May and 3D Max are using in film industry for making special effects. These software have strong modeling and animation capabilities and contain everything which you need to make heigh0end 3D graphics and animations. These tools are now using in logo designing and web designing. Now most of designers are learning and working for give better look to there designs. It is quit hard to learn these applications but there are a lot of tutorials online which make easy to learn.
Below, you’ll find 125 Excellent 3Ds Max and Maya Tutorials and Best Practices for your Graphics & Animation related needs.
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Creating A 3D Sopwith Pup, Part one: The Engine
The Making of A Winter Amid the Ice
How to create cool tribal symbols and signs
Making of the Auditorium with 3dsmax
Making of The Phoenix building
Exterior Scenes Part-I Part-II Part-III Part-IV
Creating Grass Land Using Pflow
Building a Pyramid of Stones in 5 Minutes
How to make realistic trees with SHAG
Interior Scenes Part-I Part-II
Illumination Tutorial (3dsmax MentalRay)
Realistic Spiderweb with Waterdrops
Setup car rendering studio with V-ray
12 Tips for 3dsmax and your PC
Developing A Scripted Utility In 3ds Max-9
BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR V-Ray ADVANCED
Monster from a Teapot Part-I Part-II
Making of Autobot, Transformers
Studio & light setup Part-I Part-II
Fat Monster – Gordo (modeling) Part-I Part-II Part-III
Skullhead Mobster
Making Skullhead Mobster, by Harsh Borah.
Box Modeling a Male
Brief tutorial on the box-modeling technique.
Low Poly Character
In this tutorial, you will see how to create a low poly character in 3D.
Real-Time Character Modeling
Modeling a real-time character.
Subdivision Surfaces
Use subdivision surfaces to model a character in Maya.
Face
This video tutorial teaches you how to model a face in Maya using polygons.
Texture Map NURBS Dragon
This tutorial teaches you how to paint 3D texture maps onto a NURBS dragon model.
Layered Texture
In this tutorial, you learn how to use the alpha channel of your projected image to “stencil” your image over or under other images in your geometry using a layered shader.
Fur
Basic tutorial on Maya fur.
Tree
Create a realistic tree in Maya.
Grass
Creating simple grass in Maya.
CG Nature
This tutorial shows you how to make terrain, trees and grass using Maya.
Realistic Ear
This tutorial shows you how to model a realistic human ear.
Human Anatomy UV Coordinates Setup for Texturing
Learn how to create your UV texture maps correctly so that they don’t blur or stretch.
Coin
This tutorial shows you how to create a very realistic coin using Maya.
Keroro Gunso
In this Maya tutorial, you learn how to model Keroro Gunso.
Coffee cup
This tutorial shows you how to create a coffee cup in Maya.
Screwdriver
This is a basic modeling tutorial that teaches you how to create a screw-driver and then use Final Gather to render global illumination, HDRI and depth of field.
Onion
Create a realistic-looking onion in Maya.
Mud Effect
Tutorial on creating a dynamic mud effect in Maya using soft body.
Wine Glass
This video tutorial teaches you how to model a wine glass in Maya.
LCD Monitor
In this tutorial, you learn the basic modeling of an LCD monitor in Maya.
Toilet
Tutorial on modeling a simple toilet in Maya.
Cigarette Box
In this tutorial, you learn basic modeling and UV mapping for a cigarette box.
Tea Cup
In this tutorial, you learn how to model and texture a tea cup.
Space Ship
Learn how to model a space ship.
Airplane
Video tutorial shows you how to model an airplane in Maya.
Tarantula
Tutorial shows you how to model a tarantula in Maya.
Paint Geometry Tool
The Paint Geometry Tool can be very useful when adding anything that needs to be duplicated and randomized across a given surface. In this tutorial, you learn all the basics of Maya`s Geometry Tool.
Using Bump Map to Sculpt Details
Rendering Wireframe
This tutorial shows you how to render wireframes on top of 3D models.
Subsurface Scattering
Simulating subsurface scattering with Mental Ray.
3D Cloud Shader
Create a realistic cloud in Maya using fluids.
Light Lamp
Creating a realistic lamp light using Maya.
Mental Ray Studio Lighting
This tutorial teaches you how to achieve a basic studio lighting setup with Maya and Mental Ray, using a single HDR image and Final Gather.
Maya Optics
A brief explanation of how lighting works in Maya and how it is different from physical real-world lighting.
Getting Started With Mental Ray`s Final Gather
Basic guide teaches you how to use Mental Ray’s Final Gather to render a model.
Light
A detailed tutorial on lighting in Maya.
Studio Lighting in Autodesk Maya 2009
Tutorial gives brief explanation on studio lighting in Maya 2009.
Image-Based Lighting
In this video tutorial, you learn how to create shadows under an object with a photorealistic image in the background.
HDRI in Mental Ray
This tutorial demonstrates how to use HDRI to achieve photorealistic rendering in Maya.
Realistic Lighting with LDRI Images
Chrome Car Rims
This tutorial guides you through the process of creating realistic-looking chrome car rims.
MapCreation in Maya 2009
Video examines how, using Maya 2009’s new render pass features, we can easily export a normal map from high poly geometry.
Realistic Glass
This tutorial explains three methods of creating realistic glass in Maya.
Tire Cover
This tutorial shows how to model difficult rotating objects.
Cable
In this tutorial, you learn how to make a simple NURBS cylinder behave like a real cable, affected by gravity, elasticity and other real-life physical forces.
Hair styles with Maya fur
In this tutorial, you learn how to create various hairstyles with the Maya fur plug-in.
Dynamic Telephone Cord
This tutorial shows you how to create a dynamic telephone cord using Maya Hair.
Crowd
Create a simple crowd in Maya with the help of the CrowdMaker Rendering Engine.
Cobblestone
This tutorial guides you through creating a 3D mesh in Maya that will be used for repeating material. It also includes instructions on how to create the model and then obtain a color map and normal map from the model.
Gear
This tutorial teaches you how to model and render a gear in Maya.
Sport Car Nissan 350-Z
Tutorial explains how to create 350Z’s body using polygonal modeling with blueprints in Maya.
Bee
This basic tutorial covers topics such as modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering and particles.
Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray with Maya
This tutorial demonstrates Sun and Sky system options in the Mental Ray Maya rendering engine.
Tire
In this tutorial, you see how to create realistic-looking sports car tire in Maya.
Candle Flame
Create a realistic candle flame in Maya.
Eye
Model and apply shaders to get realistic eyes.
UV mapping Techniques
This tutorial shows most of the UV mapping techniques and tricks of Maya software.
Water from Particle
Learn how to create realistic water, with effects, from Particle in Maya.
Pillow with ncloth
Maya ncloth provides excellent ways for CG artists to create realistic clothing. It simulates real-life factors such as forces acting, friction, rigidity, glue strength, pressure, tearing surfaces, etc. This video tutorial teaches you how to use ncloth to create a pillow.
Controlling Fog Density
Create and control a fog effect in Maya.
Optimized Caustics in Maya Mental Ray
In this tutorial, you learn how to make fast and optimized caustics effect with Maya and Mental Ray.
Coca-Cola Bottle
Modeling a Coca-Cola bottle in Maya.
Shelves And Mel scripts
Mel is a scripting language for Maya that is similar to C. Using Maya’s Mel scripts, you can link objects, loop an action, simulate real-world dynamics and do many other things. This tutorial teaches you how to make shelves and create Mel scripts to speed up repetitive tasks.
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April 9, 2010 at 9:22 am
really helping trainings about 3D max and useful maya for amazing lightening effects.
April 13, 2010 at 4:22 am
These tutorials are great, but the best one are the Maya Tutorials At Cgwhat
April 23, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Excellent,super.
thanks 4 these tutorials
May 26, 2010 at 8:32 pm
NICEEEE TUTORIALS………….
June 17, 2010 at 7:59 am
Very nice tutorial list, thanks a lot.
October 11, 2010 at 9:53 am
Nice list of tutorials
I really like the beer bottle one
Anyway, if you ever want to find some new tutorials. I just made some at my site:
http://www.poly-face.com/tutorials.php
Cheers
/Dennis