Adam Gibson

In this video tutorial 3D Coat/Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows the 3D student how to paint a female character originally modeled in Lightwave 3D using 3D Coat's powerful photo-painting system. Tips and Tricks are shown how to blend digital photos together to kill ugly seams and distortions. If you are seeking a video that shows how to easily use digital photographs to texture your 3D humans this is the training tutorial for you. 3D Coat does the job painlessly. Table of Contents for Photo Painting II Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Importing the Lightwave Mesh into 3D Coat Chapter 3- Project Organization and Overview Chapter 4- Painting a Base Skin Texture (Part One) Chapter 5- Painting a Base Skin Texture (Part Two) Chapter 6- Painting a Base Skin Texture (Part Three) Chapter 7- Painting a Base Skin Texture (Part Four) Chapter 8- Painting a Base Skin Texture (Part Five) Chapter 9- Painting Around the Eye and the Distort Image Tool (Part One) Chapter 10- Painting Around the Eye and the Distort Image Tool (Part Two) Chapter 11- Painting Around the Eye and the Distort Image Tool (Part Three) Chapter 12- Painting Nose and Lips Chapter 13- Painting the Side of the Face and the Ears Chapter 14- Touching Up the Ears and the Side of the Face Chapter 15- Painting the Front of the Neck and Back of the Head Chapter 16- Painting the Chest and Stomach Chapter 17- Painting the Thighs Chapter 18- Painting the Shins Chapter 19- Painting the Inside of the Thighs Chapter 20- Painting Inside of Shins Chapter 21- Painting the Outside of the Legs Chapter 22- Painting the Chest and the Ribs Chapter 23- Painting the Armpit Area Chapter 24- Painting the Back Chapter 25- Painting the Back of the Legs Chapter 26- Painting Inside of the Legs: Touch-ups Chapter 27- Painting the Inside of the Arms Chapter 28- Painting the Back of the Arms Chapter 29- Painting the Palms of the Hands Chapter 30- Painting the Backs of the Hands Chapter 31- Painting the Bottoms of the Arms Chapter 32- Painting the Bottoms of the Feet Chapter 33- Painting the Tops of the Feet Chapter 34- Merging All Paint Layers Chapter 35- Duplicating Merged Layer Chapter 36- Correcting Blending Errors (Part One) Chapter 37- Correcting Blending Errors (Part Two) Chapter 38- Correcting Blending Errors (Part Three) Chapter 39- Correcting Blending Errors (Part Four) Chapter 40- Correcting Blending Errors (Part Five) Chapter 41- Cleaning Up the Hand Chapter 42- Cleaning Up Finger Nails Chapter 43- Cleaning Up the Feet Chapter 44- Exporting the Mesh and Texture Map from 3D Coat Chapter 45- Importing Mesh into Lightwave 3D Chapter 46- Test Renders in Layout Level: Beginner Running Time: 7 hrs 6 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Video Format: Quicktime Video
Price: $19.00

In this tutorial 3D Coat Instructor Adam Gibson demonstrates the powerful photo painting tool-set inside of 3D Coat. Sometimes in order to create the most photo-realistic and life-like looking characters you need to use real photos of animals/creatures to create the illusion. Also this can be a huge time saver as trying to paint a texture from scratch can be very tedious, time-consuming, and require great skill. Learning how to use the photo-painting tool can save hours and hours of texturing work and speed up your work-flow. So if you are looking for a quick way to texture your creatures and animals this is the training course for you. Table of Contents for Photo Painting I Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Organizing/Prepping Photos for Painting Chapter 3- Setting Up/Importing the Character Mesh in 3D Coat Chapter 4- Photo Painting Tool Basics Chapter 5- Creating a Base Texture (Part One) Chapter 6- Creating a Base Texture (Part Two) Chapter 7- Painting the Ears Chapter 8- Painting the Front of the Head and Trunk Chapter 9- Painting the Back and Side of the Trunk Chapter 10- Painting the Side of the Head Chapter 11- Painting the Bottoms of the Feet Chapter 12- Painting the Toes of the Front Feet Chapter 13- Painting the Toes of the Rear Feet Chapter 14- Painting the Side of the Legs and the Body Chapter 15- Painting the Side, Top, and Bottom of the Body Chapter 16- Painting the Inner Legs Chapter 17- Painting the Back of the Knees and Front of the Legs Chapter 18- Painting the Tusks Chapter 19- The Darken Tool Chapter 20- Merging All the Layers and the Lighten Tool Chapter 21- Toe Nail Clean Up Work Chapter 22- Exporting to Lightwave 3D and Test Renders in Layout Level: Beginner Running Time: 4 hrs 29 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Video Format: Quicktime Video
Price: $19.00

This 3D Coat Video Bundle includes the following 7 Video Titles: 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users- Painting Color, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users- Normal & Displacement Maps, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Voxel Sculpting: Project Dragon, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-UV Mapping, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Retopology II-Project Suchomimus, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Retopology I, 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Auto Retopology
Price: $80.00

In this final video on detailing the Suchomimus Dinosaur 3D Coat/Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to paint color on the creature to add the final details that will all be merged into Lightwave's Layout for Rendering. Painting Colors on a 3D object is extremely fun and also an art form that can constantly be developed. Let Adam show you some beginning techniques to get you started on detailing your own 3D Models. Table of Contents for Painting Color Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Setting up Object and Using Layers Chapter 3- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Mouth and Tongue Chapter 4- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Body Chapter 5- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Head Chapter 6- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Spine Stripe Chapter 7- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Finger Skin Rings Chapter 8- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Toe Skin Rings Chapter 9- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Feet Chapter 10- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Finger Nails Chapter 11- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Toe Nails Chapter 12- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Inner Toe Claws Chapter 13- Creating Tiger Style Stripes Chapter 14- Creating Large Spots on the Body Chapter 15- Creating Large Spots on the Head Chapter 16- Blending the Scales on the Body Chapter 17- Blending the Scales on the Tail Chapter 18- Blending the Scales on the Neck and Head Chapter 19- Hand and Arm Detailing Chapter 20- Feet Detailing Chapter 21- Inner Mouth Detailing Chapter 22- Top of Head Detailing Chapter 23- Side of Head and Jaw Detailing Chapter 24- Exporting Lightwave Object, Color, Specular, Normal, and Displacement from 3DC Chapter 25- Importing the Model into Lightwave's Layout with all the Detailed Image Maps Chapter 26- Re-adding the Teeth and Eyes and applying Final Test Rendering in Lightwave Level: Beginner Running Time: 7 hrs 2 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Video Format: Quicktime Video
Price: $19.00

In this video tutorial 3D Instructor Adam Gibson demonstrates how to detail a Suchomimus dinosaur using 3D Coat's Normal and Displacement Mapping tools. Learn how to take plain and low-detailed models and spice them up by adding muscle, bone, tendon, skin folds, bumps and scales to their surface. Then the video finishes off by showing the secrets of taking the normal and displacement maps created in 3D Coat and exporting them out for use in Lightwave 3D. Although setting up Normal Maps in Lightwave is relatively easy, Displacement Maps can be slightly challenging. Displacement Map set-up using the Node Editor is shown in great detail. Table of Contents for Normal and Displacement Maps Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Saving Out the Body Layer of the Mesh Chapter 3- Import Body Layer into 3D Coat Chapter 4- UV's and Displacements Chapter 5- Detailing Leg Muscles Chapter 6- Detailing the Feet Chapter 7- Arm Detailing Chapter 8- Detailing the Hands Chapter 9- Creating Skin Rings Chapter 10- Creating the Rib Cage Chapter 11- Creating Spine Bones Chapter 12- Detailing the Top and Side of the Head Chapter 13- Throat and Lower Jaw Detailing Chapter 14- Detailing the Tail Chapter 15- Increasing the Texture Mesh Resolution Chapter 16- Adding a New Displacement Layer Chapter 17- Adding Scales Part 1 Chapter 18- Adding Scales Part 2 Chapter 19- Adding Scales Part 3 Chapter 20- Adding Scales Part 4 Chapter 21- Adding Scales Part 5 Chapter 22- Adding Scales Part 6 Chapter 23- Adding Scales Part 7 Chapter 24- Exporting Normal and Displacement Maps Chapter 25- Normal and Displacement Maps Preview in Photoshop Chapter 26- Normal Map Set Up in Lightwave 3D Chapter 27- Displacement Map Set Up in Lightwave 3D Chapter 28- How to Import and Export Nodes in Lightwave 3D Chapter 29- Final Running Time: 5 hrs. 48 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: Quicktime Video
Price: $19.00

In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. Table of Contents for Voxel Sculpting Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Converting Polygonal Mesh into Voxels Part One Chapter 3- Converting Polygonal Mesh into Voxels Part Two Chapter 4- Renaming Voxel Layers and Shaders Chapter 5- Finger Detailing Chapter 6- Hand Detailing Chapter 7- Forearm and Bicep Detailing Chapter 8- Creating Leg Muscles Chapter 9- Knee and Shin Detailing Chapter 10- Feet Detailing Chapter 11- Creating Spine Bones and Rib Cage Chapter 12- Elongating the Neck with the Pose Tool Chapter 13- Transform Tool Chapter 14- Neck Detailing Chapter 15- Head Detailing Chapter 16- Creating Finned-Styled Ears Chapter 17- Creating the Head Crest and Horns Chapter 18- Creating the Wings Chapter 19- Wing Detailing Chapter 20- Extending the Wing to the Body Layer Chapter 21- Posing the Wing Chapter 22- Adding Veins and Bumps to the Wings Chapter 23- Mirroring the Wing Chapter 24- Adding Scales to the Body Part One Chapter 25- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 26- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 27- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 28- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 29- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 30- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 31- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 32- Final Running Time: 7 hrs. 49 min. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner
Price: $19.00

In this volume on the new Autoretopology tool in 3D Coat 3.5 basic and advanced uses of the Auto-Retopology tool are demonstrated in great depth. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others.
Author: Adam Gibson
Topic: 3D-Coat Auto Retopology For Organics
Running Time: 6 Hours 15 Minutes
Format: .mov
Resolution: 1440x900
Rating: Beginner through Intermediate
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In this first volume on retopology for 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users Adam Gibson demonstrates all of the retopology tools in great detail. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others.
Author: Adam Gibson
Topic: 3D-Coat 3.5 Retopology Tools
Running Time: 3 Hours 24 Minutes
Format: .mov
Resolution: 1440x900
Rating: Beginner
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In this second part videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others.
Author: Adam Gibson
Topic: 3D-Coat Retopology for External Applications
Running Time: 8 Hours 34 Minutes
Format: .mov
Resolution: 1440x900
Rating: Intermediate
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Adam Gibson shows a full blown project based session on how to perfectly UV Map a Suchomimus Dinosaur. The techniques and tools are shown to create UV maps with no overlapping UV's. Good UV mapping skills are needed to create great texture maps for your characters and 3D object. This video holds the information you need to start making great UV maps for your own projects.
Author: Adam Gibson
Topic: 3D-Coat 3.5 & Lightwave 9.6 (Applicable to any external application outside of 3D-Coat)
Running Time: 1 Hour 56 Minutes
Format: .mov
Resolution: 1440x900
Rating: Beginner
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What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #5: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Image Viewer Settings Vs. Final Map Output, Chapter 3- Height Force Setting Vs. Normal Map Amplitude Setting in Lightwave, Chapter 4- How Environment Map Lighting Affects Texture's Appearence, Chapter 5- Image World in Lightwave, Chapter 6- Textured Evironment in Lightwave and Light Tweaking, Chapter 7- How To Import Environment Maps into the Substance Painter Shelf, Chapter 8- Tips onHow to Figure Our Smart Material Controls, Chapter 9- Weapon Metal (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 10- Glossy Plastic (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 11- Monster Skin (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 12- Sand (Smart Material Preset), Chapter 13- Where Substance Painter Stores Newly Created Smart Materials, Chapter 14- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 9 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #4: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What are Smart Materials and Input Maps?, Chapter 3- How to Bake Input Maps (Ambient Occlusion, World Space Normal, and more), Chapter 4- How to Add a Smart Material and Adjusting the Smart Material Settings, Chapter 5- Result of Not Having Input Maps Explained, Chapter 6- How to Import a Premade Normal Map from Other Software Packages, Chapter 7- Modifying a Preset to Create a New Preset, Chapter 8- How to Create a Preset Preview Image in Photoshop, Chapter 9- How to Build a Smart Material from Scratch, Chapter 10- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 14 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4). Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, emissive-glow, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #3: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Texture Set-Up in Lightwave (Color, Specular, Gloss, Normal, Luminosity/Emissive), Chapter 3- Emissive Map Glow Options (Radiosity and Corona Image Filter Set-Up), Chapter 4- How to Create Emissive Channels in Substance Painter (Layer Settings), Chapter 5- Emissive Alpha Brushes, Chapter 6- Emissive Color Image Stamp Brush, Chapter 7- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 24 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

Would you like to Earn Money from Selling 3D Models on the Internet? If so, this video course is designed to teach you how to do just that. One of the largest 3D content market places on the internet is www.daz3d.com. DAZ Studio is a "FREE" piece of 3D Software that you can download from DAZ3D.com that is used by thousands and thousands of people all over the world. Sounds complicated? Well don't worry in this course we will take you step-by-step on: Getting started with DAZ Studio UI (User Interface), Optimizing/Exporting Your Models for Import into DAZ, Converting/Adjusting your Models in DAZ Studio, Submission Guidelines, Dealing with the tricky DAZ File/Runtime(Texture) Folder Structure, Marketing and more!! Although this course is designed for anyone who wishes to create models for DAZ3D.com we will be using Lightwave 3D as our starting point demonstrate model/optimization and object file export. But once again the principles shown can be used in all other software packages to get your 3D models into DAZ Studio. *Please Note: Although this video tutorial is meant as a "Stand-Alone" Product it is also considered as Volume #5 of the "DDO for Lightwave Users" Series. Converting models and textures over to DAZ Studio for the purpose of Selling them on DAZ3D.com is part of the DDO series. Table of Contents for DAZ 3D Model Creation Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Basic DAZ Publishing Info Orientation, Chapter 3- DAZ UI (User Interface) Layouts and Menu Tabs, Chapter 4- IPR (Interactive Progressive Rendering) Image Preview, View Modes, Add Camera, Chapter 5- Draw Style Options Menu and Deleting Cameras, Chapter 6- Navigating View Modes (Pan, Orbit, Dolly Zoom, Frame Selection), Chapter 7- Item Selection and Transforms (Translation, Rotation, Scale), Chapter 8- Multiple Item Selection, Item Groups, Parenting Items, Chapter 9- Surface Selection Tool, Chapter 10- Item Duplication and Node Instances, Chapter 11- Create Primitives, Surfacing Primitives, Grouping Primitives, Chapter 12- Lights and Glowing Surfaces (Ambient Color and Strength), Chapter 13- Diffuse Color Vs Ambient Color (Glow Issue), Chapter 14- Rendering Product Images, Chapter 15- DAZ Content Library and Submission File Folder Structure, Chapter 16- Mesh Optimization (Tips on Triangles, Quads, Non-Planer Polys, UVs, and More), Chapter 17- FBX Export from Lightwave 3D and Proper UV Islands, Chapter 18- Import FBX into DAZ and Tweaking Surfaces, Chapter 19- Creating a Product Base Directory for your Files, Chapter 20- Runtime Texture Folder Structure Set-Up, Chapter 21- Setting Your Author/Artist Name in the Preferences Menu, Chapter 22- Props/Environments and Materials Folder Structure Creation, Chapter 23- Saving Prop Assets with Correct File Path and Settings, Chapter 24- Reassigning Texture File Paths to the Runtime Texture Folder, Chapter 25- Creating a Material Preset in the Materials Folder, Chapter 26- Zipping Up Your Product Folder and DAZ PASS Website, Chapter 27- Saving Multiple Item Products, Chapter 28- Helpful Websites for Selling Products on the Internet. Chapter 29- Final. Running Time: 7 hrs. 0 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) . Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $29.00

In this seventh video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student how to get up and started quickly with ZBrush 4R7's GoZ Plugin. Learn how to import/export Multi-Layered Meshes and Subtools between ZBrush and Lightwave. Table of Contents for Volume #7: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- How to Install the GoZ Plugin, Chapter 3- Lightwave Layers Vs ZBrush Subtools, Chapter 4- How to Convert Multiple Lightwave Layers to Multiple Subtools in ZBrush, Chapter 5- Splitting Subtools with Masking, Chapter 6- Exporting Individual Subtools to Lightwave Using GoZ, Chapter 7- Export All Subtools Button Using GoZ, Chapter 8- Export Visible Subtools Button Using GoZ, Chapter 9- GoZ Export to Layout, Chapter 10- Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 39 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Backdrop Color, Chapter 3- Gradient Backdrop Colors, Chapter 4- How to Animate the Backdrop Color (Part One), Chapter 5- How to Animate the Backdrop Color (Part Two), Chapter 6- Backdrop Image Concepts, Chapter 7- How to Resize Backdrop Images, Chapter 8- Camera View Background Modes, Chapter 9- OpenGL Image Resolution Settings, Chapter 10- How to Use an Image Sequence as a Background, Chapter 11- Foreground Image Concepts and Tools, Chapter 12- Foreground Image Set-Up in Adobe Photoshop, Chapter 13- How to Create 3D Images with an Alpha Channel to Export to Photoshop, Chapter 14- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 16 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Lazy Mouse, Chapter 3- Bump Material Mode and Brush Settings, Chapter 4- Particle Brush Introduction, Chapter 5- Tool Presets, Chapter 6- Creating your own Brush and Material Presets, Chapter 7- Exporting Textures from Substance Painter to Use in Lightwave and Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 39 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is Lightwave 3D? Lightwave is powerful 3D Modeling/Animation and VFX software used in the Film and Television Industry by 3D artists/studios in Hollywood and all over the world. This 12 volume series is designed for beginners who are new to 3D or students who are new to Lightwave. The series will be covering everything you need to get started fast. Some of the Topics Covered throughout the 12 Volume Series will be: User Interface, Polygonal Modeling, Sub-D Modeling, UV Mapping, Surfacing Techniques, Animation Basics, Compositing Tools, Particle FX, Genoma II Character Rigging and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #1: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is Lightwave?, Chapter 3- Layout Vs. Modeler, Chapter 4- Lightwave's Hub, Chapter 5- Selecting Items in Layout (Loading, Positioning, Rotating), Chapter 6- Creating Your First Animation, Chapter 7- How to Render Your First Animation, Chapter 8- Space Scene Project and Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 28 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

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What is Substance Painter? Substance Painter is an extremely powerful 3D Painting Software package that is becoming very popular in the 3D Industry. It comes fully loaded with eye-popping materials to paint on your 3D models. Metals, Stone, Rock, Fabric, Wood and more. It also has a huge collection of tools and brushes to create weathering, dirt, scratches, corrosion, rust, skin, lizard scale detail (and more) with great speed and quality. A must have piece of software for those who want to add huge amounts of detail to their 3d Models. Table of Contents for Volume #1, Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is Substance Painter?, Chapter 3- User Interface (UI) Orientation, Chapter 4- 3D Viewer Navigation (Rotate, Move, and Zoom-In/Out), Chapter 5- 2D Viewer Navigation (Rotate, Move, Zoom-In/Out, Show Entire Mesh), Chapter 6- How to Rotate the Environment Map, Chapter 7- Viewer Setting Modes, Chapter 8- Mesh Normal View, Chapter 9- Environment Map Settings, Chapter 10- How to Open and Close a Project, Chapter 11- Preparing Models in Lightwave, Chapter 12- Importing Box Primitive into Substance Painter, Chapter 13- Correcting the Smoothing Issue for the Ball Primitive, Chapter 14- Correcting NGons in your Models, Chapter 15- Correcting Non-Planar Polygons in your Models, Chapter 16- Painting Introduction (Layers and Fill Layers), Chapter 17- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 7 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is dDo? dDo is an extremely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this fourth volume we'll be demonstrating how to create amazing "input normal maps" with another external software package called "NDO" which is part of the Quixel Suite. Techniques on how to create Sci-Fi Detail (Nurnies, Panels and Plates) will be demonstrated using NDO's unique normal map creation tools. In Volumes #5 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #4: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Input Map Creation, Chapter 3- NDO Introduction (Part One), Chapter 4- NDO Introduction (Part Two), Chapter 5- NDO Introduction (Part Three), Chapter 6- NDO Introduction (Part Four), Chapter 7- Wall Panel Creation (Part One), Chapter 8- Wall Panel Creation (Part Two), Chapter 9- Wall Panel Creation (Part Three), Chapter 10- Wall Panel Test in DDO, Chapter 11- Export Final Baked Images, Chapter 12- Testing Images in Lightwave, Chapter 13- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 31 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this third volume we'll be demonstrating how to create amazing "input normal maps" with an external software package called "3D Coat". Techniques on how to create Sci-Fi Detail (Nurnies, Panels and Plates) will be demonstrated using 3D Coats powerful paint tools. In Volumes #4 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping (with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #3: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Creating Input Normal Maps Using Other Software Packages, Chapter 3- Creating Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO Introduction, Chapter 4- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part One), Chapter 5- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Two), Chapter 6- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Three), Chapter 7- Painting Normal Maps in 3D Coat for DDO (Part Four), Chapter 8- Exporting Normal Map from 3D Coat, Chapter 9- Exporting Normal Map from 3D Coat, Chapter 10- Loading Input Maps in DDO, Chapter 11- Testing Normal Map with Smart Textures, Chapter 12- Normal Map Error, Chapter 13- Normal Map Input Fix, Chapter 14- Exporting Textures in DDO, Chapter 15- Testing Final Textures in Lightwave, Chapter 16- Final. Running Time: 3 hrs. 0 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels), Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this second volume we'll continue to cover what's involved to set-up, creating input maps (Color ID Maps, Normal Maps, etc) and further your understanding of the interface and get you started making awesome textures for your model for use in Lightwave and other pieces of 3D software. In Volumes #3 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #2: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Assigning Polygon Colors to Create a Color ID Map, Chapter 3- Using Surface Baker in Layout to Bake Color ID Map, Chapter 4- Saving Extra File Formats of Color ID Map, Chapter 5- Creating Other Input Maps in XNormal, Chapter 6- Baking a Curvature Map in XNormal, Chapter 7- Multiple Surfaces Gotcha, Chapter 8- Select Surfaces in DDO, Chapter 9- ReBaking the Color ID Map with Anti-Aliasing Fix, Chapter 10- Import Corrected Color ID Map, Chapter 11- Baking Out Image Maps in DDO, Chapter 12- Testing Baked Image Maps in Lightwave, Chapter 13- How to Create a Color ID Map in a 3D Paint Program (3D Coat), Chapter 14- Testing the Color ID Map Created in 3D Coat, Chapter 15- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 17 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

What is dDo? dDo is an extemely powerful 3D texturing plugin for Adobe Photoshop used by top Video Game Companies and Movie Studios around the world. Imagine being able to detail your Sci-Fi and Industrial style models with adjustable rust, scratches, corrosion, water damage, dirt, leakage, dust, mud spattering, paint wear...and much more...all within a few seconds instead of spending hours and hours or weeks painting and tweaking texture maps by hand. The software also comes with a library of surfacing presets and the ability to create and save out your own. In this course we will step-by-step show you how to get up and running fast using this amazing and powerful tool that you get at the following website: www.quixel.se. It's very affordable. Only $50 US Funds and can do amazing things. In this first volume we'll be covering what's involved to set-up and optimize you meshes so that they are ready for loading into dDo and also take you through the interface and get you started making awesome textures for your model for use in Lightwave and other pieces of 3D software. In Volumes #2 to #12 of the course we will be going through a wide variety of tools in dDo, doing some basic and advanced project work, modeling & uv mapping(with dDo in mind), introduction to NDO (Normal Mapping Plugin that can be used with DDO, and how to create your own 3D models to sell on the internet on websites like Daz3D.com and Turbosquid, and more!! Table of Contents for Volume #1: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- What is DDO?, Chapter 3- DDO Workflow/Pipeline for Lightwave, Chapter 4- Where to Download XNormal Software for Free, Chapter 5- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Tangent Space Normal Map, Chapter 6- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Object Space Normal Map, Chapter 7- Baking Input Maps in XNormal: Ambient Occlusion Map, Chapter 8- Loading Input Map and Object File into DDO for Texturing, Chapter 9- How to Add a Material , Chapter 10- How to Add a Smart Material and Export your Baked Maps, Chapter 11- Testing Baked Maps in Lightwave, Chapter 12- How to Create Your Own Custom "Smart Materials", Chapter 13- Re-Using a Smart Material Preset on another Model, Chapter 14-Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 36 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

In this sixth video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the beginner 3D student to a hands on project on how to detail a sci-fi prop that was modeled in Lightwave 3D. The main goal is to show how to take a basic model created in Lightwave, detail it in ZBrush, and then import it seamlessly back into Lightwave with all the ZBrush created maps (Color, Displacement, Normal) in tact. Table of Contents for Volume #6: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Optimizing the Mesh in Lightwave for Export to ZBrush, Chapter 3- Importing Mesh into ZBrush and Initial Set-up (Morph Target, UV's), Chapter 4- How to Import Custom Alpha Brushes into ZBrush, Chapter 5- Adding Panels and Details in Projection Master, Chapter 6- Exiting Projection Master, Chapter 7- Creating the Maps (Color, Displacement, and Normal), Chapter 8- Exporting and Set-Up in Lightwave, Test Renders, and Final. Running Time: 1 hrs. 22 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

In this fifth video volume of 12 volumes 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces how to integrate Lightwave 3D with ZBrush and how to use the GoZ system. The main focus of this beginner integration tutorial is how to optimize hard surface meshes for sculpting and painting in ZBrush and how to export that data back into Lightwave as seamlessly as possible. Zbrush is a very powerful 3D package but there are also some gotchas and pitfalls along the way that require some extra knowledge to get the best results possible. This tutorial covers those hidden items in great detail. Table of Contents for Volume #5: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- GoZ Import to Zbrush from Lightwave, Chapter 3- NGon Import Issues to ZBrush, Chapter 4- Unified Skin Option, Chapter 5- Sci-Fi Prop Optimized, Chapter 6- Adding Details in ZBrush, Chapter 7- Creating Maps in ZBrush (Color, Normal, and Displacement Maps), Chapter 8- GoZ Export to Lightwave, Chapter 9- Delete Lower Subdivision Level Fix, Chapter 10- More Displacement Gotchas, Chapter 11- Morph Target Solution, Chapter 12- Final. Running Time: 2 hrs. 52 mins., High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels) , Video Format: MP4 (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00

This bundle contains all 12 volumes of "Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Tools". Volumes #1 to 8 is designed for Tool-Based training. Volumes #9 to 12 are Project Based training. In the Project-Based section Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to create a Gigantanosaurus dinosaur using Sub-D's.
Price: $99.00

This Bundle Contains 19 Lightwave 11.5 video titles: 1) Lightwave 11.5 Genoma Rigging Bundle (Vol. #1,2,3,4), 2) Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Tools Bundle Volumes #1 to 12, Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping Essentials, Lightwave 11.5 UV Mapping a Creature, and Lightwave 11.5- UV Mapping a Human.
Price: $159.00

In Volumes 9, 10, 11, and 12 of our Lightwave 11.5 Modeler Series Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson will take you through a complete Sub-D Character Modeling project broken up into four Modules (1 to 4) . From A to Z the creation of a Gigantonosaurus Dinosaur will be taught step by step in great detail all starting from a simple box primitive. The concepts and techniques used here in this extensive training course will give you the knowledge on how to create amazing characters, animals, beasts and monsters of your own. Some of the things you will learn from this course: 1) Sub-D Theory, 2) Setting Up Backdrop Images, Using the Internet to find useful images for your own projects, Box-Modeling Concepts, Quad-Patching, Creating Complex Geometry Starting from Basic Shapes, Redirecting Polygon Flow, Mesh Prepping/Cleaning/Optimizing/Tweaking and more. A great series for beginner 3D students or those who wish to improve their Sub-D Modeling skills with a minimal amount of tools. Bonus Content: 1) All Lightwave model files, Back-Drop Reference Images, and absolutely free our "Creature Eye Pack" texture collection (Retail Value- $19.00 US Funds). Running Time: Approx 12 hrs. 0 mins., Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, Video Format: MP4 Video (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $35.00

In this Eighth Volume of 12 Volumes Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson introduces the 3D student to Lightwave's Powerful Modeler. A great series for beginner 3D students. Table of Contents for Modeler Volume #8: Chapter 1- Intro, Chapter 2- Multi Text Tool, Chapter 3- Mirror X Tool, Chapter 4- Mirror Y Tool, Chapter 5- Mirror Z Tool, Chapter 6- Mirror Tool (Part One), Chapter 7- Mirror Tool (Part Two), Chapter 8- Clone Tool, Chapter 9- Rail Clone Tool, Chapter 10- Array Tool, Chapter 11- Final. Running Time:  2 hrs. 0 mins., Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, Video Format: MP4 Video (.mp4), Level: Beginner.
Price: $19.00