H3D Tutorials

Hi  Amigos,This tutorial gives you knowledge on the concept of UV pass shader. UV pass shader is used to render UV pass which will be used in compositing to modify texture of the selected object.To start, We will try to understand the concept of UV's in Mayaabove picture is UV layout in maya...

Attribute Collection lets you interactivly build and edit a custom user interface that can be saved with the scene.You can link attributes, group them in various layouts, add buttons and icons.Attribute Collection is part of the Bonus Tools for Maya and can be downloaded here.

This was two attempts to perform the "Neon" text idea in Shake. Yes, again there are tuts in PS and AE! Instead of the basic tut with lots of words, I will use lots of pics and very little words.Pretty much look at the pics (pics will show numbers to dial in) and connect the nodesThe left side of...

Hey!   Today I’m going to explain how to make a simple planet, that is not rendering intensive and actually looks pretty good.   First open Maya, and create a new scene.   Create a Sphere, Set it’s radius to 10, and center it on every axis.   Assign a Lamburt Shader to the Sph...

In this tutorial i showed how to create mountain using displacement, i explained about ocean shader snow texture.

Requirements and Downloads You  need the latlong_lens mental ray lens shader (latlong_lens.zip) . Example scene on how to use the shader, including the rendered HDR image (example_scene.zip). In order to view and edit HDR images HDRShop comes in handy .Introduction This tutorial shows how to...

To import .chan into Maya you will need this file:http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/utility-external/c/-chan-file-exporter-importer-with-nuke6x-point-cloud-importing--2

Hi! This is my 1st tutorial video that I've uploaded here, and I hope you'll like it, It's made for beginners and is quite easy understandable. In sorry that  all those "Check out my blog" looks too spammy, but I made this video for YouTube, and after computer crash I lost all raw Camtasia f...

This video tutorial runs you through the workflow of Maya and Mudbox.

Tutorial: Using Maya's 'Pick Walk' Functionality It sometimes surprises people that Maya uses the left/right keys to change the current selection instead of stepping back and forth in time. With the default key mappings 1, the up/down/left/right arrow keys are used to change the selection within ...

Sky Dome

Motion Path Camera

In this tutorial you will learn how to create the image seen below using displacement in Mental Ray for Maya. Mt. Rainier To follow along with this tutorial you will need the following software installed on your machine: Maya with the Mental Ray plug-in loaded Adobe Photoshop CS* or higher - For ...

Multipass Rendering : Quick Tutorialby Tahl Niran.IntroductionMost people know that you can get the best results from outputting multiple passes from your 3d app and then tweaking these in 2d. What I have put together is a simple breakdown of a setup which will allow you a lot of control in compo...

Z composite with IFF in Shake Utilizing the Z channel (depth information) of Maya's IFF files in Shake is a bit tricky because of the way Maya stores depth information... here's a quick tutorial to get you started.Note that this tutorial is applicable on not only Maya's IFF files but also on othe...

By Eric KellerScientific animation is a great source of work, and also a great opportunity to flex your creative muscle. It's often a challenge to create something that is simultaneously instructive, visually engaging, and scientifically accurate. However, accuracy in scientific animations is a t...

Lead Compositor John Lafauce, Jr. revisits the ardous task of head replacement and shares his Shake compositing techniques on this unusual film.THE STAGE IS SET After a family is suddenly murdered while enjoying an intimate dinner in their home, Master "Betty" Pain and his evil henchmen realize t...

Compositing Ambient Occlusion and channel based lighting.By Tahl Niran. Hi this is another in a series of my shake tutorials. Although I am using big words in the tut name, what I am really interested in covering here is a workflow for relighting and tweaking the lighting of 3d CGI in a comoposit...

Face Crack Tutorial: Part 1Rig removal and clean plate generation in Shakeby Tahl Niran.After quite a few requests for tutorials on this subject, I have dug up an old shot for a short film I worked on a few years back. The film was shot on a variety of formats and mastered at 1k for a 35mm finish...

Simple Set Extension in Shakeby Tahl Niran.Set extensions and compositing matte paintings are some of the most spectacular and satisfying shots that a compositor can work on. In this tutorial we will be looking at a very simple application of the principles involved. I have also included an After...

UV Map Now or UV Map Later With a little tinkering and the right movie as input, you can make a displacement node perform UV mapping within Shake, putting an ordinary still image into motion. Instead of mapping an image onto an object, map absolute UV addresses. By subtracting a reference pattern...

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the huge number of different video recording formats and their specifications. Information is widely scattered and hard to find. This document will mostly cover professional and semi-pro formats, both those in use now and those being under development.