Other
assorted 3D
3D site3D Studio Max stuff
Miscellaneous
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| 3D World forum | 3D World magazine forum |
| 3D Total | Another showcase pro-forum. |
| Computer arts | 2D & 3D graphics plus hardware |
| Other
assorted 3D |
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| 3D World magazine | Favourite 3D magazine - a little more advanced in 3D than Computer Arts. |
| Curious Labs | new owners of Poser. The new Poser Pro pack looks very interesting. Looks to be a possible alternative to Character Studio in Max |
| PoserPros | Serious (mostly) forum for Poser users. |
| CGI forum | Creative computer graphics- professional forum. |
| graphicssoft about | very professional tutorials for Poser, Max, Rhino, with plugins & resources. |
| 3D Model World | Lannies 3D Model world contains meshes in a number of formats, though mostly biassed towards Poser. |
| 3D Animation Workshop | Some more advanced tutorials mainly for Max - but some other applications are covered |
| Lost Pencil | Animation tutorials and various downloads. |
| 3D Total | This has matured into a very valuable site over the past year. Some very high quality meshes are available. |
| Avalon | Superb site "the original public 3D archive". Huge mesh archive to download for free. |
| 3D Animations Workshop | Detailed tutorials which are updated twice a week. |
| Bryce tips | Bryce- the top renderer, a great source of tutorials & tips plus other resources |
| Renderosity | Numerous links to downloads, tutorials et all. Especially good for Poser & Bryce. |
| Digital Tutors | Tutorials covering 3D to compositing & photoshop. |
| 3D site |
Model Market - 3D models for import into 3D computer applications. |
3D Studio Max stuff |
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| Discreet | Discreet's own support & tutorial pages |
| Max 3D | 3D Studio Max dedicated site -loads of brilliant tutorials, plus a collection of ready-to-use organic NURBS models |
| Habware | more invaluable plugins for Max, plus tutorials. My favourite is the aerofoil. |
| 3DS Max Meshes | |
| Blur | some of the best 3D Studio Max resources available- great free plugins, as used on some work on this site. The links page is invaluable |
| Max forum | Links to tutorials, plugins, and discussion forums for Max |
| 3D Spline | Another very thorough resource for 3DS Max, includes good plugin pages. |
| MaxForums | |
| Miscellaneous |
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| FineArt SK | A number of useful reference images and promotional material of photo's of the human form in3-view format. |
| Concept Art | digital and real graphic media- forums, daily sketch and supportive friendly atmosphere |
| Starbits | A fractal starfield generator which makes very convincing stellar pictures, does very good galaxies too. This small application can produce very realistic images. I feel inspired to add some more here soon. If nothing else - use them to create backgrounds for space scenes. |
| Tutorials | 3D aircraft |