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Tutorial: Maya – How to select and manipulate objects.
(Noted from Lynda Tutorial) SELECT, MOVE, ROTATE AND SCALE Selection tool: Q Left Click to select an object. Click empty space or another...
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THIS BLOG MAINLY CONSISTS OF NOTES I MAKE WHEN LEARNING SOFTWARE, ALL COMPILED IN ONE PLACE - HOPEFULLY IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU TOO!
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Michael
Nov 1, 20163 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: Camera Mapping in 3DS Max
Camera mapping is a technique whereby a flat photo is projected onto 3d geometry. This gives us a limited ability to turn the flat photo...
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Michael
Oct 26, 20165 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING: HDR Lighting
HDR Light mapping is a technique used to get accurate lighting results when putting 3d models or characters into a photo or video scene. ...
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Michael
Feb 17, 20165 min read
ZBrush Workflow in 2016
ZBrush is a great program but with so many features and it’s constantly being updated and improved upon, its hard to know where to start...
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Michael
Feb 15, 20166 min read
Tutorial: ZBrush – Hair and Fur
There are several ways to create hair and fur in ZBrush. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and unique visual style....
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Michael
Jan 19, 20162 min read
Tutorial: Z-Brush Mannequins
Mannequins are a feature built into Zbrush for rapidly creating humanoid character shapes, and posing them in a scene. They function...
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Michael
Jan 19, 20163 min read
Tutorial: ZBrush – Using Dynamesh
Dynamesh is a feature used in ZBrush to instantly regenerate a workable topology over the surface of your currently selected Tool or...
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Michael
Jan 18, 20164 min read
Tutorial: ZBrush ZModeller Brush
ZModeller brush is an alternative to low poly modelling in a dedicated package such as 3DS Max, Blender etc. It isn’t designed as a...
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Michael
Jan 17, 20162 min read
Tutorial: ZBrush – All about Tools, Subtools.
TOOLS Every model you sculpt in Zbrush is considered a ‘tool’. When you first open Zbrush, the only thing visible is the Tool column, as...
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Michael
Aug 26, 20151 min read
CelAction 2D Tutorial Extra: Vid Tutorials by James Butler
James Butler is a CelAction Rigger and Layout Artist who’s past credits include Peppa Pig, Mr. Bean and Little Kingdom. He is currently...
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Michael
Aug 20, 20155 min read
Tutorial – Unity: Scripting Conventions, Terminology and Syntax
Scripting in Unity can take the form of C# or Javascript. The following tutorials are all on C#, and are noted from the videos on Unity’s...
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Michael
Aug 9, 20158 min read
CelAction 2D Tutorial 4: Animating stuff!
Now that we have covered Here are a variety of tips and tutorials more directly related to the actual animation process in Celction....
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Michael
Aug 8, 20152 min read
CelAction 2D Tutorial 3: BUILD MODE – Group Shapes & Shape Links
Continuing on with the Build mode tutorials, we will look at shape groups. When you have a collection of mouths that you want to switch...
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Michael
Aug 7, 20156 min read
CelAction 2D Tutorial 2 – BUILD MODE – Building Actors
Actors are the characters, objects and backgrounds that are used in your animation. They can be complicated with hundreds of moveable...
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Michael
Aug 6, 20158 min read
CelAction2D Tutorial 1: BASICS
Welcome to my tutorial series on CelAction 2d, an industry standard animation package designed for 2d puppet/skeleton based animation....
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Michael
Jul 19, 20156 min read
Tutorial: Unity Basics – Nav Mesh Pathfinding system
The NavMesh system is used to provide rudimentary pathfinding for enemies and NPCs in your games. It generates a NavMesh Grid based on...
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Michael
Jul 16, 20157 min read
Tutorial: Unity Basics – UI
A selection of notes from the Unity Website training videos. This is for the Default Canvas system included with Unity 4.6 and above. 1:...
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Michael
Feb 9, 20144 min read
3D Tutorial: Using Topogun to Retopologise a hi-poly model
Topogun is a great little program for retopologising High poly Zbrush meshes into low poly meshes which can then be imported into 3D...
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Michael
Nov 17, 20132 min read
Tutorial: Lighting Tips
The following tips are just little extras I picked up in a recent lecture regarding lighting your scenes. These all apply to rendering in...
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Michael
Oct 25, 20134 min read
DIGITAL COMPOSITING – Green Screening (Keying) in After Effects.
Note – this is an older tutorial. A more recent one with newer information is available here: https://michaelarbuthnot.wordpress.com/2016...
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