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…

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…

Create an energetic fire and water scene in Blender

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/01/2012 13:04pm

Andrew Price shows you how to simulate real-world flame and fluid effects

Create a landscape from map data in 3ds Max

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/01/2012 13:03pm

Simon Moir shows you how to enhance arch-viz exterior renders with landscaping based on real-world locations

Grow an object over time in Cinema 4D

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/01/2012 13:02pm

Rob Redman shows you how to animate the growth of a plant or other object along a defined path

Set up a soft body in 3ds Max 2012

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/01/2012 13:01pm

Michael McCarthy helps you adapt to a major technology update in the latest version of 3ds Max

Exclude objects from reflection and refraction in V-Ray

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/01/2012 13:00pm

James Cutler shows you how to take control of your light settings in the popular render engine

How to convert 2D footage to stereoscopic 3D

| Features, Technique, Tutorials | 12/12/2011 12:44pm stereo.t_stereo_thumb

Developing a process for efficient 2D to S3D conversion

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