Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to use the push pull tool in Google SketchUp. This tool is the core of SketchUp. It allows you to pull any flat shape into 3D. This instructional video covers how to pull any flat shape into 3D, tips for accuracy and efficiency, how to cut away geometry and infer to other geometry.
In this software tutorial you will learn how to turn a regular photo into a 3D looking image or make the photo pop out in a pseudo-3-dimensional way using Inkscape. This is a clever way to use Inkscape to play with photos and could be used for graphic design or scrapebooking type applications.
This is a short Blender tutorial that illustrates how to move a vertex along an arbitrary edge of an object no matter how the edge is rotated in 3D space. This 3D tutorial is from Stage6 so check it out and learn how to control the vertices on your Blender models.
This Blender 3D tutorial teaches you how to light a scene (in this case a house) from scratch using Ambient Occlusion, one lamp for the Sun and a hemi in the interior to fake radiosity. Ambient occlusion is a great way to light things, so if you need to learn 3D ray-trace lighting, this Blender tutorial will help.
This tutorial shows you how to create bubbles emitting from a point or object in Blender 3D. Perfect for any underwater scene you may want to create.
Breath some life into your animated scene by watching this 3ds Max video tutorial to see how to use keyframes for basic digital character animation modeling.
Watch this 3ds Max video tutorial to see how to get an object to follow a path with constraints to get procedurally control over your object with those constraints. Perfect for you digital animators/modelers.
Get the finest level of control over your animation with the curve editor. Just check out this 3ds Max video tutorial on how to do low level animating.
Become a director by creating cameras and moving them through your scene for that perfect shot with the help of this 3ds Max video tutorial. Especially helpful to digital animators and modelers who don't know how to create a scene.
Yes, this 3ds Max video tutorial will show you modelers and digital animators how to add more believability to your lighting with physically accurate lights, as in photometric lights, so enjoy.
This 3ds Max video tutorial will show you how to modify an object at the lowest level, giving complete control over your objects appearance with EditPoly. So, if you don't know what a vertex is you digital modelers/animators, then you're missing something.
This 3ds Max video tutorial will show you how lighting, like omnilights, mental ray rendered lights, skylights, and many more, can make the difference between amateur and pro. Take some time to learn the standard lights as digital modelers/sculptors/animators.
This 3ds Max video tutorial will show you how to create procedural objects from your 2D shapes, extrusions, and bevels. This is a must for all you graphic digital animators/modelers.
Check out this 3ds Max video tutorial on a detailed look at creating shapes and lines. Autodesk's 3D Studio Max is a customizable and scalable 3D modeling and rendering solution for games, film, and television, so don't miss out you digital animators.
In this 3ds Max video tutorial, you'll see how to use a sphere to speed up the modeling of the skull and neck areas on your organic 3D human model in Autodesk's 3D Studio Max digital graphic modeling software and Adobe Photoshop.
This 3ds Max video tutorial goes over the concept of specular maps and how to paint one using an existing bump map as reference in Autodesk's 3D Studio Max digital graphic modeling software. You'll work in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop, so if you don't have one or the other programs, why even bother building digital 3D characters?
This video tutorial takes front and side reference images in Adobe Photoshop and prepares them for use as reference plates in your 3D modeling package of choice, like Autodesk's 3D Studio Max. Distortions introduced by the lens, camera, and photographer are removed and key features are lined up for easy digital modeling in 3ds Max 8.
Before you learn the hard stuff of 3D digital animation with Pixologic's Zbrush 3.1 sculpting software, you might want to learn the navigation of things. Navigation is a very boring thing in Zbrush, but is very important for 3D modeling. This video will teach you to move objects, rotate, and more.
If you're starting out using Pixologic's Zbrush 3D sculpting software, then you might want to learn the interface. In this video, you'll see how to work inside of Zbrush 3.1's interface, so one day you'll be the digital animator you wanted to be. But beware, 3D modeling is not easy, unless you've done it before.
Need a little help with your Autodesk Maya 8.5? Are those 3D animated objects frustrating you? Is 3D modeling just a huge headache for you? Well, this video Maya tutorial might help a bit. You need to know what to constrain and what not to constrain. So, you'll learn here how to create clusters.
If you are building 3D characters using Autodesk Maya 8.5, but are still having trouble, maybe you forgot about snapping? Well, check out this beginning tutorial video on snapping in Maya, to make your animation much, much easier. 3D modeling is just the beginning folks.
Jason Welsh shows you how to use polygroups in Pixologic's Zbrush 3.1 3D sculpting software and explains the difference between a subtool in a polymesh structure, when combining. So, for all you 3D modelers out there, if you want to make great animated characters, this is a good video to check out.
So, you want to add some weird things, like horns to your 3D animated character in Pixologic's Zbrush 3.1 sculpting software. Well, you've come to the right place. This video tutorial will teach you how to add Zspheres to your sculpt in Zbrush and why. Your 3D animated model will look great when you stage another object and add it to your character.
This Pixologic Zbrush 3.1 video tutorial shows you how to place eyes in your 3D animated character's head. You'll have to sculpt out those eye sockets out first and then grab a squirkle to work with, using a few tools. If you want to be a great 3D digital animator, learning the basics of Zbrush modeling is a must. You'll see how to move, rotate, and scale an object, too.
This video shows you how to turn a scene or composition into a 3D scene in After Effects.
Origami a 3d star. This is called strip origami since it uses strips of paper instead of one single piece of paper. AKA modular origami.
This tutorial goes over more basic features of Google SketchUp and helps you learn how to use pre-made 3D models.
Make a 3D paper snowflake using origami techniques and a stapler. You need ten 4x4 squares of paper.
Make a Japanese kusudama, or as it is more commonly known a 3D paper medicine ball. It resembles origami but much more fun. This modular origami model requires 20 units.
Learn how to model a carved table in Rhino 3D. This is a more intermediate tutorial involving Filleted Edges, Spiral, Pipe, Truncated Cones, Differences, etc. This will get you a completed model of a carved table.
This tutorial shows you how to box model (polygonal modeling) a spaceship in Rhino 3D. Take a standard box and explode it, then turn on control points and rebuild it -- and THEN drag shapes out of the box! It's cool -- and pretty fun. Definitely a beginners tutorial.
In this video you’ll learn two facets of Illustrator CS2’s 3D capabilities. You’ll learn how to create a simple 2D shape and revolve it into a bottle, and then you’ll see how to put your own custom label on it. Next you’ll see how to take a simple 2D shape and extrude it to mock up the popular MP3 player.
This movie shows you how to create actual 3D objects in After Effects without expressions or 3rd party software. This example uses the shatter tool and some text, but you don't have to stick just to text.
This tutorial explains how to get started with working in 3D in Motion 3. It's very similar to working in 2D and the first thing you'll want to do is add a camera.
You can see the weather in 3D like First person shooter style by using the site called wunderground. So first go to the site and type whatever you want like Boston, Massachusetts to see the weather of there. You will find a
In this two-part tutorial series, you'll see how to make a spinning glass block animation with Cinema 4D, Mograph and refraction. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, including complete instructions, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
In this two-part tutorial, you'll learn how to take advantage of the camera projection and GI features within C4D. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, including complete instructions, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
Do you like making loud noises? We do here at Wonderhowto, and this video will show you one easy way to do so using only a standard sheet of printer paper. You just have to fold in a certain way, slam it against a table or other hard surface, and bang! You've made a loud banging noise without having to invest in poppers or anything! You can reuse the same sheet to create further bangs, but the noise level may diminish with repeated banging.
If you want to make an omelette, you're going to have to break a few eggs. Or shoot them! This video will walk you through the process this artist took for creating 3D movie of a bullet passing through an egg, destroying it. This is very good educational exercise for 3D artists, even if you prefer you eggs over-hard to scattered-all-over-by-a-bullet.
So you're mastered the basics of modeling 3D characters in 3D Studio MAX. Good for you. Where to now? This video perhaps? It will teach you how to use plane modeling to create a model of a human head. This technique requires some skill and experience at using 3ds Max, but if you've got that and need to move on to the next level, watch this video.
