3D Tutorials by Travis

Revolve takes a nurbs curve, spins it kind of like pottery, and makes a complete 360 degree object.

This tutorial covers basic polygonal primitives modeling with bevels.

This tutorial will get you up to speed in setting up a simple Final Gather scene.

I'm sure you all know how to use the automated create PSD network in Maya. In this tutorial I'll show you how to make it by hand in the hypershade.

In this tutorial we'll cover in depth, basic boolean operations, anatomy of a boolean, where to use booleans, and common boolean errors.

This tutorial will cover creating a simple object from polygonal primitives. Also, basic functions of the extrude tool.

Getting around Blender can be a bit tricky. This tutorial explains how to move the camera and go to component modes (verticies, faces, edges).

This tutorial covers using reflection maps for reflections.

In this tutorial I will explain how to use images for reflection use the mentalray.

In this set of tutorials you will learn how to make a perfect reflection in Maya. This is part one of 3-part series.