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I attended this school.

Heres a link to my site with Weblinks of other schools l attended/know of.
http://mbah.us/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=45:education&Itemid=48

Flames - using Maya Fluid Simulation.

Youtube Animation video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJ9OUR1kHU

Very useful collection of 3D related graphics websites l put together

http://mbah.us/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=39:graphics&Itemid=48

Hope you find the links useful. Please let me know if any are broken.

3ds max walk cycle animation.

Video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezTTLTENFeg

aphek: You're right about that, thanks.

Working on animated version, will post link when done [currently taking 6mins/frame, total estimated rendering=29hours]

http://mbah.net/pages/graphics/

Bar with Late Great Fela and Festac '77 Logo

Worked on this adapted rendering using 3DSMax to learn more on water caustics, threw in some reflective long and short objects to see how they bend correctly with the water surface at the top of the pool.
Note:
Rendering time in the neighborhood of +10hrs even on an 8 core/8Gb/Win7 64bit OS machine.
Also to speed up static changes, create a reusable Final Gather map and a Caustics and Global Illumination Photon map - these are available options under the IL -Indirect Illumination tab in the Render Settings

Link to HD version of 1st image [1920x1080] at: http://mbah.net/pages/graphics/

First attempt working on oceans usning Autodesk Maya.

Will post video clip here soon.

Very useful tool for renaming your image files if you messed up the numbering etc: http://download.cnet.com/File-Renamer-Basic/3000-2248_4-10306538.html

I rendered using Maya, but used the RAMPlayer in 3DS Max which l find more useful than Maya's playblast - to create uncompressed avi - this is best - and then used Adobe Media Encoder to encode in h.264/youtubr/vimeo acceptable video format.

Close up of materials for spheres.

Redid this using a different setup, and a different HDRI environment background image:

More pictures at my blog @ www.mbah.net

Regarding 3DSMax, one thing l'll suggest you do, is set your units from the generic units to meters [if not in usa], or feets [if in usa], add a reference object you can remove later - say the usual teapot, and scale/size this teapot to match a real worldl size.

For eg. I'll place a human model, which should be 6ft=72inches next to a teapot which in usa is radius=4inches and height=8 inches.

Menu options you want in 3dsmax is - customize, unit setup

On the left side, you can also select measuring tools in 3dsmax to measure any object in your scene. The 1st picture below shows this menu on the RHS.

If you import your reference picture as a map on a plane, you should be able to use the above mentioned tools to help with scaling.

The bottom picture shows the unit setup menu option.

Hope this helps.

Final Render

Just finished a short animation clip for below.

First attempt using AutoDesk 3DS Max 2009 cloth modifier to drap a cloth over a car. Decided to use the Nigerian Flag.

Here are the links:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHia-tPsw9Y

http://vimeo.com/13338987

Topic for discussion/help/sharing information on Microsoft SQL Server.

Heres a link to a post l made with installation steps in pictures for the latest version - http://mbah.net/pages/sql2008r2/

Here's another link - http://mbah.us/Tutorials/SQL2008R2/default.html

I am a MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional on SQL 2008 and will try to answer related questions.

Animation [20 seconds clip taking over 27 hours to render so far] will be on vimeo shortly and a link will be pasted here.

Rendered using 3DS Max +V-Ray 1.5

Testing out a laptop capability, using the latest Blender 2.5 Alpha 32bit release and a BMW model by Mike Pan.
Graphics card = Geoforce 230M with 1Gb discrete RAM

Done using modified tutorial file, in 3ds max 2009. Render engine - Mental Ray - the HDRI background environment and scene reflections/complexity caused repeated memory issues.
Finally finished rendering this pass on Win7 64bit, a quad-core proc. and 8Gb RAM. Graphics card - PNY 9800GT 512Mb

Find very useful PDF Blender tutorials here

http://gryllus.net/Blender/PDF_Tutorials.html

Reference 3ds max 2009 work screen shots at http://mbah.us/graphics/vray

This videos also might help


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5gSJUuO4vk&feature=related


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kDRfI20V54


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kdOanDvGrA&feature=related

good luck!

Fixed double up-load

American 18-wheeler truck in Lagos!!!

zPixel is right. Simply export object from 3dsmax as an obj and import the obj from maya.
maya and 3dsmax arent for video editing, but they can create video clips which can be mixed using video editing software such as Adobe Premiere, ulead and many others.

Very good lighting from the light bulbs in the house you rendered. Cool!

Heres a link to PDF books on 3DSMax - These are complete reference with tutorials
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=9861583&linkID=5604642

If you use the open source Blender or wish to learn 3D using it, check out.
http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/

On a positive note, heres a project that was developed by people who came together, and used an open source 3d graphics tool - blender to develop a short animated video: See http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/

Very impressive portfolio on your facebook webpage. Keep it up!

The website's URL is actually http://www.daz3d.com

Useful for beginners - Tutorial links
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http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/tutorialsmax.asp
http://www.3dspline.com/Modeling.htm
http://www.3d-palace.com/tmas/videos_free.php?pid=1
http://www.3dmaxer.dk/tutorial.asp?ak=777&type=max
http://www.3d-resources.com/3d_studi, torials/page1/
http://www.3d-station.com/pages/tuto, a8f2d807b7a92f
http://www.rpm-16.h11.ru/lessons.php
http://mega3dart.boom.ru/TUTORIAL/index.htm
http://raph.com/3dartists/tutorials/t-3dsmax.html
http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unfold=tutorials
http://www.nextlimit.com/realflow/index.html
http://highend3d.com/3dsmax/tutorials/
http://dddsmax.by.ru/helps/vray/index_vray.html
http://www.tridestudio.narod.ru/Tutorials.htm
http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/tutorials.html
http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_s, _category_0=11
http://www.eol3d.com/index.php?pagei, rs&sort=3dsmax
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_educat, _education.htm
http://www.dzone.h5.ru/master/tutorial/max/index.shtml
http://www.xenomorphic.co.uk/education.htm
http://easy-render.nm.ru/tutorials.htm
http://www.monitorstudios.com/bclowa, mal_maps1.html
http://www.3dcafe.com/index.php?opti, pper&Itemid=38
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/3DS-MAX/1
http://www.3dmodelizm.ru/tutor/tutor.htm
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_educat, _education.htm
http://www.max-realms.com/modules/tutorials/tut_beg.php
http://www.max-realms.com/modules/tutorials/tut_adv.php
http://www.studiosvet.ru/tutorial/max.php
http://max-tutor.chat.ru/lessons.htm
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/tutorials/3dsm/
http://www.3dvf.com/modules/publish/, _id=438&page=0
http://www.3d-station.com/pages/tutorials/tutorial.php
http://www.3dmaxer.dk/tutorial.asp?ak=777&type=max
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/maxedout.php
http://www.3d-resources.com/3d_studi, torials/page1/
http://michel3d.narod.ru/tutorials.htm
http://www.renderosity.com/tut.ez?Sectionid=2104
http://www.designertoday.com/tabinde, opDefault.aspx
http://www.archvision.com/TutorialsS, 3dsmax-viz.cfm
http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/3d-st, -tutorials.php
http://www.maxhelp.com
http://www.3dnuts.com/tutorials.shtml
http://www.tutorialcollection.com/3dsmax
http://www.pawas.com/graphics/3dmax-tutorials.htm
http://www.3dmax-tutorials.com
http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/3D_Studio_Max/All/
http://www.spoono.com/3ds/tutorials/
http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorial, ftware/3dsmax/
http://www.3dm3.com/rus/tutorials/
http://www.3dm3.com - CG PORTAL
http://www.3dexport.com - 3D Models Store
http://www.2textured.com - FREE High-Res Textures
http://www.SpyCG.com - Search for CG related information

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