Software: Page 140

In this software tutorial you will learn how to make a drop shadow in Photoshop easily. Drop shadows can be applied to any object or text you are using in Photoshop and give elements a more 3 dimensional and realistic look.

In this software tutorial you will learn how to create reflections, specifically reflective text in Inkscape. Once you can make reflections of text in Inkscape, you can try more complicated object reflections.

In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a basic rig in Maya. Animation rigs are the bone and muscle structures used to animate and move characters and objects made in Maya. If you plan to make anything you model in Maya come to life, you will need to learn the basics of rigging. So watch this tutorial and get started building basic animation rigs in Maya.

In this tutorial your learn how tocreate rigid bodies in the dynamics section of Maya. Dynamics is the physics based part of any 3D software package used most often in visual effects. In this tutorial you will learn the basics of creating rigid bodies in Maya by adding gravity to a cube and having it hit and bounce on a groundplane.

In this tutorial you will learn how to UV map a motherboard box in Maya. This Maya software tutorial covers basic UV mapping procedures and using UV's to place textures on an object like a motherboard box.

In this software tutorial you will learn how to sculpt geometry using the sculpt geometry tool in Maya. The sculpt geometry tool is like a paint brush that allows you to paint the surface of an object in 3D. It is best used for creating terrains and other organic geometry. This tutorial will cover all the basics of learning to sculpt geometry in Maya.

In this Bender software tutorial you will learn how to use the extremely powerful sculpt tool. The sculpt tool allows you to model meshes more artistically and "paint" the surface of the object. Using the sculpt tool in Blender is a great way to master modeling in Blender.

This software tutorial teaches you how to model a basic candle out of polygons in Maya. Polygonal modeling is the easiest to learn so follow along and watch how to model a used candle in Maya.

Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to get additional features on your iTUnes with Growltunes. On top of polling features, this application allows you to use various instant messagers such as amsn, msn, and skype.

This Final Cut Studio software tutorial shows you a trick on how to achieve The Film Look on your videos. You will need the climatic glow plug-in from River Rock Studios to create this soft film look effect in Final Cut Pro. The final small addition to the film look effect will be creating and adding some grain.

Are you at all artistic? Do you love cool abstract looking art? Tired of boring backgrounds for your computer or hunting online for ones that aren't? Check out this Adobe Photoshop software tutorial and learn how to create your own abstract background images. You don't have to use this abstract Photoshop art for just a background, but anything you want! Don't forget this is just one idea, so watch the tutorial and then get creative and make your own abstract images in Photoshop.

This 3D design and animation tutorial for beginners using Autodesk Maya 8.5 software teaches users how to render their models and animations.

This 3D design and animation tutorial for beginners using Autodesk Maya 8.5 software teachers users how to work with the hypershade menu to create materials and textures.

This 3D design and animation tutorial for beginners using Autodesk Maya 8.5 software teaches users how to create and model complex polygonal objects.

In this tutorial you will learn how to clone yourself, create split screen effects and picture-in-picture effects with video footage in Windows Movie Maker.

This tutorial will show you how easy it is to create panoramic images from your photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery for Windows XP or Vista. All you need is a digital camera and a PC.

This tutorial for Blender from Stage6 illustrates how to apply two textures to an object using UV mapping. One texture will ... be for color, the other will be for bump maps.

Watch and learn how to change the look of a terrain in Sandbox by changing the texture map.

This tutorial covers the basics of how to subdivide polygons when 3D modeling in Maya 8.

This Zbrush tutorial shows how a smooth look when modeling can be achieved just by removing some higher Sub-Division levels and re-working the details back in.

Learn how to create a Hand Scanner in Adobe After Effects. This is an advanced level tutorial so you should at least know your way around the software before starting.

Join Spore artist / animator John Cimino as he walks through the process of building a creature with the Spore Creature Creator. Learn how to move around, use the camera and everything you need to know to get started in this video game engine software.

This Maxon quick tip will help you find objects when you are working in a very large scene file in Cinema 4D using the object manager.

This tutorial shows you how to model a bottle in Blender 3D using the Spin option.

This tutorial shows you how to integrate a 3D object into a photo or image using Blender software.

This tutorial shows you how to creat a teeworld skin using the open source free software Inkscape.

Ben shows you how to build a simple song from scratch in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

Drastically change a major object in an image WITHOUT spoiling the rest of the image using this tutorial and Photoshop.

Learn how to make your own Video game, using Game Maker 7. The software is free to download from yoyogames.com. Making a video game is easy and more fun than just playing one (not to mention it's much cheaper)!

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a crossword puzzle grid in the Inkscape software. Perfect if you want to start creating your own crosswords!

This tutorial shows you how to create bubbles emitting from a point or object in Blender 3D. Perfect for any underwater scene you may want to create.

Learn how to extrude polygon faces and start to really make objects. Extruding is the most important and most often used method for manipulating and modeling with polygons in Maya so if you are learning Maya, you definitely want to check out this tutorial.

Learn all about curves and how to manipulate their components in Autodesk's Maya 3D modeling and animating software.

Learn about the things that make up polygon objects - Components. We go over how to access them and how to manipulate them. This is truly the core of 3D modeling in Maya!

Modeling software is a wonderful tool for experimenting with modifictions of a product first before building it in real life. Plus, it's just cool to build things virtually. This Maya software tutorial teaches you how to use basic lighting effects in Maya.

This lesson will show how to create and apply textures to objects in Maya.

If you plan to do a lot of modeling in Maya, you will find it is easier if you set up reference images on image planes. This tutorial shows you how to create and set up image planes in Maya.

Learn how to navigate around inside the interface and specifically the viewport in Maya in this tutorial. This is great for Maya or 3D software beginners.

Using Adobe After Effects 7.0, this tutorial shows you how to dish out fireballs like a true plumber by creating a Super Mario Bros. fireball effect for your footage.

This tutorial shows you how to create some advanced lightening effects in After Effects CS3.