In this section, you will find links to useful web sites.

3ds Maxter www.3dsmaxter.com Sylvain Joannette is a french (Montreal, Canada) 3ds max technical artist who offers training and custom development in various fields.

CG Academy www.cg-academy.net One of the best source on the internet for high quality DVD's from production masters such as Paul Neale, Borislav Petrov and Chris Thomas. I recommand all DVD's found there.

CG Channel www.cgchannel.com All information related to computer generated imagery. The news section is always accurate and up to date. The gallery shows amazing work and the discussion forums are always interesting. A great site to visit every day.

Di-O-Matic www.di-o-matic.com A lot of plugins for character animation in 3ds max. Many "must have" plugins like Voice-O-Matic for lips sync animation and Morph-O-Matic to extend the capabilities of the Morph modifier in 3ds max.

Joe Gunn's web page www.joegunn3d.com Joe Gunn is an active 3D artist that has collected a lot of information on his web site. You'll find some great articles that he has contributed to as well as publications, tutorials and more links.

Mel 2 Max mel2mxs.htm The big question: "if i know MEL, how can i learn Max Script?" and vice versa. Here is Bobo's answer: a very good overview of Max Script and MEL commands with correspondance between the 2 scripting languages.

Paul Neale's web page www.paulneale.com Paul Neale is on of the strongest technical director i know. You can find a lot of information on his site including tutorials and scripts. He is the author of a great DVD series on character rigging that every character technical director should own. If you browse through his scripts section, you'll find very useful max scripts for common tasks.

The Area www.the-area.com The Area is Autodesk's 3D community portal. You can find a lot of information regarding all 3D animation products made by Autodesk. This is where you'll find the official discussion forums about 3ds max, written tutorials and some of Autodesk's leaders blogs. There is a networking section where you can get in touch with other 3D artists that are at various levels.

Visual Z www.visualz.com My good friend Gary M. Davis web site with training material, tutorials and great production content.