Want to know Tutorial sites for 3ds max beginners

[Flypaper]

Well you should have gotten a whole whack of tutorials when you bought it. Even in the help section there is tutorial files.

[Taoizm]

and if the dog ate em, or you've done them all and want more ;)

1) search on the internet
2) www.3dluvr.com

[cgSquad]

the huge and best and _qualitiest:surprised _ tutorials on net is ..ahmm..ahhmm www.3dcafe.com


:applause:

Those who are experienced maxers will agree with me.:D

[cdinic]

3d Cafe used to be awesome.. like 2 years ago.. now I hate it!!!!!

-Chris

[Flypaper]

The thing about 3D Cafe is that their tutorials aren't updated much, in fact, I believe that every tutorial in the max section deals with 3 and under, so you would be missing all the lovely new features that your 4.2 has to offer.

3D Cafe = 2 :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

[insect666]

Hey, hold on... I had a huge list of links some where...
Oh... Found it! :bounce:
Sorry guys... But I'm just trying to help.

MODELING

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/robot%20tut/owntut1.asp
[A tutorial for total begginers. Useful for those who have just started.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/colin-barnette/part1.asp
[This one's for total begginers too...]

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/joanofarc/joanmenu.asp
[Hehe... I hate the comp, but the tutorial isn't a bad one.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/geoff/main.asp

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/sadmike/sadmike.asp

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/plg/sthead.php
[Surface-modeling a head.]

http://www.terra.es/personal2/palmiro/tut_chair.htm
[Modeling a chair.]

http://www.dlc.fi/%7Eops/tutorial/clothing/clothing.htm
[Making clothes on a character.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/barrel/barrel.asp
[modeling a barrel... heh.]

http://www.ifrance.com/gregg/Tutorials/tut_eye_gregg/tut_eye_gregg.htm
[NURMS modeling.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/dni.php
[Modeling a marble holder...]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/modelhand/modelhand.asp
[modeling a hand.]

http://www.dlc.fi/~ops/tutorial/human.htm
[modeling a full human body, by using box-modeling.]

http://solobiking.tripod.com/3d/tut1.html
[oh joy! A low-poly "hummer"! :)]

http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/rezin_grass.htm
[ok... This is another tutorial about making grass.]

http://www.reel3d.freewire.co.uk/toots/beginner/terrain/index.htm
[making simple terrains.]

http://www.saunalahti.fi/ops/tutorial/treetut/treetut.htm
[making trees without any plug-ins.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/eyes1.php
[eyes...]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/modeldust/modeldust.asp
[Using CrossSection...]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/book/book.asp
[How to model a book... [It's getting boring.]]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/rtmodel1.php
[It's called "real time modeling" though I can't imagine why. :-/]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/03_lathe_martini.html
[another one for begginers.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/07_boolean.html
[booleans.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/02_extrude_logo.html
[for begginers.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/04_cloning_and_xform_daisy.html
[a few more uses of the XForm modifier.]

TEXTURING

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/magma.php
[lava... Cool!.. I meant "hot".]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/flatwater.php
[making flat water.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/11_materials_still_life_pt_1.html
[the first steps for making materials.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/12_sub_object_materials_still_life_pt_2.html
[using sub-object materials]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/13_mapping_coords_still_life_part_3.html
[mapping coords.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/metal_surfaces/lotsmetal.asp
[a fast tutorial... But usefull tips about making metals.]

LIGHTING

http://www.3dlight.com/page-lighting.htm
[matching lighting in compositing.]

http://www.3dlight.com/page-softlights.htm
[This one's very usefull for making realistic lighting.]

http://www.maxhelp.com/content/tutorials/smoky/smoky.htm
[some practice with volume lights.]

http://maxfreek2.tripod.com/Tutorials/Tut02.htm
[my desk lamp's symptom...]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/volume/volume.asp
[some basic practice with volume lights.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/Jenns3pt_tut/3ptlighting.asp
[I like this one.. Makes your models look better.]

ANIMATION

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/3DSMaxTutorial/pivots.html
[Pivot points.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/dragonwing/dragonwing.asp
[I used it for my dragon.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/01_local_coordinates_teapot.html
[usefull for starting animators.]

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/10_robot.html

http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max3/06_function_curves_ball_part_2.html
[Using function curves is a bit easier sometimes.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/characteranimation/characteranimation.asp
[a walk cycle.]

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/2057/dolphin.html
[SpaceWarps have a lot of uses.]

http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson98/

http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/lipsync/lipsync.html
[a lipSync tutorial.]

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/3DSMaxTutorial/keyframing.html
[For the animators.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/expeyes/expeyes.asp
[usefull.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/anchorfeet/anchorfeet.asp
[This one's for CharacterStudio.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/ikblend/ikblend.asp
[Another one for CS.]

http://www.rethinkfx.com/tutorials/ball.htm
[max script isn't that hard as I thought.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/cattrack/cattrack.asp
[this one's usefull sometimes.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/advik1.php
[I hate Max's bones, but the tut isn't bad.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/grass/grass1.asp
[There's a version of it on 3dluvr too. I luv this tutorial, very useful.]

RENDERING & EFFECTS

http://maxfreek2.tripod.com/Tutorials/Tut04.htm
[Making a galaxy with particle systems.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/smokin1.php
[basic smoke.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/smokin2.php
[a bit more smoke.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/underwaterscenes/underwaterscenes.asp
[Usefull.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/videopost/videopost.asp
[an introduction to videopost.]

http://www.ruku.com/glow.html
[Glow effect for begginers.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/trails/trails.asp
[I'll need lots of this if I'm gonna' make an animation of VAZ 2103 in the future.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/splat.php
[Splat!!!...]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/animatedsky/animatedsky.asp
[A quik way of making sky.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/realwater.php
[ok, nice for sea scenes.]

http://www.angelfire.com/la/startfromhere/tutorials11.html
[making realistic clouds.]

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/max/cel_shade_tut/cel_shading_tut_main.asp
[that stupid cartoonish look... =) ]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/asteroid.php
[making an asteroid.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/fairydust/fairydust.asp
[oh joy! It's sparkling! :)]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/sparks/sparks.asp
[Even more sparkles! :)]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/groundfog/groundfog.asp
[shows how to use fog.]

COMPOSITING

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/cameramatching/cameramatching.asp
[Usefull if you want to add 3D to a video.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/givedepth.php
[usefull trick]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/pyrotechnics.php
[boom!]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/cammatch.php
[Another tutorial about cammera matching.]

http://www.rethinkfx.com/tutorials/compmax.htm
[A simple, but quite long tutorial.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/advdigcomp.php
[advanced compositing.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/moa.php
[Lol! Use this tut if you have a photo of your grandmaa and want to blow her up.]

MISC.

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/std/theclaw.php
[using an expression controller.]

http://3dmax.8k.com/tutorials/Tut1/tutorial.html
[A usefulll way of speeding-up the viewport updates on slower comps.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/modelingtemplates/modelingtemplates.asp
[applying backgrounds to viewports and modeling according to it.]

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/3DSMaxTutorial/instancing.html
[ok... this one's for begginers that don't know what's the difference between an instance, a copy, and a reference.]


USING PLUGINS

http://hem.passagen.se/lexcyber/3dsmax/tut1/tut1.htm
[Some kind of water dynamics plug-in... Looks usefull.]

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/twister/twister.asp
[making a twister (tornado) by using PyroCluster plug-in.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/plg/rfpour.php
[Using the new "RealFlow" plug-in for Max.]

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/artz/3dsmax/plg/abcgexpl.php
[An afterbur tutorial... Interesting. They're making an explosion]

[Deepak Gupte]

Great thanks for your responses.:beer:

[Taoizm]

WOW :eek:

insect, that's a great list. Now to find time to comb through them myself. :D

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