Creating a simple animated tornado. The effect is achieved by forcing particles to follow an animated path.
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Dispersion is a great effect used in animation. This tutorial will teach you how to dissolve any object into particles in a easy and believable way.
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• Introducing - Aquarists Online Social Some of you may have wondered recently why a lot of the posts and articles have been published by John and why I have been so quiet. Three reasons really. 1. I have been exceptionally busy in my 'day job'. 2. I have been ill of late with a touch......
• Winterizing Your Roof Before winter comes, there are a few things that you need to do to make sure that your roof will make it through one more season of rain and snow. While many of us are familiar with the tasks of cleaning out the eaves, there are quite a few other......
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Welcome to this tutorial on rendering moving objects with V-Ray. To complete this tutorial you will need 3DS Max with V-Ray 1.5 SP2
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• It's a Problem with the Wiring When it comes to watching the whizzing ball as it hits the bounds line, referees will always misjudge the position of the ball. It isn't the feeling of the players unhappy with the referees' calls; it is the findings of the researchers from the University of California, Davis. The scientists......
• Skills for Skiing There are a number of techniques that you need to be aware of when it comes to learning how to ski. Most importantly, there are three that are going to go a long way in helping you get the most out of your skiing excursion, and these are learning how......
• K-3D is a complete free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling, animation and rendering system. K-3D is the free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling, animation, and rendering system for GNU / Linux, Posix, and Win32 operating systems. K-3D features a robust, object-oriented plug-in architecture, designed to scale to the needs of professional artists, and is designed from-the-ground-up to generate motion-picture-quality animation using RenderMan-compliant render engines. We strongly recommend......

This tutorial will teach you how to easily switch from from material to another in the middle of your animation. A basic skill of animating textures.
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This tutorial demonstrates how to create a mechanism similar to the Serinity spaceship landing strut which acts as a shock absorber for ground landings; goes over IK, rotational settings, and controllers.
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