This is a follow-up entry to the 3D modeling tutorial of a computer monitor found here. This is going to cover basics of lighting and texturing a scene for a final render in Autodesk Maya 2011.

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If you’ve ever thought of dabbling in 3D but just thought it might be too imposing a task, Here is a beginner’s tutorial that would make the process a bit more accessible. This modeling tutorial is done in Autodesk Maya.

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This easy tutorial will show you how to make an animation you can apply with a still image or animation in Flash, and make it look like damaged film.

And so, let us begin.

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This tutorial will teach you how to create a really slick and easy shine effect.

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This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a pen appear as though it is writing by itself.

There are parts of this tutorial that may seem confusing or a little difficult, but as always I will try to break things down into steps that are as easy as possible.

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This tutorial will show you how to make some glowing Christmas lights in Fireworks and Flash.

We’re going to make it a little more interesting and have a picture of a reindeer in the animation as well, instead of just-some-lights.

The reindeer image was obtained from Stock.xchng.

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