In this tutorial you will learn how to create a pretty decent looking water shader in Maya without many nodes. Water materials are a great and fast way to get around creating real 3D water effects so watch this Maya tutorial and create your own water shader.
Did you know you can create beautiful covers for your scrapbooks using all kinds of materials? This video tutorial shows how easy it is. Linen scrapbook covers need slightly different materials than regular paper compatible materials. You'll need Tombo (or another double sided adhesive) and liquid glass. Watch this video scrapbooking tutorial and learn how to decorate a linen scrapbook cover.
This tutorial will guide you step by step and help you get access to an almost limitless number of instruments and effects. There are so many freeware synths and effects that this tutorial can help you use. Check it out and learn how to install VST plugins in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
This tutorial covers the very basic functions of using layers in GIMP photo editing software. A good tutorial for GIMP beginners, but if you know Photoshop or other layer based programs, you should skip this one.
This tutorial video will teach you to give foil highlights to people's hair. This is a great tutorial for any aspiring hair stylists.
In this beading video tutorial, you'll see how to create this extremely durable stitch that is also wonderfully flexible! Learn how to stitch the ndebele or herringbone pattern for beaded jewelry by watching this video tutorial.
This video jewelry-making tutorial shows how to make these origami crane earrings. You will need tiny origami paper, crimping beads, crystals, earring findings, and jewelry wire. Learn how to fold a crane using the traditional Japanese art of origami and craft it into earrings by watching this video jewelry-making tutorial.
This tutorial will show you how to tease your hair so that it's looking wonderful and big. If you're looking for a retro or scene hairstyle, this big hair tutorial is for yopu.
"Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley presents a tutorial with tips on how to render a male body in proper proportion to the head. Learn how to sketch for anime or manga by watching this video drawing tutorial.
Welcome to the hairpin crochet tutorial video! This method of crocheting was popular during the Victorian era. It's VERY EASY. You should know how to single crochet in order to do this technique. There is a video tutorial on how to start up the lace. First, remember to make a slip knot to successfully crochet with a hairpin.
This video tutorial shows you how to use the Clone Stamp tool in Photoshop. It is a beginner level tutorial.
Check out this SEO video tutorial on how to create and submit an XML sitemap with some free tools from the Internet. You'll find out about using an XML sitemap as a substitution for a robot.txt file, whether submitting an XML sitemap will increase your page rank, and more. You can't get a better search engine optimization tutorial than this.
This is a Tricking 540 kicking tutorial for parkour. Many people keep confusing the TKD 540 and the Tricking 540 with each other. Get tips from this how-to for distinguishing the two. So if you want to learn the 540 Kick and you're watching this tutorial, know this:
This video tutorial instructs how to use marbling techniques to make a faux wood finish out of polymer clay. Learn how to manipulate different colors of polymer clay to create a fake wood effect. This tutorial teaches how to make a faux wood polymer clay picture frame.
A tutorial for the magic card trick called, "The Revolver." With this magic trick you can impress your friends with easy to learn step by step tutorial.
In this special edition Jason Welsh takes on unwrapping captain subtools in Blender from Zbrush and makes him a brand new set of UVS then brings it back to Zbrush.
This tutorial shows you how to make an alien console in Zbrush. You will also learn how to work with hiding geometry. Make sure you understand or watch the "Create displacement maps in Maya" lesson first if you don't know displacement already.
Learn the basics of lighting and how to manipulate lights within your scene in Maya.
This video is a crash course introduction to Maya geared for kids. Learn how to create a biped that is animatable.
This lesson shows you how to setup your viewports with reference for modeling in Maya.
This three part tutorial shows you how to work with curves in Maya. Start by learning the basics, then learn to use the curve system with polygons, then learn how to use advanced curves.
Using Zbrush Jason makes very high resolution textures then adds them to objects in a scene in Maya. You'll also learn how to create lighting to add realism to the scene.
Make uniform geometry in maya that is easy to sculpt in Zbrush using a method I call "stick and ball". This is a very easy way to learn forms on creatures.
Jason Welsh shows you how to model a mech robot in Maya.
This tutorial shows how to connect and set up a device/instrument (in this tutorial it's an electric guitar) to your Motif XS audio input, how to apply two effects, how to record the audio together with a performance to a song or pattern, and finally how to export the whole song to your hard disk as a .wav file.
If for no other reason than the fact that you're bored beyond belief during spring break or holiday and you need something involved and fun to do fast, this tutorial shows you a great way to pass the time. And unlike simply sitting on the couch and pigging out or shopping with your mom and sister it actually involves some brain work, too!
This is a simple and quick flare tutorial for breakdancing. With flares, depending on how you practice, it could be either a difficult or easy move. Be consistent with it--don't overtrain on flares. Enjoy the tutorial and good luck.
If you have ever done a multi UV model this is how you now handle multi-UV multi-Mesh in Zbrush 3.1.
This tutorial shows a way of baking your textures using 3D studio Max. A useful tutorial for Zbrush sculptors. You'll also need Photoshop.
Once you get the roughed in form of the Head done it is now time to Re-topo the head for better structure. This tutorial will show you how to use the topology tools in Zbrush to do this. This lesson follows "shape a human head in Zbrush" but is not necessary to do if you just want to learn topology tools.
In this lesson we will be sculpting a human skull from image planes in Zbrush 3.0.
This tutorial shows you how to sculpt a battle axe in Zbrush 3.0. Learn some sculpting techniques and hard edge base modeling.
This tutorial is for users new to Zbrush or Zbrush 3.0 users wanting to understand all the differences and new features for brushes and masking in 3.1. The first video also covers the interface and new abbreviations on icons.
This two part tutorial explains how to work with Zbrush and Second Life. You'll learn how to create textures in Zbrush and export them directly into Second Life.
This tutorial shows you how to scale your images quickly in Photoshop. This is a great tutorial for beginners or people doing simple work with their digital photos.
A tutorial on how to do the great one handed fan. There are two angles in the tutorial - one in spectator's view, and one in your own.
My first tutorial on Valve's Map Editor: This is just a quick guide to get started creating maps for Counter-Strike:Source, Half-Life2, Garry's Mod, or any other game using the Source Engine. In this tutorial, you learn the basic tools of Valve's Map Editor: Hammer.
This tutorial teaches you how to change the eye/hair color of someone using the quick mask feature of photoshop.
This tutorial teaches you how to use, download, and install brushes for Photoshop!
This two part tutorial covers all the basics of learning how to keyframe in Sony Vegas. More advanced techniques are covered in Montagical's other tutorials, but if you're new to Sony Vegas, this will be the place to start.
