“Model showcase – part2″ by Ashraf Aiad To see the Model showcase tutorial please click on the thumbnail below. (c) Ashraf Aiad, www.pixelcg.com

Model showcase – part1 by Ashraf Aiad. To see the Model showcase tutorial please click on the thumbnail below.

(c) Ashraf Aiad, www.pixelcg.com

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"The Box tutorial" by Alexander Magnussen To see the Box tutorial please click on the thumbnail below. Alexander Magnussen, www.amagnussen.com       

"Creating Clay Renders with 3ds Max 2010 and mental ray" by i3D Tutorials In this video, from “Production Instruction with 3ds Max 2010: Volume I”, we’ll take advantage of mental ray’s ProMaterials to create a nice clay render of the interior scene we’ve been working on. By rendering using the technique shown in this video, we can create a clean and clear render that showcases our work in the best light possible, highlighting the depth and details of our modeling work. To see the Creating Clay Renders tutorial please click on the thumbnail below. i3D Tutorials, www.i3dtutorials.com       

"Black Pearl Treasure" by Domenico Selvarolo

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1
-In top view create a backdrop item – set top in projectio type and choose reference image
in “image”…. The image found with google.

2
-Start modeling with pen tool… Set make quads option.

3
-Follow the reference image lines.
-Adjust the shape by the vertices.
-Assign a topology to the skull.

"Lit Sphere Material" by Ashraf Aiad
“Lit sphere Material” is one of the most over looked feature in mudbox 2009.
This tutorial is aimed to shed some light on “how to” use it properly within Mudbox.
The 2 main things one need to remember when using such Shader
A-    Align the light with the camera
B-    Make the sphere slightly bigger than its container
To see the Lit Sphere Material tutorial please click on the thumbnail below.

(c) Ashraf Aiad, www.pixelcg.com

"Advanced multi-channel texturing" by Ziv Qual

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Over the years I’ve learned and developed my own solutions and methods for complex texturing. The blood knight is the second of several characters I’m making and since he’s the one who experiences the battle up close and personal more than the others, I’ve decided that with him I will try to push my methods to add many details such as dirt, scratches, stains, blood, decorations etc’ much further than before in a method I like to call "multi-channel texturing". My main focus on this character was the texturing / shading and in this tutorial I will share the process, considerations and a few other tips.
LINK to download a test animation I’ve rendered to check how the materials react to different lighting setups.
Multi-channel texturing – general idea, pros and cons
The method I refer to as Multi channel texturing takes advantage of the ability to have many different map channels (in other softwares like Maya this is referred to as UV-sets) for the same object while it’s material is made out of many maps mixed together using masks with these map channels.

"Achieve realistic looking lighting using max default scanline renderer" by Aziz Khan

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Hello every buddy!
in this tutorial i will show you how to achieve realistic looking outdoor lighting using 3ds max default scanline renderer without any 3rd party rendering plug-in, so this tutorial is pretty basic but i hope this could be helpful for you,
so lets get started,
1-fire up your version of 3ds max with any scene you have but in this case i am using simple scene with a plane and few duplicated teapots,

2-ok got to your (Create) tab and then chose (Lights) and then chose (Skylight) as you can see on the image below,

3-place it anywhere on your scene it doesn’t mater where you place the light it will work perfectly,

4-with the light selected go to your modify panel and do the same settings as you can see on the image below,

5-and now lets create another light to serve as sun light, again go to your (Lights) and now chose (Target Direct),