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Alpha Maps: Control what other people see with textures

Use 3D Textures to hide things like a true ninja. Well, nearly. [Read More]

Flowers and a Poll - Taste of Things to Come

I’m just going to ask you to quickly watch the video before I start rambling on with my plans; it’ll only take about five minutes.

Flower Texture Workflow Intro from Heather Craik on Vimeo.

The Plan

Find the city of gold.  Take the gold.  Row back to Spa-  Ok, I’ll stop the movie reference.  The real plan is to create the video tutorial and also create an ebook.  After launch you’ll be able to buy the ebook on its own, or with the video.  [Read More]

Bump Maps: Here’s what to do

No hilarity here; I already let it out over on James’ site with ‘How to derive a blog post on blogging‘ – check that out for your Lolz!

For the rest of you, lets do something serious today.  Tutorial time!

How to use Bump Maps in 3Ds Max from Heather Craik on Vimeo.

Video covers:
- The way Bump Maps work in 3D Studio Max
- Attaching Bump Maps

Hope you enjoyed! Let me know what you thought in the [Read More]

Video Tutorial: Glow Maps

On this week’s second Wednesday we’re going to look at how to create glow maps.  It’s a pretty simple technique using Mix Maps and a black and white image.  I was also planning on writing a tutorial to go along with the video but I’m running a little late this week.  Next week the normal format will resume.  For now, here’s the video tutorial version – hope it’s useful!

Glow Maps 3D Texturing Tutorial from Heather Craik [Read More]

Texturing Trick: How Mix Maps Make Your Life Easier

Perhaps you’ve been using only basic texturing methods, or perhaps you’ve been working on slightly more involved textures with bump maps or alpha maps; This trick will help you blend textures to create a more complex finish. [Read More]