I have to say, the tutorials on the Special Edition of Unreal Tournament 2004 are *absoutely* brilliant. I'm quite impressed with the video tutorials. The people doing them definately know what they're talking about, and you learn so much more and easily just by watching them clicking around the interface and explaining as they go. I've never used Maya before, but there were a fair introductory tutorials on the dvd which explained a lot of things and has me very interested in Maya!
The video tutorials done by the people at [url="http://sv1.3dbuzz.com/3dbuzz_FAQ.php"]3D Buzz[/url], and they have plenty of these 'Video Training Modules' for download free on their website (all you have to do is register). You can register as a member and get them sent to you on a cd but apparantely that takes a while since "3DBuzz has one of the biggest memberbases of any site on the web. With over 30,000 members now, and more people joining everyday (and with only one person to do all the burning, labeling, and mailing)."
Where am I going with this? Well, I'm thinking perhaps we should get our collective acts together and download all these tutorials from 3DBuzz and any other useful free tutorials around. We'll send what we have to a nominated person to compile the lot on dvd or cd and then burn the lot for those who contributed in downloading.
Of course, if anyone else is interested in a copy, I'm sure it can be sent for a nominal charge for postage and blank dvd/cd. It's my understanding that these tutorials are freely downloadable and can be distributed without profit (if you find anything different, let me know). I really think something like this would benefit *everyone* here, so what do you think?!
** ok, I just had a look at the download page, and there seems to be so much stuff there. It might be possible to get them if there are a lot of people here on cable/fast connections, but I'm probably being a bit optimistic (it would require the generosity of high speed users here [:D]. I'm sure there are gigs and gigs worth of tutorials). There's tonnes of great stuff there, from Maya, XSI, 3DSMax through to Concept Art, HumanIk, and Photoshop. Probably worth looking into purchasing them all if there is an option.
Great! We have 7 contributors (including myself). If there are more people willing to downloada an issue or 2, let me know! You'll get back a multitude more in return for your efforts, trust me
ZBrush - Issue 1 (Inglis has Basic Overview from Issue1)
Maya - Issue 1(Inglis has), Issue 2(Inglis has)
3dsmax - Issue 1(Inglis has), Issue 2(Inglis has), Issue 3(Bullet21 has), Issue 4(Bullet21 has - missing chapter 4 eyes, maybe Stu can send), Issue 5 (Stu has)
XSI - Issue 1 (Inglis has)
PHP & MySQL - Issue 1 (Inglis has), Issue 2
Photoshop 7.0 - Issue 1 (Inglis has)
Quake III Game Design - Issue 1 (Inglis has)
Unreal Tournament Game Design - Issue 1
MOTIONBUILDER - Issue 1(Inglis has), Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 5
Houdini - Issue 1(Inglis has), Issue 2, Issue 3
Combustion - Issue 1
UT2003 Game Design - Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 5, Issue 6, Issue 7
Creating Concept Art - Issue 1, Issue 2
HumanIK - (it gets a bit funny with issue numbers here)
Lightwave - Issue1
Gamespace - Issue1(Bullet21 has)
Unreal Tech - (Inglis has Introduction to UnrealEd from Issue1)
I have Maya Fundamentals..
01 - Maya PLE - Intro
02 - Maya Modeling Basic
03 - Maya Animation
X5 is sending in:
HumanIK Issue 1
Concept Art Design Issue 1
Concept Art Design Issue 2
PHP & MySQL Integration Issue 2
So anyway, I'll update this list on who has what, what shouldn't we bother with (e.g Quake III Game Design) and for the people who volunteered to nominate certain issues to download. Some things we might have to skip like the Unreal Tournament 2003 stuff since I have 2004 relevant vtms.
Everything I get is being put on the DVD disc as files. You can't view it with a DVD player on your TV.
We've actually got enough stuff to fill 4.5gigs on a DVD disc now - might have to give the Quake 3 level design tutorials a miss to fit what Moonunit is sending, but overall there's a TONNE of stuff there. We're probably talking about DAYS worth of tutorial videos. If you're into Max or Maya, you're going to love it [:)].
It's not being sold. It's being compiled and resent out to those who have been contributing to the collection. However, being the nice guy that I am, I'm willing to send it free to a few Sumea regulars - restricting myself to about 5 people. I can put you down as #3 in that list if you like. List includes Kane and Palantir, so I don't forget.
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It's not being sold. It's being compiled and resent out to those who have been contributing to the collection.
even though i sent you about 10 cds, you can take my name off that list souri.
for the rest of you- if you want your name on that list in my place. PM with 25 words explaining why I should pick you. lol.
Yep, Inglis has been by far the largest contributor, so many many thanks for helping us out there!
I will check the mailbox today, Moonunit. I sent Stu an email a short while ago to see what was happening, but I haven't heard from him since, so I may as well get the show going. This is the list of contributors and people wanting a copy. Let me know if I missed anyone. If you're on the list, please private message me with your postal address, and I'll get them burning and sent in a week or so!
Bullet21
Stu
X5
MoonUnit
Kane
Makk
Palantir
Ok, we're ready to roll!
The amount of tutorials received is 2gigs over what I can fit on a single DVD.. so you need to list me your preferences (with the highest on the top of the list). I'll cram what I can with what you want most. We have tutorials for..
3DSMax
BenMathis tutorials / Hellboy
Gamespace
Maya
Photoshop 7
PHP
Quake 3 Level Editing
XSI Softimage
ZBrush
Creating Concept Art
Drawing
HumanIK
So everyone on the dvd receiving list a few posts back, please PM me your postal address and list of preference, and I'll send out the dvd's..
The DVD isn't for sale, but if you're interested in a free copy, and you're a regular, I can put you on the list. I'll be accepting 3 more regulars, so if you want a *free* dvd with these tutorials, post in this thread saying "Me, please", and PM (private message) me through the forum with your postal address and your order of preference...
Strictly limited to 3 more people.
I got mine today also. Wow, it looks awesome! Maybe now I might have a chance of completing the modeller challenge [:P]
So I may not be online for a while, being busy with all these great looking tutes. I reckon if I can get through even half of these I?ll improve 10 fold!
Thanks again Souri, you?re a legend! [:D]
Hey, I've been away for a while (stoopid uni assignments) Glad to here you finally got mine Souri Here's my pref.
HumanIK
Creating Concept Art
Drawing
BenMathis tutorials / Hellboy
Gamespace
Quake 3 Level Editing
Maya
PHP
XSI Softimage
ZBrush
Photoshop 7
3DSMax
I know you wont get them all on but as many as you can in that order would be great. Thanks again dude. Do you have my address or would you like me to e-mail it to you?
Stu
I've noticed that 3D Buzz are taking down the star system, so I *think* the VTM's will be downloadable again for everyone. Definately worth trying to get the Maya VTM #2, Concept Art VTM #2, and other tutorials we didn't have in the compilation (although we did manage to get most of the good stuff!)
you are putting them on dvds, yes? and if so can we watch it on a dvd player or not.