Links to 3D Sites

[Rich Lee]

just some random stuff...

http://forums.cgsociety.org/ - this is a great forum for 3d stuff

http://www.3dcafe.com/ - click "free stuff" and you can download a ton of free 3d models...some of them are pretty good.

http://www.highend3d.com/ - shaders and a bunch of other stuff...lots of info...

http://www.xsibase.com/ - great place to get shaders tutorials and stuff for xsi.

http://www.edharriss.com/ - the barry green of the xsi...lots of tuts and shaders and scripts for xsi...he always does a reveiw when a new version of xsi comes out.

http://www.turbosquid.com/ - great place to buy 3d models.

http://www.3d02.com/ - this place has awesome models of cars and stuff...some of the same things as turbo squid...but sometimes cheaper...

http://www.debevec.org/ - this guy is nuts...advanced technique...he has advanced allot of the techniques used in making films...HDRI...images based lighting...photogrametry...he is doing stuff now where he can capture every possible lighting scheme on a subject at 24fps...allowing you to relight the subject in an infinite amount of ways...he can only capture 4 sec of it now...but the possibilities are awesome...

http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/home.php?cat=32 - great place to buy training DVDs for 3d apps.

http://www.mayang.com/textures/ - this is probably my favorite source for textures...other then photographing my own...amazing site...you can buy all the textures for 45 bucks...which to me is a steal.

http://pixologic.com/home/home.shtml - awesome modeling tool...allot of the major vfx houses are using this now...i know ILM is using it a bit too.

http://www.cgchannel.com/ - this is updated daily i think...i go hear allot just to see if there is anything interesting posted...

[oneinfiniteloop]

Great list Rich!

It really helps to have all these links in one place, considering all the crap you have to search through when you google the words "3d".

[chotoboto]

Don't forget:

www.renderosity.com , great place for free and comercial 3d models, Poser models, forums....

www.wings3d.com , For me, the best box modeling applicaltion and it is open source (free).

[J.R. Hudson]

Tks Rich !

[g0ldenb0y55]

Hey guys, Where can I go to get the best Tutorial DVD's for Lightwave 8 3D?

[Matt Grunau]

Hey guys, Where can I go to get the best Tutorial DVD's for Lightwave 8 3D?

ftp://ftp.newtek.com/pub/LightWave/Tutorials/

All video tutorials.

[surf]

nice list

[g0ldenb0y55]

Thanks Rapier, These will be helpful!

[surf]

oh, and of course a new team is is just standig up in Hungary!

link: http://www.digep.com

[Taylor Moore]

Thanx Rich,
I'll throw in a few once I get a break to render.

[chotoboto]

www.daz3d.com --- Home of Bryce , Daz studio /like poser program free), models for Poser.

www.e-onsoftware.com --- Home of vue, a wonderfull natural world creator.
www.e-frontier.com --- Home of Poser, fantastic tool for create and animate humans and animals.

[Matt Grunau]

For a cool free World/Terrain program:

http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/productmain.shtml



Incredible examples:

http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/terracon/terracon_archives/index.html

[twocik23]

Talk about inspiration, DAMN



http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=336742

[Matt Grunau]

Good Lightwave site:

http://www.stephenschleicher.com/htm/tutorialslightwave.html

[rashmi]

You may also want to check out www.wasp3d.com (http://www.wasp3d.com) - real-time 3D graphics software packaged with some great value adds like live chroma keying, DVE, virtual sets and much more...

[nailsproductions]

Has anyone heard of www.blender3d.org (http://www.blender3d.org)

You can find tutorials for it just about anywhere and it imports lightwave and 3Dstudio files (like what you can get on turbosquid).

It's FREE (Open Source) and is arguably the best open source 3d app around! I use it for titles on my video as well as fun 3d stuff including my animated logo. I also used it to create a trailer that won at a film festival. Check out the ingredible gallery on Blender's home page and watch it sing!

And I forgot to mention that it runs on just about every platform known to man... Go check it out!

[The Cash]

I must recommend the fantastic Polish site www.evermotion.org

The guys made excelent site whits news of every aspect of 3d. Modeling,visualisations, game, movies. Lots of tutorials, interviews, tips & tricks, free models for your use.

[superone]

3d virtual sets , Alpha channel objects in 3d at
www.iphotovideo.com (http://www.iphotovideo.com)

[Raptor365]

Some 360 degree sky and enviroment maps.
http://www.lfgrafix.com/grafix/Skies_Free/SkyHome.html
http://mpan3.homeip.net/?earth

[dataflow]

here is a good 3d site for cinema 4d

http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/

[Raptor365]

Refraction Index of Various Substances for 3D modelers

http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/Gen3DTuts/Gen3DPages/RefractionIndexList.html

and while I'm here may as well add viscosity tables for fluids.

http://www.vp-scientific.com/Viscosity_Tables.htm

[Raptor365]

Some very good C4D tutorials from maxon. Hard to locate these at the site.

http://www.maxoncomputer.com/tutorial_search.asp

[Jockomo]

The major 3d Packages and links to their demos

Autodesk - 3D Studio Max - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?id=10083915&siteID=123112
(Strengths: Architectural Visualization, game asset creation)

Autodesk - Maya -
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=9432085
(Strengths: Character Animation, great for cinema type work)

Cinema 4D - Maxon
http://www.maxoncomputer.com/download_demo.asp
(Strengths: great for cinema work, excellent integration with after effects)

Lightwave 3d - NewTek
(well, I'd provide a link, but they don't seem to think you need a demo)
(Strengths: well rounded package, least expensive, good for low budget and quick turnaround)

Blender - Open Source
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/
(Strengths: Free. (did I mention Free?)) This package gets better and better all the time.
If you are just starting out I'd suggest trying this before making a huge investment.

XSI - Softimage
http://www.softimage.com/downloads/XSI_Trial/default.aspx


Other packages worth mentioning:

Modo - Luxology
http://www.luxology.com/trymodo/
Excellent modeling package. These guys originally created Lightwave but Left NewTek to create a new company to concentrate on this program.

Z-Brush - Pixologic
http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/trial/
3D Sculpting

RealFlow - NextLimit
http://www.realflow.com/n_try.php
Fluid Dynamics

Sorry if I missed anything, but there's a list of the major players off the top of my head.

[Ironman]

www.3dbuzz.com

This is nice website for newbies. Its a free e-college IMO :D

[Raptor365]

Brushed metal texturing...
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/aniso_ref/aniso_ref.htm

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More texture resources...
http://www.cgtextures.com/

http://goodtextures.com/index.php

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Texturing for Dummies...

http://www.leighvanderbyl.com/pdf/texturing.pdf