A simple low-res tree bark texture.
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http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/Textures?Keyword=tree+bark

Maya fluid effects Smoke

This is a smoke simulation that I made for a tutorial. It looks good, so I'm posting it.

New Tutorial! How Shaders Work In Maya

This tutorial teaches you how materials work, and how to create materials in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=107
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New Tutorial! Maya File Formats

This tutorial covers the differences between Maya binary and Maya Ascii file formats, also, advantages and disadvantages of the two file formats.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=103
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pixel2life V5

The website pixel2life.com has changed its look to version 5. Their new site integrated a Credits system that looks like a cool idea. The site's layout has been improved as well.
I submit tutorials there and, the links are great. Check them out at

http://www.pixel2life.com/

New Tutorial! Tearing nCloth

This tutorial will teach you how to tear or rip nCloth in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=102
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New Video tutorial - How to Mirror Geometry on 4 Sides

This video tutorial covers how to mirror geometry on 3 sides of the base object. Thanks for watching.

New tutorials - VIDEO tutorials

I have started using video tutorials as another medium of doing tutorials. Narrated by Carol Houghton.

New Tutorial! Basics Of Maya Key Frame Animation

This tutorial will teach you the fundamentals of how animate in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=96
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New Tutorial! Creating A Paint Effects Tree

This tutorial will teach you how to create a tree using Maya's paint effects from scratch.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=93
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New Tutorial! Creating A Halftone In Maya

This tutorial will teach you how to create a halftone pattern effect inside Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=92
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New Tutorial! Quick Turntable

This tutorial covers how to make a turntable in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=91
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New Tutorial! Creating Craft Paper

This tutorial teaches you how to make a cool craft paper effect in Photoshop.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=90
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New Tutorial! Modeling With A Live Object

This tutorial will teach you how to make a live object and make a neat model with it.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=89
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New Tutorial! Render Layers

This tutorial is the last part of a 2 part series on display layers and render layers in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=88
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New Tutorial! Display Layers

This tutorial is a 2 part series on display layers and render layers in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=87
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New Tutorial! Normals

This tutorial covers normals, what they are, where they're used, locked vs unlocked, and reversed normals issues.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=86
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New Tutorial! Creating A 2D Flag

This tutorial teaches you how to create a 2d flag in Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=85
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New Tutorial! Using The Viewport

This tutorial will be covering how to use the texture viewing, fog, real time lighting, shadows, and high-quality viewport.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=84
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New Tutorial! Creating Lightning In Maya

This tutorial covers how to create lightning effects in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=83
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New Tutorial! 5 Tricks On Using Cameras In Maya

This tutorial covers 5 cool tricks you can do using cameras in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=82
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Setting Up Sub Surface Scatter (SSS)

This tutorial covers how to set up a basic SSS Mental Ray shader.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=81
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New Tutorial! using The Plug-In Manager

This tutorial covers how to use the plug-in manager in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=80
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New Tutorial! How To Inflate An Object

This tutorial teaches you how to inflate an object using nCloth.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=79
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New Tutorial! Modeling A Toy Dragonfly Part four

This tutorial series covers how to model, texture, and render a toy dragonfly. This part of the tutorial series will cover texturing and rendering.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=78
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This tutorial series covers how to model, texture, and render a toy dragonfly. This part of the tutorial series will cover putting the model together, and UV mapping.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=77
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How to prevent accidently selectng vertices on the backside of the model.

Step one - Select your model.

Step two - Go to display>polygons>culling options>keep wire.

New Model! train tracks

A basic model of some train tracks in .mb and .obj file formats.
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New Blog tutorial! Rendering HD Resolution

How to render HD resolution

Step one - Go to window>rendering editors>render settings.

Step two - In the render settings window, go to image size and set the presets to HD 720 (half HD), or HD 1080 (full). Rendering with this resolution will cause render time to increase.

New Tutorial! Modeling A Toy Dragonfly Part Two

This tutorial series covers how to model, texture, and render a toy dragonfly. This tutorial is for beginners. Part two begins where part one left off. Please read part one here. This tutorial will be teaching more modeling techniques and using edge loops.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=76
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New Tutorial Series! Modeling A Toy Dragon Fly

This tutorial series covers how to model, texture, and render a toy dragonfly. This tutorial is for at beginners. Part one is the base modeling of the Dragon Fly .
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=75
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New Tutorial! Shadows

This tutorial covers how to make shadows in Maya.
This is part of a beginner's learning guide for Maya. Tutorials in this series are short but cover a single topic in each one.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=71
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New Tutorial! Lights

This tutorial covers the basic light attributes in Maya
This is part of a beginner's learning guide for Maya. Tutorials in this series are short but cover a single topic in each one.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=73
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New Tutorial! HDRIs In Maya

This tutorial covers how to set up an HDRI image in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=70
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New tutorial! A Better X-Ray

This tutorial will teach you how to use a better style of X-ray in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=69
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New Tutorial! Illustrator Curves In Maya

This tutorial will teach you how to import Illustrator Curves (.AI) into Maya as NURB curves.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=68
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New Tutorial! Polygons To NURBS

This tutorial will teach you how to convert polygonal geometry to a NURB surface.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=67
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New Tutorial! Hypershade

This tutorial covers in depth how to use the Hypershade in Maya. It also covers how to use the basic shader network.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=66
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New Tutorial! Creating Text In Maya

This tutorial covers how to create text in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=65
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New Tutorial! 3D Paint Tool

This tutorial covers how to use the 3d paint tool to paint texture directly onto your model in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=64
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New Tutorial! How To Prepare A Model For The Internet

This tutorial will cover how to get a model ready to be published on the internet and receive maximum ratings, for free or for sale. Also includes seller's tips. This tutorial is for Maya, but the techniques can be used in other applications.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=63
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New Tutorial! Creating A Sketched Effect

This tutorial will teach you how to create a sketched effect in Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=62
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Rendering Check List

Here's a list of all things you need to look at before a large rendering or animation.

1. Make sure your file's been saved.
2. If you're rendering an animation, make sure you've cached all your fluids and particles.
3. If you're rendering on a network, all the source files must be in place.
4. All the render layers that are needed, set up.
5. Are all the lights on?
6. Is motion blur going to be needed?
7. Make sure that ray trace is checked.
8. Is the correct camera(s) selected for the rendering?
9. Rendering with the right rendering software?
10. Is the file resolution set correctly?
11. 11. Is the render file(s) going to the right directory?
12. 12. Are the start and end rendered frames set correctly?

New Tutorial: Projects in Maya

This tutorial covers how to create,edit, and use projects in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=61
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New Tutorial: Layer Style Effects

This tutorial covers how to use layer style effects in Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=60
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New Free Model: Desk

A great model of a desk. Comes in .MB and .OBJ.
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http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/models?Keyword=desk

New Tutorial:Using The Extrude Tool

This tutorial will cover in depth the extrude tool and all of its functions.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=59
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New Tutorial:Creating An Embossing Effect

This tutorial will teach you how to create an embossing effect using Adobe Photoshop's layer styles.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=58
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Blog Tutorial: Render Settings Presets

Render Settings Presets
This tutorial will cover render settings presets.

Presets

If you commonly use the same settings for rendering, use the rendering presets option.

Step one - Probably the most obvious of all, set up your render settings until you've got the result you want.

Step two - In the render settings window, go to preset>save settings as preset.

Step three - Enter the name preset and you're done.

A Windmill model made in maya and in .MB .OBJ file format. Vue 6 background not included.
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New Tutorial: Boolean Modeling in Maya

Booleans let you model with other objects. In this tutorial we'll cover in depth, basic boolean operations, anatomy of a boolean, where to use booleans, and common boolean errors (example: objects disappearing, inverted operations).
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=57
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New Independence Day Tutorial:Creating: Fireworks In Maya

This tutorial will cover how to make fireworks in Maya using the preset fireworks.
Basic tutorial
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=56
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Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!!

New Model: Table

A basic table in OBJ and .MB.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/models?Keyword=table

New tutorial: Creating End Tables

This tutorial covers basic polygonal primitives modeling with bevels.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=55
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Great Rig - Max for Maya

Looking for a good free rig? Max for Maya rig. It may be one of the best free rigs for Maya. Great for animation practices.
Note - NOT MADE BY ME
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New tutorial: Creating A Bookshelf

This tutorial will cover creating a simple object from polygonal primitives. Also, basic functions of the extrude tool.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=54
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