Carrara Glare Filter demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YSakGzHdpI One of the least used and rarely discussed filters in Carrara is the "Glare" filter. Although not really a tutorial, this video from Richard Donato demonstrates what the glare filter is and what it does, comparing a before...
Dynamic Hair Shader – timelapse/walk-through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKBl-E4tQZU timelapse/walk-through exploring some of Carrara's Dynamic Hair Shader parameters applied to a simple single-guide ponytail - approx 25min edited and sped up to about 4min. As you watch the video remember that the guide hair...
Long Drape Hair by PhilW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C90KA0_-9U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0I8NX5Nc5k Phil Wilkes demonstrates draping Carrara's Dynamic Hair, and the steps involved for a natural look. I was not able to find the product at the DAZ 3D store, but the process is useful...
Three Point Lighting Tutorial for 3d Animators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwt9f8WMAU Three point lighting can transform your remders! Suddenly flat dull pictures take on a 3d quality of their own. The basic principle is this, shine a keylight onto the subject and a fill light to the side, plus a backlight to...
Fast Daytime Lighting for 3d Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igaRa7XStoY In this 3d animation tutorial, I uncover a way of emulating indirect lighting and to a lesser extent ambient occlusion to greatly speed up your render times.
Fast Night Time Lighting for 3D Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u1ZpPaCt5s The basic idea is to use moonlight with 4 distant lights each with their own colour shading and intensity, in order to simulate the slow to render indirect lighting that is available under global illumination. I go into how...
Easy 3D Coins Modelling Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jtu1zupGBk How to make 3D coins. A beginners tutorial and a gentle introduction to the Vertex Modeler, UV Mapping, and texturing from a photo. Encourage yourself as a 3D modeller with this easy tutorial!
Easy Bullet Physics and Keyframes Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoLYynEVlKI In this example I show how to toss coins into a cardboard box. The emphasis is on being artistic rather than scientific. In other words I'm going to show you how to "cheat". How to focus on getting a result quickly, using a...
How to fake Random events in 3D Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L6S_aY3Aq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C91baReRYcg This 3d animation tutorial shows how to make Advertising Hoardings show random images changing over time. I use a single sequence of images resorted to an apparent random order,...
Metaball Modelling Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hbbd4aS0Bc Scififunk opens the Metaball Modeler