Tutorials

I think it's appropriate that I make the final versions of my idents the last post, so I will instead post the tutorials I used first, while explaining what each one was for:

Fire Material - http://3drockstar.com/creating-a-fire-material-in-3d-studio-max/
Fire Animation - http://3drockstar.com/creating-realistic-fire-using-particles-in-3ds-max/

Both of the above tutorials were followed for the same thing, that is, the flames featured in Idents 2 and 3.

Planet Earth - http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-create-planet-earth-in-3ds-max-154076/

That is a 3-part video tutorial on how to create the Earth, Moon, and a Starfield in the background, all featured in Ident 3

Explosion - http://www.the123d.com/tutorial/3dsmax3/explode01.shtml

This tutorial I only partially followed as it later became more complex, although I was able to learn how to make an appropriate material from it. Note that this was for the firey blast coming from the explosion, not the actually exploding of the shuttle, which was the bomb space warp.


Grab your box of tissues and prepare to blub as the next blog entry will be the last one.