This tutorial contains the detail view of glade creation process. The lesson is reckon on 3DStudioMax users and also is based on Grass-O-Matic plugin for 3DSMAX. The tutorial consist of six parts, where ... more

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic glass material and turn our chess pawn into a realistic glass object. Key terms include reflection, refraction, opacity, and fall-off. This tutorial ... more

A Rube Goldberg machine is an exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. They are usually made of household items and take longer to make than ... more

Some people always want to be like others, for example, when you browse the image galleries of 3DTotal, you’ll see there are a lot of great renderings. Then those peoples say, “Damn! What a bloody good ... more

You too can create those beautiful cartoon images and animations without buying expensive commercial plugins. This tutorial shows you how to do it using only standard Max materials and maps (R3.x only). ... more

This tutorial is designed for advanced 3dsmaxers, I plan to cover how to create an aseteroid in 3D studio max using only max’s standard plugins. Essentially most of the work in creating the asteroid is ... more

In this tutorial I would like to show you how to make an interior scene using 3dsmax 6 and rendering with Vray . Certainly you can use other version of 3dsmax and Vray but it’s possible that you will ... more

This tutorial will teach you how to create and apply a reflective material with ease. You are required to have some basic knowledge on how to use 3D Studio Max to follow this tutorial.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create gold, silver, and copper material. Key terms include reflection, specular, index of refraction, fresnel, and fall-off. This tutorial is aimed at both beginners ... more

Light caustics are light shapes created on the floor when light passes through certain glass objects such as a drinking glass. We are going to create this effect in 3D Studio Max by using the Mental Ray ... more