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Louis has been a 3D technical artist and software developer since 1994. He joined Discreet Logic in 1998 where he has been involved in the broadcast graphics industry for 6 years before joining the 3ds max team in Montreal, now part of Autodesk Canada. Currently he specializes in 3ds max and Combustion.

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Reveal Techniques and Autodesk University in Las Vegas

In this week's entry, i have posted a set videos covering techniques that i have shown in a class at Autodesk University in 2007. It was a class on revealing objects with animations. You'll see masks, pflow, reactor,…

Posted: Nov 03, 2009
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Switching Cameras in an Animation in 3ds Max

Here is a new set of videos covering different techniques to switch cameras in an animation in 3ds max. Either it's for a pre-viz project or a visualization walkthrough, you'll be able to look at a scene from multiple…

Posted: Oct 19, 2009
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Views: 4357
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Using PFlow particles to write ink on paper

In this set of videos, you will see how to use PFlow to write on paper from an animated pencil. In order to show the flexibility of this system, i will show you how to create a Spirograph and use the resulting pencil…

Posted: Sep 22, 2009
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Views: 6178
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Creating Custom Object Properties

Creating custom properties for 3D objects allows you to define meta data that can be part of the object but is not necessarily related to its 3D definition. This workflow is great for games assets but has also many…

Posted: Sep 11, 2009
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Views: 1206
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A very useful link to ALL my free video tutorials

With the blog, The Area's manager has build a wonderful space for me to continue posting video tutorials. But, if you want to have access to my original free video tutorials, you can now follow a dedicated link. There…

Posted: Aug 28, 2009
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Views: 2522
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Siggraph 2009 3ds Max demos - In Depth Follow up

Just got back from an amazing Siggraph in New Orleans. We presented 3ds Max in the Autodesk theatre a few times a day and after the presentations, few questions were asked in private. While my memory is still fresh, i…

Posted: Aug 18, 2009
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