Master List of Tutorials
The purpose of this post is to collect links to useful tutorials, both Cheetah 3D specific and of general interest to 3D artists. Feel free to post suggested additions or changes to the list, which will be made from time to time.
All the tutorials below are free unless otherwise indicated.
Printable Manual here (current as of 5.8).
NoVolume's free YouTube tutorials
Learn 3D with Cheetah 3D video tutorials
Introductory Tutorials
Cheetah3D for Beginners ($29, 4h of high resolution video, downloadable)
Robert's Tutorials on cgvertex.com
Basic Editing
Brewing Beer
Box Modeling with Symmetry
Christmas Star
Three Video Tutorials
Crystal Rose
Leg Rigging
UV Transparency
Scalpel Tool -- Cutting a Hole in a Face
Using the UV Mapper Tool
5 Minute Guide to Chrome Logos
5 Minute Guide to Lighting & Textures
Making a simple building
Cover Tool
Blueprints
Free Video Tutorials (Modeling & Radiosity)
Miscellaneous Introductory Video Tutorials (no sound)
Guide to the Cheetah 3D Viewports and using the Sky Light
Simple Nut Model in 10 Steps
Material System: Simple Materials (video), Node Property Thread, and Decorated Pig.
More Advanced Tutorials
Turning a model into Lego
Face Modeling
Cloth Modeling
Decorated Pig lots of examples of node-based shaders
Dynamics — Overview of Rigid Bodies video and text summary
Fast Test Renders -- video tutorial
Gears
Hair (making a beard)
Hand Tutorial
Image Filters using Nodes
Infinite Floors -- video tutorial
Particle Arrays -- video tutorial
Scripts chapter from Learn 3D with Cheetah 3D
Softbox (Lighting) Effect -- video tutorial
Toon Rendering
UV Mapping for Realtime Applications
Building rounded corners out of cylinders
Making objects softly and silently disappear with animated UV offsets`
Hints on Blueprints
Transparent Movies
Introduction to Creators
Introduction to Modifiers
Wrap Modifier
Non Cheetah 3D Specific Tutorials
Joan of Arc tutorial comprehensive introduction to box modeling from concept art to finished character
General Concepts (e.g. how do hierarchies work? what are euler angles and what is gymbal lock?)
Modeling a Head
Rigging and Skinning: Hands On
http://nevercenter.com/videos/ -- huge library of modeling videos most of which apply to any polygon modeler, including Cheetah 3d
Creating Seamless Textures in Photoshop
Making HDRI Images in Photoshop
Creating HDRI Images with Terragen
Modeling a human foot in Maya
In-depth example of texture mapping and post-processing an image in Photoshop
Eight Things You Need to Know About Video Compression
Useful Resources
Pixar in a Box Khan Academy course on 3d topics and the underlying Math, created in partnership with Pixar.
cgtextures.com -- amazing source of royalty free texture maps
the-blueprints.com -- very handy source of high quality technical drawings, especially for military equipment, cars, motorcycles, etc.
Refractive Index and Related Constants (C3D doesn't implement all of this stuff yet.)
Refraction Indices of Different Materials
10 Lighting Setups for Cheetah 3D
25 Free Textures for Cheetah 3D
The purpose of this post is to collect links to useful tutorials, both Cheetah 3D specific and of general interest to 3D artists. Feel free to post suggested additions or changes to the list, which will be made from time to time.
All the tutorials below are free unless otherwise indicated.
Printable Manual here (current as of 5.8).
NoVolume's free YouTube tutorials
Learn 3D with Cheetah 3D video tutorials
Introductory Tutorials
Cheetah3D for Beginners ($29, 4h of high resolution video, downloadable)
Robert's Tutorials on cgvertex.com
Basic Editing
Brewing Beer
Box Modeling with Symmetry
Christmas Star
Three Video Tutorials
Crystal Rose
Leg Rigging
UV Transparency
Scalpel Tool -- Cutting a Hole in a Face
Using the UV Mapper Tool
5 Minute Guide to Chrome Logos
5 Minute Guide to Lighting & Textures
Making a simple building
Cover Tool
Blueprints
Free Video Tutorials (Modeling & Radiosity)
Miscellaneous Introductory Video Tutorials (no sound)
Guide to the Cheetah 3D Viewports and using the Sky Light
Simple Nut Model in 10 Steps
Material System: Simple Materials (video), Node Property Thread, and Decorated Pig.
More Advanced Tutorials
Turning a model into Lego
Face Modeling
Cloth Modeling
Decorated Pig lots of examples of node-based shaders
Dynamics — Overview of Rigid Bodies video and text summary
Fast Test Renders -- video tutorial
Gears
Hair (making a beard)
Hand Tutorial
Image Filters using Nodes
Infinite Floors -- video tutorial
Particle Arrays -- video tutorial
Scripts chapter from Learn 3D with Cheetah 3D
Softbox (Lighting) Effect -- video tutorial
Toon Rendering
UV Mapping for Realtime Applications
Building rounded corners out of cylinders
Making objects softly and silently disappear with animated UV offsets`
Hints on Blueprints
Transparent Movies
Introduction to Creators
Introduction to Modifiers
Wrap Modifier
Non Cheetah 3D Specific Tutorials
Joan of Arc tutorial comprehensive introduction to box modeling from concept art to finished character
General Concepts (e.g. how do hierarchies work? what are euler angles and what is gymbal lock?)
Modeling a Head
Rigging and Skinning: Hands On
http://nevercenter.com/videos/ -- huge library of modeling videos most of which apply to any polygon modeler, including Cheetah 3d
Creating Seamless Textures in Photoshop
Making HDRI Images in Photoshop
Creating HDRI Images with Terragen
Modeling a human foot in Maya
In-depth example of texture mapping and post-processing an image in Photoshop
Eight Things You Need to Know About Video Compression
Useful Resources
Pixar in a Box Khan Academy course on 3d topics and the underlying Math, created in partnership with Pixar.
cgtextures.com -- amazing source of royalty free texture maps
the-blueprints.com -- very handy source of high quality technical drawings, especially for military equipment, cars, motorcycles, etc.
Refractive Index and Related Constants (C3D doesn't implement all of this stuff yet.)
Refraction Indices of Different Materials
10 Lighting Setups for Cheetah 3D
25 Free Textures for Cheetah 3D
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