In this 3 parts tutorial I will explain how to transfer the colors of an image to particles in Houdini, then i will talk about creating an initial state file to end up using it in a particle simulation to blow the image away.
 cmiVFX, free, houdini, particles, sideFX, tutorial, tutorials
In this Maya video tutorial I will explain in depth how to create a GrayScale representation of ZDepth as well as Height fields, using many methods including ‘shading networks’ & ‘mel scripting’.
 free, geonak, grayscale, height, maya, mel, tutorial, zdepth
In this video tutorial I’ll explain in depth how to use the mia_roundCorners node newly introduced in maya 8.5. Its use with maya materials as well as mental ray materials and mia_material will be discussed and explained in detail.
 free, geonak, maya, mel, mental ray, mia round corners, render, tutorial