Welcome to the tutorials section. There are tutorials and informative (hopefully) articles on a few different topics. For the ones that are more instructional how-to tutorials, I have tried to include information on the prerequisite knowledge and user knowledge level required. These are generally all aimed at users of 3dsMax, but I'm sure much of the info can be translated to other packages as well.

If you have a question that you think would be useful to others if answered in tutorial form then just email me (link at top of page) and let me know, and once I have some free time, I'll write up a tut :) .

. General Info

     Intro to the Visual Effects Process - A general introduction to how the visual effects process works.

Brazil 1 / Rio 1

     The Basics of Brazil / Rio - A general Introduction to the features of Brazil / Rio

     The Brazil Light and Camera - An in-depth explaination of how to use the Brazil light and Brazil camera

     Using Depth of Field - The do's and don'ts of DOF in brazil

     Brazil Materials and Shaders - What the new materials and shaders do and tips on usage.

Modeling

     Modeling a car tire tread, with poly modeling and the bend modifier in 3dsmax.

     Modeling a tank tread with the path deform modifier in 3dsmax.

Lighting/Rendering

     Making an HDRI of your own - Step by step instructions for shooting and assembling a high dynamic range image.

     Using an HDRI for Reflections and Lighting - How to make use of that HDRI in a 3d package.



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