic scene as well. We’re going to have a busy couple of weeks ahead including the Shatter tutorial coming out on Monday and this 3D Ledge soon after. Stay tuned and have your multi-pass ready!

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Coin Stack

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:06:15 +0000

• Create 3d coins in After Effects
• Use a simple technique to stack them on top of each other

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Shatterize

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:56:40 +0000

• Create a progressive shatter effect in After Effects
• Composite with Glows and add subtle camera shake

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Working With Photographic Reference

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:18:24 +0000

Introduction:

This 3 part video tutorial by ten24’s James Busby will show the process of preparing and using photographic reference to create realistic human characters. Part 1 will show the steps taken in Photoshop with parts 2 and 3 focusing on the methods used in Lightwave. Also available for download with this tutorial is the base mesh used.

3D Ball Dispersion

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:48 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn a technique to offset the animation of the CC Ball Action effect to create a cool transition. This effect uses only built-in plug-in and offers creative flexibility for a variety of looks. The project file also includes a script for offsetting the layers by 1 frame to make the process easier. The tutorial is about 25 minutes but the time will fly by!

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VIDEO TUTORIAL: Projections in ZBrush

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000

In this video tutorial I will show you many various ways to use the zbrush projections Tools, I will show you how to optimize your mesh. I will show you how to transfer one mesh to another, I will show you how to transfer just parts of one mesh to another this is an easy and fast way to retopology your mesh.

Digital painting tutorials

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:41:15 +0000

Digital painting process, made for self evaluation purposes…

Simulate A Glowing Neon Light Sign Of Your Logo

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:59:39 +0000

I know we all have busy schedules with lots of things to do during the day…. and ya know, that’s the very reason we stay open late here on AEtuts+! Ok, it’s a website so that doesn’t really work, but if we had a store front we would stay open late just for you… you and the date you brought who doesn’t think it’s gonna work out…. sorry, they told me not to tell you… hmm… awkward… Here’s how to create an “Open Late” sign yourself.

Making Of Multi-Award Winning VFX Short Carbon Footprint

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:44:18 +0000

Software Used :

3ds Max, Brazil RS, Digital Fusion

Introduction :

This series of movies takes a look behind the making of multi-award winning VFX short “Carbon Footprint”. VFX supervisor and 3D artist Matt Chandler, from Jellyfish Pictures (London, UK), talks through various scenes and techniques used to create the two minute VFX sequence, which was nominated for Best of Show at Siggraph 2008. Topics covered include the project’s conception, early versions/VFX tests, lighting, rendering, projection mapping, shaders, simulation and 3D compositing.