Thinking about getting started with 3D? Or want to hone your skills? Autodesk's 3ds Max is one of the most popular 3D software solutions around for digital artists – master its extensive toolset and create show-stopping with this brilliant selection of 3ds Max tutorials. Who better to learn 3ds Max from than its creators?
Intended for those new to 3ds Max, this guide from Autodesk offers a quick introduction to the world of 3D. Using basic features of the program, you’ll create a simple battlefield scene made up of a cannon, a rock, a tree, and a windmill.
You’ll also add a camera and use it to view the scene from different angles. Get to grips with 3ds Max's rigging tools in this comprehensive guide The term 'rigging' can strike fear in to the heart of even the most seasoned 3D artist. This Pluralsight tutorial takes the pain away, covering 3ds Max's rigging tools in a very methodical way, ensuring you know the tools and techniques that are most important to get up and running quickly. In this tutorial from 3D Total, learn how to light and set up some materials in 3ds Max using Mental Ray that gets good results while also having a fast render time.
3ds Max has some amazing and creative ways to make your type look absolutely beautiful. In this tutorial. Jeya of Media Militia reveals how to extrude text, tweak it out, manipulate the mesh, and then export it out to Photoshop to add in some extra elements. Discover how to easily create one of the most used 3D materials, Chrome From the team at, discover how to create a chrome material, one of the most used materials in the 3D design field. 3D artist Hatrice Bayramoglu's free tutorial over on CGArena shows how to model a hand from a sketch.
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Using polygonal modelling technqiues, the process start using the hand sketch as a blueprint. Targeted at mid-level 3ds Max users who want to get into animation, this tutorial will teach you how to easily animate an object using the auto key animation technique. This technique takes the pain of animating away, by setting the initial and final stages in the animation and the program automatically creates all the stages in between.