http://3dessentials.com Best Illustrations, Tutorials and Resources for the 3d community. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:34:51 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/ ]]> In this tutorial, Dror Lazar demonstrates how to setup and create the effect of animated 3D strokes. Dror shows techniques in both Maya and 3ds Max.

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]]> http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-uv-map-a-character-in-autodesk-maya-2009/feed/ 0 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/additive-and-morph-target-animation-in-unreal-development-kit-advanced-level-video-tutorials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=additive-and-morph-target-animation-in-unreal-development-kit-advanced-level-video-tutorials http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/additive-and-morph-target-animation-in-unreal-development-kit-advanced-level-video-tutorials/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:56:37 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/additive-and-morph-target-animation-in-unreal-development-kit-advanced-level-video-tutorials/ ]]> First two videos of a series of small and quick videos where I show you how to do specific things in Unreal Development Kit and other programs. The first video will show you how to easily make a GetHit animation on a character and how to make it work in an AnimTree while the second one will walk you through how to set up a mesh in Maya 2009, animate it with a Blend Shape (Morph Target) and get it to work in Unreal Development Kit.

]]> http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/additive-and-morph-target-animation-in-unreal-development-kit-advanced-level-video-tutorials/feed/ 0 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/ambient-occlusion-using-mib_amb_occlusion-node-in-autodesk-maya/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ambient-occlusion-using-mib_amb_occlusion-node-in-autodesk-maya http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/ambient-occlusion-using-mib_amb_occlusion-node-in-autodesk-maya/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:28:29 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/ambient-occlusion-using-mib_amb_occlusion-node-in-autodesk-maya/ ]]> Occlusion is a fast and simple method to simulate the effects of global illumination. Ambient occlusion is most often calculated by casting rays in every direction from the surface. Rays which reach the background or “sky” increase the brightness of the surface, whereas a ray which hits any other object contributes no illumination. As a result, points surrounded by a large amount of geometry are rendered dark, where as points with little geometry on the visible hemisphere appear light. The soft appearance achieved by ambient occlusion alone is similar to the way an object appears on an overcast day. So what basically this shader does is try to re-create the effect of ambient occlusion.

]]> http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/ambient-occlusion-using-mib_amb_occlusion-node-in-autodesk-maya/feed/ 0 http://3dessentials.com/websites/website-of-directorvfx-supervisor-allan-mckay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=website-of-directorvfx-supervisor-allan-mckay http://3dessentials.com/websites/website-of-directorvfx-supervisor-allan-mckay/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:07 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/websites/website-of-directorvfx-supervisor-allan-mckay/ ]]> Allan McKay is an award winning Visual Effects Supervisor and Director, originating from the Gold Coast of Australia, now living in California in the United States for Hollywood studios including Warner Bro’s, Prime Focus Company – Frantic Films, Emmy award winning Digital Dimension and Oscar nominated Blur Studio, as well as George Lucas’ Emmy award winning company Industrial Light + Magic, amongst dozens of others all around the world.

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