Most Recent Tutorials
All of the most recent tutorials, regardless of category
How to Pump Up Your Drums Using Reason’s Scream 4
Thu, January 21, 2010
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Scream 4 is one of the standout plug-ins in Reason’s arsenal and can create some really extreme distortion and saturation effects. One of its lesser known modes is the tape compression setting, this…
Model a High Poly Airframe Missile Launcher in 3ds Max – Day 2
Wed, January 20, 2010
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You will learn to use many of 3ds Max's poly and spline modeling tools, while keeping the model as light weight and simplified as possible, and only using subdivision in the areas that require it.
Create a Marching Army Animation using Particles in 3ds Max
Fri, January 15, 2010
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As you may already know, particles can be used to do just about anything you could possibly imagine. In this tutorial, we'll be taking a look at just one of the very cool ways particles can be used to…
Model a High Poly Airframe Missile Launcher in 3ds Max – Day 1
Fri, January 15, 2010
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In this six hour long, intermediate/ advanced level tutorial you will learn to model a high poly RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launcher step by step. You will learn to use many of 3ds Max's poly and…
Beginner’s Guide To Songwriting – Part 2
Fri, January 15, 2010
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This BASIX tutorial is the second in a series focused on showing complete beginners how to write a simple song. This series will focus predominantly on the process of writing a song, rather than the specific…
How to Combine Synths and Samples to Create Ambient Backdrops
Fri, January 15, 2010
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Even if your tracks are mixed well and the arrangements are tight often they can feel a little 2D, almost as if something is missing. Adding an ambient, cinematic backdrop to the sparse sections of your…
Create a Static Distortion Effect Using the Displacement Map Filter
Fri, January 15, 2010
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In this tutorial you'll learn how to use AS3's DisplacementMapFilter class to create a reusable static distortion effect for button rollovers.
Create a Drag and Drop Puzzle in ActionScript 3.0
Fri, January 15, 2010
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Drag-and-drop is the action of clicking on a virtual object and dragging it to a different location or onto another virtual object. In general, it can be used to invoke many kinds of actions, or create…
Create a Vivid Themed Illustration Using Simple Hand-Drawn Elements – Part I
Fri, January 08, 2010
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Drawn elements are certainly something that can enhance an illustration. Even if you're not very good at drawing, you can still create a quality piece. All you need is a good idea and some Photoshop skills.…
Photoshop Tutorial: Create dynamic backdrop lighting
Fri, January 08, 2010
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In this tutorial, Ricardo Ajcivinac shows how to recreate this brilliant image (which is also the cover of our Jan 2010 issue), and how to give your character art extra punch by using lighting and layer…