Master List of Tutorials

[podperson]

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.

Current Manual in PDF Form here

Introductory Tutorials
Cheetah3D for Beginners ($29, 4h of high resolution video, downloadable)
Robert's Tutorials on cgvertex.com
Brewing Beer
Box Modeling with Symmetry
Three Video Tutorials
Crystal Rose
Leg Rigging
UV Transparency
Scalpel Tool -- Cutting a Hole in a Face
5 Minute Guide to Chrome Logos
5 Minute Guide to Lighting & Textures
Making a simple building
Cover Tool
Blueprints
Quick and Dirty Guide to v5 Shaders video and thread with glossary

More Complex Tutorials
Face Modeling
Cloth Modeling
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

Non Cheetah 3D Specific Tutorials
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
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.
Refraction Indices of Different Materials
10 Lighting Setups for Cheetah 3D
25 Free Textures for Cheetah 3D

[squareitround]

The UV Mapping for Realtime Applications link just goes to the main tutorial page, not the tut itself.

[podperson]

Thanks -- I fixed the link.

[bugaboo]

I really liked the Box Modeling with Symmetry and UV Mapping for Realtime Applications. Very clear explanations and demonstration. I found it informative.

[podperson]

Thanks ... I hope the new comic style tutorials are useful because they're a LOT easier to put together.

[Willem]

The comic tutorials are wonderful. For some reason they are very easy to read and follow. It works!

[hairball600]

No Kidding! I love the comic-book style tutorials.

[groovista]

Originally Posted by podperson

Thanks ... I hope the new comic style tutorials are useful because they're a LOT easier to put together.

They're righteous! I assume you used Comic Life?

@ Macworld Expo, Plasq had a very cool jungle-themed booth. I told the cute gal in the Betty Rubble dress about your tutorials and she thoroughly grooved it!

You (or someone) should email Plasq the links to your tutorials; I don't think they've considered user documentation as a use for Comic Life

[podperson]

Yup Comic Life is the new MacWrite

[podperson]

I'm very disappointed with Plasq's new Comic Life product. They've produced this new program "Comic Life Magiq" which I find inferior to the original and don't seem to be interested in improving Comic Life.