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Creating a Stainless Steel Material

The Gradient Ramp is a 2D map similar to the Gradient map, however, the Gradient ramp can be shaded more than 3 and there are several different types of effects that this map can produce.

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What is Z-Depth?

Many of you will undoubtedly not be familiar with z-maps, their creation, or their use. The term z-map might be a little misleading to those who are not familiar...

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Multiple Texture Mappings

Two of the most annoying problems associated with 3D object texture mapping are "stretching" and visible seams.

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Human Skin! with Mental Ray

This tutorial teach you how to create human skin material using SSS and Mental Ray.

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Worn, painted metal surface

Here I will show you how I create a painted metal surface worn by time with paint chipping off, revealing older paintwork underneath.

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Simple UVmapping and Texture Creation

In this tutorial I am going to go through the basic procedures of applying UV mapping to a simple mesh, using that layout as a framework to create a texture and adjust the final positioning.

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Vertex paint in procedural materials

It explains you the method of blending procedural materials with vertex paint modifier that is located in max.

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Texturing Tips

Gives you great tips on texturing your objects in Max.

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Metal Surfaces

This tutorial teaches you to make 4 metal surface. Rusted, Aluminium, Steel and Non-Raytraced.

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Car Paint tutorial - Learn more about texturing as a whole

So you have modeled that sweet car? But can't seem to get the paint material to look good? Well pay attention, this is for YOU! :)

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Cigarette Smoke

A Cigarette smoke tutorial that use a very simple way to reach the goal (3ds max 3+)

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brushed / lathed metal

To generate the effect correctly, we must observe how it works in real-life.

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tinfoil

Creating a detailed tin foil material .

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Oil Slick

Oil Slick material. (oily material on the surface.)

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Watercolour Effect

Watercolour Effect.

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Refraction Colours

Refraction Colours

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Faked Sub Surface Scattering

Faked Sub Surface Scattering

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Terracotta Material

This tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic terracotta material.

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Engineering Material

This tutorial makes use of 3ds max 5’s new Ink and Paint material, which allows you to create a variety of flat cell-shaded effects, but are mainly all solid colour.

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Earth maps

This tutorial will teach you what you need to know to create your own Earth, can be used for any other planet aswell.

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