Free Studio Max Tutorial Sites & Other Stuff

Below is a listing of sites that offer free tutorials for 3D Studio Max.

General Tutorial Sites:

cgtutsplus.com

3dtotal.com

tutorialized.com

republicofcode.com

Car modeling tutorials:

http://www.carbodydesign.com/tutorials/3d/3ds-max-tutorials/

Blended box mapping:

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/blended_box_mapping/blended_box_mapping.htm

UV Mapping:

An old tutorial, but still useful for those needing to learn the fundamentals of UV Mapping

http://waylon-art.com/uvw_tutorial/uvwtut_01.html

Mental Ray Proxies:

Part 1:

Part 2:

You can find blueprints for just about everything here: http://www.the-blueprints.com/

If you've ever wished that 3ds Max had a tool that could do something that it doesn't already do, or wished that certain tools worked better, or had more functionality or whatever, chances are someone has already written a Maxscript that does what you want.

Check out Scriptspot: http://www.scriptspot.com/

Links to free 3D model download sites here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?32298-Sites-Offering-Free-3D-Models

Links to free texture/material sites here: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?25546-Good-Sites-for-Free-Textures-Materials

Free Xfrog trees and plants here: http://xfrog.com/category/samples.html

XNormal is a free application to generate Normal, Ambient Occlusion and Displacement maps. It can also project the texture of the high poly model onto the low poly mesh: http://www.xnormal.net/Tutorials.aspx

A free program that allows you to grow virtual ivy in your 3D world: http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/