Blender tutorial: How to simulate fluids

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 21/02/2013 14:52pm 3dw165tutblender

Add splashing liquids to your scene with Phil Nolan’s in-depth guide to creating realistic fluid simulations

Free full tutorial: Manage scenes more efficiently using 3ds Max

| Guides, Tutorials | 20/02/2013 17:09pm Maxmain

Speed up your workflow by handling scene data with containers in 3ds Max. Paul Hatton explains

Five tips: architectural visualisation

| Guides, Tutorials | 18/02/2013 16:27pm TDW120.f_xfactor_580

Every year, artists create tens of thousands of 3D images and animations, both for job pitches and personal portfolios. Make sure your work stands out in the crowd with our expert tips…

Create brilliant motion graphics in Cinema 4D

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 18/02/2013 15:53pm 3dw126tutmotion

3D animation meets graphic design as Tim Clapham shows you how to animate and composite a pro-quality logo sequence

Develop an image in modo and ZBrush

| Guides, Making of, Technique, Tutorials | 14/02/2013 15:12pm 3dw165octopus

Rafael Vallaperde shares the production process behind his atmospheric illustration of an octopus

Cinema 4D tutorial: Build cages without plotting each spline individually

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 11/02/2013 15:59pm 3dw165qa2

Rob Redman reveals how to use Cinema 4D’s Edge to Spline command and take the pain out of cage-building

The making of The Green Ruby Pumpkin

| Guides, Making of, Technique, Tutorials | 07/02/2013 15:10pm 3dw165tutpumpkin

VFX artists Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma reveal how they created their Wizard of Oz inspired short film in Maya

Get better rendering performance in V-Ray

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 04/02/2013 15:46pm 3dw165qa1

James Cutler explains how to improve your renders in V-Ray by taking control of the sampler settings

Build a shockwave deformer in Softimage using ICE

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 28/01/2013 15:25pm 3dw164qashockwave

Make an impact with Ola Madsen’s technique for making your geometry pulsate with power

Tutorial: Composite V-Ray render elements to make a Photoshop beauty pass

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 21/01/2013 16:23pm 3dw164qa2

James Cutler takes you through all the steps towards making your beauty pass properly beautiful

Expert tips and tricks for motion graphics

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 17/01/2013 15:08pm 3dw164tips

Improve your mograph workflow with advice from Michaeljohn Day of animation studio Art & Graft

modo tutorial: model believable scale on a spaceship

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 14/01/2013 16:21pm 3dw164qamodo

Mike Griggs is here with some modo tips to prevent your massive battlecruiser from looking like an escape capsule

Tutorial: Create effects with particle simulations

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 10/01/2013 16:19pm 3dw164tutfund

Want to learn how to tame a tornado? Mike Griggs explores the fundamentals of particle simulations

Tutorial: Make an object glow in Maya

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 07/01/2013 15:15pm 3dw164qa1

Antony Ward takes you beyond the standard options for a glow effect where you can fully control how it looks

Tutorial: Get to grips with LightWave IK

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 20/12/2012 14:00pm 3dw163qa

Is your LightWave IK going all flippy and twitchy? Follow Craig Monins’ guide and get it all running smoothly