3D World downloads now available

| Magazine | 03/04/2012 10:47am

3D World is moving all of its download files to a new server. Some downloads are temporarily unavailable while this takes place, but we expect all files to be back online shortly.

UPDATE, 16.38: We believe everything is back to normal now.

Create a robot and rig tank tracks in Maya

| Guides, Tutorials | 22/02/2012 17:08pm tdw154-t_maya

Antony Ward creates a cute robot to demonstrate the principles of rigging a rotating track, in a series of nine videos…

Build and use a phoneme library in Blender

| Guides, Tutorials | 22/02/2012 17:08pm tdw154-t_blender

Alex Telford explains how to create a library of mouth shapes and other expression components, in a series of 14 videos…

Add detail using projection mapping in modo

| Guides, Tutorials | 22/02/2012 17:08pm tdw154-t_modo

Mike Griggs shows how to project textures onto objects to speed up your modelling workflow, in a series of five videos…

Wanted: Your feedback

| Magazine | 20/02/2012 13:00pm 3dworld-composite153

3D World has a new editor! Let Richard Hill know what you think of the magazine and website…

Create a photo-real render with Cycles in Blender

| Guides, Tutorials | 01/02/2012 14:25pm tdw153-blender

Alex Telford takes you from concept to final image with Blender’s new render engine, in a series of six videos…

Create effects using Force Fields in Maya

| Guides, Tutorials | 01/02/2012 14:24pm tdw153-t_maya

Eric Keller demonstrates how to use a texture map to control nParticle effects, in a series of four videos…

Remove a figure from a shot in Nuke

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/12/2011 13:09pm tdw151-qa_nuke-thumb

Navid Bagherzadeh shows you how to take a walking figure out of a panning camera shot

Add a 3D object to a photo backplate in Cinema 4D

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/12/2011 13:08pm tdw151-qa_cinema4d-thumb

Rob Redman shows you how to integrate your own 3D model into a photographed environment

Add a light wrap to keyed footage in After Effects

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/12/2011 13:08pm tdw151-qa_aftereffects-thumb

Tom Skelton presents a versatile technique for this common visual effects task

Create perfect complex bevels in 3ds Max

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/12/2011 13:00pm tdw151-qa_3dsmax-thumb

Michael McCarthy offers a helpful technique for motion graphics projects

3D World Advent Calendar Day 7: DAZ 3D Anime Star Fighter pack

| Magazine | 07/12/2011 12:27pm advent_day07-thumb

[THIS OFFER HAS ENDED] The first week of 3D World’s Christmas freebie bonanza wraps up with a brilliant sci-fi character set for DAZ Studio or Poser, courtesy of DAZ 3D

Create an underwater coral reef effect in Vue

| Guides, Tutorials | 08/11/2011 13:52pm tdw150-qa_vue-thumb

Conrad Allan takes you through the settings required to make a convincing underwater environment

Render a mirrored normal map in mental ray with Maya

| Guides, Tutorials | 08/11/2011 13:51pm tdw150-qa_maya-thumb

Antony Ward helps you overcome a tricky rendering issue when you’re using mirrored UVs

Fix messy lathe NURBS in Cinema 4D

| Guides, Tutorials | 08/11/2011 13:50pm tdw150-qa_cinema4d-thumb

Rob Redman explains how to take control of your splines