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Tutorials
3ds max tutorials:    
This commercial video tutorial is created by artist Loocas Duber in 3ds max.The length of this tutorial is 1 hour which covers all the aspects of head rigging and this is very informative tutorial.    
Complete Projects, Modelling & Rigging, Animation & Rigging, Lighting, Rendering & Effects, Texturing Evermotion Tutorials, VRAY Tutorial
Autodesk's 3ds max 9 tutorials.PDFs and supplemental files provided. Various 3ds max video tutorials
This tutorial will explain how to set up cloth in 3D Studio Max. It contains a step-by-step 25 page document about simulating a cape and skirt on a pre-animated character. final render for 3ds max has new video tutorials available.
Maya tutorials:    
Learning-Maya.com Tutorial Database Two Maya and Mudbox video tutorials 1 (93.5MB), 2 (88MB)
3DTotal.com's maya tutorials.    
ZBrush tutorials:    
  PixelLogic's Zclassroom is loaded with free video tutorials to get anyone up and running with Zbrush.    
  Phohoshop tutorials:    
3DTotal.com's Photoshop tutorials    
  Character Design tutorials    
A brief tutorial of an eastern orger drawn, modeled in Modo 301, deatiled and textured in Zbrush, and rigger in Lightwave 9.1    
Farewell Kiss, by Michael Dashow, an incredible CG tutorial covering character and environmental drawing, composition, camera placement, lighting, storytelling, great use of Photo shop layers and using 3D in the pre-production process. Sergey Priymuk's article shows the design steps from reserach, to 3D modeling, to lighting and rendering.
Chris Beatrice talks about design sketches and solid color character development in great detail. ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ - Geoff Campbell, ILM ‘Pirates’ creature model supervisor takes a look back at a career in motion.
Dreamweaver    
AdobeTV is now hosting their own video tutorials through their new AdobeTV web TV. This is a getting started video for Dreamweaver Adobe's Dreamweaver Developer Center
Various tutorials:  
RealFlow Training and Education Resources - Tutorials. Here is a fully functional evaluation copy. New Adobe CS3 video workshop by Lynda.com. This covers many adobe applications.
Motionbuilder Tutorials: Poetry in Motion: An Autodesk Motionbuilder PDF tutorial and assoc. files. Daniel Arnold-Mist, freelance artist, presents a complete project using Painter, 3DS MAX, Zbrush and Maya. We will start this series with a 3 part video, where, by using Painter we will discover the creative process and all the experimentations an artist has to do to conceive a successfull concept from scratch? Page 1, 2, & 3.
   
       
       
       
 
 
    
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