Free tutorials from AllanMckay

introducing fire, smoke, explosions and all other concepts that are tied to fume fx. We cover working and handling fluids and understanding the complex process. Working with particles, compositing fire and making the most of the entire fluids process! Definitely one for people who want to raise the bar on effects, essentially aimed at advanced users, but designed thoroughly enough for most users to be able to keep up.

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Autodesk Softimage 7.5

Softimage features Interactive Creative Environment (ICE), a new platform for building effects and tools visually using a node-based paradigm.
Powering ICE is a high-performance parallel processing engine that takes advantage of multicore workstations, giving users the utmost performance and scalability.

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Tekla Structures v14
Tekla Structures software is a building information modeling (BIM) tool that streamlines the delivery process of design, detailing, manufacture, and construction organizations. While integrating openly with architectural models, the strength of this single-model environment lies in the contractor end of the process. Thousands of Tekla Structures software users in more than 80 countries have successfully delivered BIM-based projects across the world.
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The article below was taken from:
http://www.instantshift.com/2009/03/06/45-incredible-maya-tutorials-around/
All credits belong to instantshift.com. The article was repasted below as a mirror.

In this article below, we?ll take a look at Various Maya Tutorials for your source of inspiration which help you to deal with high-end 3D computer graphics. However, they all have something in common: they all give you clean idea about latest techniques


Incredible Maya Tutorials Around

01. Making of Gladiator

instantShift - Incredible Maya Tutorials Around
This artwork created for CGArena 3d challenge where the Artist (Christopher ADAJAR, Paris) won the second prize. This is the first contest where he joined and his first published artwork since he started working as a 3D & Visual Effects Artist.
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02. Making of the Joker

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mocap

Want the quality of PoseAmation but you’re using software other than Poser? If your app can read BVH motion capture data, than this is a collection that you can’t pass up! The BVH version of PoseAmation 1 contains all of the animated scene files contained in the Poser version at 10, 24 and 30 frames per second. No jitters to clean up, no twisted limbs to sort out. Just import it and go!
PoseAmation scenes are 100% hand keyframed so you don’t have to worry about sluggish live action timing dragging down your scene. Perfect for games, animated films, walk-throughs and a million other uses, PoseAmation BVH files give you a lot of bang for the buck. Used in conjunction with Motion Builder or Life Forms, PoseAmation BVH files can be converted into virtually any format you could ever need.
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