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October Free Tutorials

October Free Tutorials

I find it really annoying when I find freebies that are ‘for a limited time only’, and it’s something we’ve been guilty of with our free tutorials. We’ve had some great feedback about them, and with that in mind we've decided to revamp the way our freebies work.

From now on, our tutorials will stay in our eLearning centre permanently. What we want to create is a permanent library of free lessons for anyone looking to brush up or even learn new skills. That’s right – there’ll be no expiry date so you’ll be able to dip in and out when you like, and every month there’ll be more for you to have a go with.

To celebrate, we’re releasing six new tutorials this week, all taken from our Maya essentials bundle. From Introduction to Maya right through to Lighting and Rendering with Maya, these videos will give you an idea of the sort of detail we go into as well as passing on some handy (well, we like to think so) tips and tricks for getting the most out of Maya.

Our course development team is busy working on some pretty cool new tutorials for you, so watch out for more announcements.  

In full, the six tutorials are:

  • Rustic scene - The key light
  • Lamp animation - Repeating and staging
  • Colloseum- NURBS modelling
  • Head Phones - Polygon modelling and skinning
  • House front - Adding colour and alpha
  • Painting with lights - Fog and glow

How to access the tutorials

That's quite simple. Just login or register for our website, and go to our eLearning centre. You'll find all the free tutorials displayed on the right hand side navigation (as shown on the image above)

We’re always open to suggestions, so if there’s anything you’d like to see in particular, drop us a line.

Enjoy!

24 Comments Isabelle Duarte

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Isabelle Duarte
Thu 7 Oct 2010: 12:33pm

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Comments (24)

  1. Chris  Wilson Posted by Chris Wilson

    Sweet!

    Thu 7 Oct 2010 | 04:21 pm
  2. Hans Carrasco Posted by Hans Carrasco

    thank you so much guys for this! i will spread the word!

    Thu 7 Oct 2010 | 07:48 pm
  3. David Mattock Posted by David Mattock

    excellent thanks !
    I missed some rendering and shading tutorials before that I wanted to watch but ran out as I had login troubles and missed them, so this is great news!

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 10:50 am
  4. Isabelle Duarté Posted by Isabelle Duarté

    I am very pleased this seems to be hitting the mark. Please keep your comments coming. I'd love to know what sort of tutorials you are looking for.

    Cheers
    Isabelle

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 10:54 am
  5. Geronimo Hearn Posted by Geronimo Hearn

    I am in awe

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 11:42 am
  6. This is the Escape to the Future that will makes our work better and more productive which required by the high end Clients.

    I am looking for tutorial that improve the quality of my work and increase my skill to do better work faster.

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 02:34 pm
  7. Typegeek Posted by Typegeek

    Great stuff! I can't wait to find the time to try out some tutorials. I first learned Maya in an Intro Computer Animation course and just loved it! I don't get to use it much, but I've been a fan since the Alias|Wavefront days.

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 02:50 pm
  8. Silvia Posted by Silvia

    Thank youuuuu!!!

    Great tutorials as always!

    I'm looking for a nice tutorial that shows interaction between Maya and Zbrush with an hi-poly mesh.
    Many thanks again!

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 03:18 pm
  9. Naim Posted by Naim

    very nice tutorial!
    thanks

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 03:38 pm
  10. Francesc Macià Posted by Francesc Macià

    Nice, thanks for all!

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 05:00 pm
  11. Isabelle Duarté Posted by Isabelle Duarté

    Hi Silvia,

    Thanks for the suggestion. I have passed that onto our development team. It is quite a big topic, as you know, but we'll try to figure to figure something out and maybe break it down in more than one tutorial.

    Cheers
    Isabelle

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 05:07 pm
  12. David Dougher Posted by David Dougher

    I would like to see getting started tutorials in a number of packages - the kind where you introduce people to the software and show them very elementary basics. I am working with a group of high school students that are interested in game design, animation, and movie making. They cannot afford these packages and I would like them to be able to download the introductory packages of Maya, Max, Lightwave and familiarize themselves with the basics. It would be a BIG help to have tutorials to jump start their learning curve.

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 06:41 pm
  13. Isabelle Duarté Posted by Isabelle Duarté

    Hi David,

    Your suggestion has been past onto our development team. By the way, do you know that we offer student prices for all our online training? It's 50% off for anyone with a student card.

    Best,
    Isabelle

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 07:53 pm
  14. Babar Zia Posted by Babar Zia

    great stuff and i love the idea to have these tutorial there so we can access whenever we like , well done escape

    Fri 8 Oct 2010 | 09:03 pm
  15. Sabarishwar Rajamanickam Posted by Sabarishwar Rajamanickam

    Great Stuff Buddy.

    Sat 9 Oct 2010 | 02:58 am
  16. eugenios Posted by eugenios

    thanks!!

    Mon 11 Oct 2010 | 06:45 am
  17. Christian Schulze Posted by Christian Schulze

    videos do not work

    Mon 11 Oct 2010 | 01:00 pm
  18. Isabelle Duarte Posted by Isabelle Duarte

    Hello Christian,

    Can you please let us know exactly what problems you are experiencing so that we can help you fix them?

    We have not had any other reports of any problems and are finding it difficult to replicate your problem.

    Best,
    Isabelle

    Mon 11 Oct 2010 | 01:10 pm
  19. Stillmistry febry Posted by Stillmistry febry

    I can't see videos...T_T

    Tue 12 Oct 2010 | 01:54 am
  20. Fernando Kuhlmann Posted by Fernando Kuhlmann

    Thanks Escape for this, priceless stuff....
    Escape is simply the best
    Best regards

    Tue 12 Oct 2010 | 02:31 am
  21. Isabelle Duarte Posted by Isabelle Duarte

    Hello Stillmistry,

    Please can you explain what problems we are experiencing so that we can help resolve the issues you are having?

    Best,
    Isabelle

    Tue 12 Oct 2010 | 08:10 am
  22. Dennis Jensen Posted by Dennis Jensen

    I just looked trough them. But the looks very intereseting.

    I'm doing some tutorials in my spare time my self. So it is great to see the pro's in action ;)

    Cheers

    /Dennis

    Mon 25 Oct 2010 | 04:24 pm
  23. bilety-exertsuessy Posted by bilety-exertsuessy

    Hello everybody, hope to know eachother better in near future :)

    Sun 14 Nov 2010 | 09:42 am
  24. home health aide Posted by home health aide

    This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free. I enjoy seeing websites that understand the value of providing a prime resource for free. I truly loved reading your post. Thanks!

    Thu 6 Jan 2011 | 11:46 am

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