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35 Of The Best 3D Flash Websites Ever

Ann Davlin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:43:32 +0000

Beauty will save the world! And digital world will be saved by attractive and magnetic 3D Flash websites which are almost brilliant works of art. This kind of sites quickly draws audience’s attention as it provides rich visual experience. So today we would like to touch the subject of 3D Flash Websites – the most interactive and creative web projects for those who do care about the impression they make.

Developers consider Flash to be a platform with a wide range of opportunities in a website building and presentation, but at the same time it is a rather complex tool which requires certain coding knowledge and skills. Moreover, often Flash sites have essential downsides in comparison with static ones: slow loading and inability of search engines to crawl website pages are mostly called weak points of Flash. But we are sure that Flash is the ultimate solution for creating interactive websites which will blow visitor’s minds. And 3D Flash websites are especially alluring thanks to their fascinating three-dimensional effects. It’s a kind of virtual reality where you are a welcome visitor.

3D Flash websites listed below will make you sit with eyes wide open, even if you are a Flash antagonist. And if you are a true fan of Flash technology then you will definitely be impressed with the interactive beauty displayed on your screen. Just check these 3D Flash websites out!

Biliouris

Playmedia

Camp Balcones Springs

Moment of truth

Adobe museum

Galaxy

Gymnasium

Grow

Hop

Day and Night

eMag 3D

Liniers

Paper critters

Vestas

Limbus

PNC

Optus

Apoteket

Whirly

Puma

Legends of Valhalla

Immersive garden

Mechaniks

Sensisoft

Danonino’s welt

The rainbow warrior

Ben Faragau

My tunnel

Whittakers

100 best films

Nelo music

Nespresso

InTru3D

The band Dancer

Fout the design

This is a guest post by Ann Davlin, She is a copywriter and blogger working at MotoCMS – a company which allows you to easily create Flash website. Ann is a great fan of social media and web development trends (especially Flash), so you can always follow her on Twitter (@SmilingAnny).

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Absolutely Incredible Short Animations That Would Make You Say ‘Wow’

AN Jay — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:52:11 +0000

Feeling bore or want to refresh your mind with some high class inspirational stuff that can give you some shocking experience too? Let’s take a look at the collection of Absolutely Incredible Short Animations That Would Make You Say ‘Wow’. This is not that easy to get the story in 5 minutes animation but you would be amazed to see these animations as these animations contains humor, story, fun, creativity and all the refreshing material that anyone can wish.

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The Passenger

Tadeo Jones – Funny Animation

“Stop That Train” 3D Short Animation

Replay – Amazing Animated Short Film

Aliens Vs. Coffee machine – Amazing Sci-Fi Animation

WORLD WAR – Amazing Animation

Bunny Animation

3D Animation NMTrix | The Dark

“Frank -n- Brains” Animated short by Mike Hollander

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60+ Ultimate Resources Especially For Designers To Discover The Best Of The Web In November

AN Jay — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:03:12 +0000

We are always in search of great free resources, tips, tricks, etc. for our readers. Every day we work hard to find new resources and inspiration for designers like you. Today, we have another great post, “Discover the Best of the Web” on SmashingApps. In this, we made a list of 60+ Ultimate Resources Especially For Designers. We obviously cannot cover all the best from the web, but we have tried to cover as much as possible.

You are welcome to share if you know more best of the web in the month of November which our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter and do not forget to become our fan on facebook as well.

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23 Awesome Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not
21 Brilliant Photos That Look Like They’re Photoshopped But Are Not
60+ Incredible Tutorials And Resources Collections For Designers
50+ Creative Masterpieces Of Logo Designs Using Gradient Effects
21 Stunning Examples Of Creatively Done Stop Motion Animations
15 Most Useful & Free Collection Of Ready-To-Use Design Freebies
43 Really Useful Photoshop Tutorials For Excellent 3d Effects
17 Mind-Blowing Digital Painting Tutorials Of Beautiful Girls
31 Masterpieces Of Creative And Clever Advertising Concepts
21 Really Stunning Photoshopped Photos For Creative Inspiration
43 Of The Extremely Creative Wonders Of Macro Photography
27 Best Places You Should Visit To Get Incredible Web Design Inspiration!
21 Extremely Vibrant And Creative Advertisements With Animals
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17 Digital Image Illustration Which You Probably Never Seen Before!
15 Digital Photo Manipulation From Flickr To Get Inspiration
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Creating a Detailed Master Plan Rendering in 3dsmax and Photoshop

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55 Terrific Cinema 4D Tutorials & Techniques

AN Jay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:35:19 +0000

Cinema 4D is getting very popular day by day mainly due to the body paint functionality. It has artist friendly interface with a customizable work flow. Many films like Spiderman 3, Monster House, Chronicles of Narnia, Beowulf, Polar Express and Superman Returns also used Cinema 4D to present a long lasting effect. People also used Cinema 4D in motion graphics because of its excellent integration with compositing application pipelines. The most useful thing about Cinema 4D is its instinctive interface and sound work flow that lets an artist to jump in and be creative and dynamic swiftly. In this post we have gathered 55 excellent tutorials which we will greatly help you to create some beautiful 3D graphics.

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Making of Super Snail

This work is fully modeled and rendered in Cinema 4D. Artist have used BodyPaint and Photoshop for the textures.

How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial artist will walk through the steps he used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.”

3D Abstract Tentacle Tutorial

Tutorial on how to make tentacles like this in the image using cinema 4D

DOOR TYPE

How to create a 3D type effect using Cinema 4d and Photoshop.

Creating a Ball Bearing using Arrays

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a ball bearing using an Array Object. You will also learn about the use of the Taper object, Fillet option and Bevel function.

Creating a Line Object Render

In this tutorial you will learn how to create great looking Line Renders using extruding and deformers, line renders are amazing looking renders that are often used on wallpapers or photo manipulations.

Modeling a Car using Blueprints

In this massive tutorial you will learn how to model a car using blueprints, points and the bridge tool. Basic Cinema 4D knowledge is required for this tutorial!

On/Off Switch

Enable or disable multiple objects at with one click Increase viewport speed and animation playback.

Modeling a Zebra

Here’s the Zebra 3D modeling tutorial by Pupi for Cinema 4D. And the Great thing is, you can download his 3D model for FREE!

3D Toys Animation

Learn the animation basics and looping in Cinema 4D.

Font Explode

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an explosive type effect!

Dotted-Lines

In this tutorial you will learn How to create an animated dotted line stroke.

The “UV-Map Dirtmap Baker” Tutorial

Cinema 4D veteran Peter Hofmann aka peXel presents us with this handy tutorial covering the following topics: How to get a “clean” UV – Map, How to calculate a Dirt – Map, How to work with Baker.

Little Planet

In this tutorial we’re going to use Cinema 4d to create the 3d text like in the image above. Feel free to use the software of your choice, this is a technique that can be easily duplicated in other 3D apps.

WORKING WITH PROCEDURALS

In this tutorial we will learn how much powerful procedurals are, and also some basics regarding shading/lighting.

Making an Hourglass

This tutorial will teach you to make a great sandglass, which you can use for plenty of purposes. You can find the finished model and other stuff from there.

Peanut Can BASIC Tutorial

Just a quick, easy dirty way to create a peanut can (or most types of cans with lids for that matter) in cinema 4D. Again its more about how easy the actual model and geometry is compared to the actual texturing.

Daylight tutorial

This amazing 3d scene, entitled Daylight, was created by Carles Piles. Read how the scene was created in the tutorial below.

Creating Car Tires

This tutorial will teach you how to make beautiful car tires step by step.

Texturing Objects and Lights in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, artist will go though the steps in texturing objects in Cinema 4D. He also play with using textures to actually light the scene.

Shattering Glass

In this 3 tutorial series we’ll look at how to build a glass shatter effect, based on a recent project for Damages 2, using Illustrator, After Effects and Cinema 4D. This section includes capturing the template in After Effects, paths in Illustrator and setting up imported splines as polygons in Cinema 4D.

Modeling a Piano

This tutorial will show you how to make awesome model of piano.

Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art

This is a video tutorial on taking vector art and importing it into Cinema 4D to create a 3D object that can be animated, textured, and manipulated in 3D space. In this tutorial, written by David from filmmakingcentral.com he shows you exactly how to do this.

How i do my Materials

In this tutorial you will learn how to create awesome matterial, that can be very useful for your upcoming tasks.

Create a UFO in C4D

In this tutorial artist will show you how to create a basic textured disc shape and then drop it into an Array Object where you can create an epic looking UFO.

Skyline R34 Starter Tutorial

Although in this tutorial does not cover entire car, only the bonnet, fender and door, hope that you will learn lots of techniques in this tutorial.

3D E-Book-Cover

In this tutorial you will learn how to make E Book Cover step by step.

Armor plates C4D tutorial

A great step by step tutorial on Armor plates.

Simple UFO Tutorial

Nothing fancy, but it could help someone, somewhere, somehow, this tutorial iGrass Tutorial Cinema 4Ds written for Cinema 4D, but could easily be adapted for any other 3D app out there.

Classy Glassy Balls

Tutorial made for Cinema 4d but can be applied to almost any 3d rendering program.

Area Light and Ambient Light

In this Cinema 4D tutorial, he get into lighting a scene with the Ambient Light and Area Light CS Tools.

Egg Modeling Tutorial

Tutorial made for Cinema 4d but can be applied to almost any 3d rendering program.

Trash Can Tutorial

This tutorial shows how to make a simple modern trash can or “abstract” form you can use in your scenery, it also serves as practice for extrude tools and getting familiar with them.

Cinema 4d Low Poly Gun Tutorial

Wanna make something like this in Cinema 4D R8 and Unwrap 3D? so this tutorial is best for this.

Making 3D Bullet Case

This week, artist will show you how to make your own geometry easily. Although almost every 3D application can perform the same task, he will use Maxon’s Cinema 4D.

Interior Part 2

A detaild and very comprehensive tutorial about Interior.

Grass Tutorial Cinema 4D

This tutorial will show you how to make beautiful grass.

City tutorial

A very useful Tutorial that how you can make a city buildings.

Bart Simpson

A detailed and step by step tutorial that will teach you lots of techniques.

A Recipe for Skin

In this tutorial Artist will examine a few different strategies for achieving a realistic skin shader in Cinema 4D. Skin has a particular quality that sets it apart from ordinary surfaces: it is luminously translucent.

Bulb Modelling Tutorial

A very detailed and step by step tutorial on how to create electric bulb.

Cinema 4D + Poser tutorial

Beautiful tutorial and its mixture of Cinema 4D and Poser.

Cinema 4D Diamonds Tutorial

Not for complete beginners as artist made it pretty quick, but those of you that know the basics should understand.

Arq02 – Lamps

Mindblwoing tutorial and you will learn in this how to make a beautiful Lamp.

Ipod Video-Tutorial

Great tutorial on Ipod Making.

Dvd Player Tutorial Part 1

Part 1 of 3 video tutorials for Cinema 4D showing how to model a Dvd Player.

Green Abstract Tutorial

Create this abstract with the easiest way!

Create an Amazing Liquid Apple Effect in RealFlow, Cinema 4D, and After Effects

Learn the animation basics and looping in Cinema 4D.

Model, Texture, and Render an Interior Scene With Cinema 4D and VRay

In this beginner/ intermediate level tutorial, you will learn how to create and render a realistic interior scene in Cinema 4D and Vray. In this tutorial you will focus on modeling the room and all of the furniture, and the second on materials, lights, rendering, and post production.

How to Export 3d Camera Data from Cinema 4D into After Effects

When it comes to motion graphics, exporting camera data from a 3D program to a 2D compositing program is one of the most important techniques you could know. In this tutorial, you will learn the basics behind getting Cinema 4D and After Effects to talk to one another, including using exporting tags, using the camera data in After Effects within 3D layers and effects, and how to set up and tweak your render for the best results.

Create Mac OSX Intro Video with C4D

In this tutorial Satya Meka will walk us through Cinema 4D and how to create the 3d text in this effect.

Making of Portrait of a Silent Man

In this tutorial Patrick Eischen is going to show you how he created his image “Portrait of a silent man” using Cinema 4D and ZBrush.

Rolling Red Carpet

How to a rolling carpet and text effect in Cinema 4d.

Paper Crumple Tutorial in Cinema 4D

This tutorial shows you how to create an animation that makes a piece a paper crumple into a ball with no keyframes at all. It uses the cloth tag.

Making a glass and a wine bottle with C4D

This tutorial demonstrates ways to make a glass, its materials and the content inside the glass. Artist made the model in c4d r9, but It can be done with lower versions.

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13 Fast And Furious Stick Figure Animations And Tutorials

AN Jay — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:13:53 +0000

Stick figures are often used in animations made with Adobe Flash. Stick figures are easy to draw and can be traditionally animated a lot quicker than full drawings. Today, we are listing here 13 Fast And Furious Stick Figure Animations And Tutorials to make you impress with these creative art that need lots of hard work to get it done. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to search out more stick figure animations.

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Animator vs. Animation

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21 Stunning Examples Of Creatively Done Stop Motion Animations

AN Jay — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:40:22 +0000

Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames are played as a continuous sequence. The disadvantage with this form of animation is that it can sometimes appear to ‘strobe’, partly due to the lack of blur between the frames. Today, we are listing here 21 Stunning Examples Of Creatively Done Stop Motion Animations to make you impress with these creative art that need lots of hard work to get it done. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to search out more amazing stop motion animations.

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Stop motion whiteboard video

Her Morning Elegance

The Art of Motion

Stop Motion Post-Its

Super Lego Mario

Warhammer 40k Stop Motion Movie

PSP Commercial Stop Motion Animation

Whiteboard Animation

Lego Millenium Falcon Stop Motion

Wooden model stop motion animation

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