Great Links

Blender

• 7 mistakes Blender users make when trying to render faster....and how to avoid them

ZBrush

• General ZBrush Tips & Tricks
• ZBrush Hotkeys
• ZBrush Guides

General 3D

• Shooting Normal Maps with a Standard Camera

Retopology Tools

• Sketch Retopo
• Instant Meshes
• RetopoFlow (Blender)  ($)
• Topogun ($)

Mocap

• cgspeed Carnagie-Mellon University Motion Capture Database (Motionbuilder Friendly)

Texture Generation

• How To Split Specular And Diffuse In Real Images
• $50 Material Scanner
• Substance Designer - Channel specific filter
• Colorblindness Photoshop Filters

C#

• Singleton Design Pattern implementation in C#
• Service Locator Pattern in C#: A Simple Example
• Service Locator Pattern in C# with Lazy Initialization
• Delegates

Math

• Sine, Cosine & Tangent

Digital Paint

• 10 Basic Mistakes in Digital Painting and How to Fix Them

Unity

• ScriptableObjects Part 1: Data Containers and Blueprints
• Using callbacks in coroutines
• Return value only after coroutine finishes
• Elation Framework

Free Graphics Apps

Paint

• Krita
• FireAlpaca
• Mischief
• Pro Motion (Free Version)

Vector

• Inkscape

3D

• ArmorPaint

Game Design

• 20 Indie Dev Tips for Awesome Game Design
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ZBrush Accelerators

• [comma] = Lightbox
• B = Brush Palette
• Ctrl + N = Clear Canvas (when NOT in Edit Mode)
• T = Edit Mode
• X = Symmetry
• Shift + F = Toggle Polyframe (wires)
• A = Preview Polymesh on ZSpheres
• P = Perspective/ISO toggle
• Ctrl + W = Mask to Polygroup
• C = Spotlight Controls (display toggle)
• Shift + C = toggle Spotlight Image visibility

Sculpt Brush:

• S = Draw Size
• O = Focal Shift
• I = RGB Intensity
• U = Z Intensity
• Increase Draw Size by set units – ]
• Decrease Draw Size by set units – [

IMM Brush:

• M = Choose which mesh to place

Click Modifiers:

Edit Mode:

• Shift + Hold Down = Smooth
• Alt + Hold Down = Substract (or Add, depending of Brush settings)
• Shift + Alt + click = Isolate Current Mesh
• Ctrl + Hold Down (Background) = Update Dynamesh & Delete Mask
• Ctrl + Click (Background) = Invert Mask
• Ctrl  + Click (Mesh) = Sharpen Mask
• Ctrl + Alt + Click (Mesh) = Blur Mask
• Ctrl + Hold Down (Mesh) = Add to Mask
• Ctrl + Alt + Hold Down (Mesh) = Substract Mask
• Ctrl + Shift + Hold Down (Background onto Mesh) = Hide Unselected
• Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Hold Down (Background onto Mesh) = Hide Selected
• Ctrl + Shift + Click (Background) = Unhide All
• Ctrl + Shift + Click (Mesh) Hide Other Polygroups

Pixelogic Zbrush's Keyboard Accelerators

Normal Map Lighting Rig

Maya?

3dsMax version:

Ben Cloward's Tutorial

DDO Gradient Map -- Breakdown

Blender3D Node Operations

• Shift + S (snap options, also 3D cursor ops)
• Ctrl + Alt + Shift  + C (Origin options)
• Shift + D (Duplicate)

Blender3D General Modeling

• Slice = Ctrl + r
• Slide Verts = gg

Blender3D Edit Mode

Edit Mode is how verts, edges and faces are edited in Blender3D

• Tab to toggle Edit Mode on or off
• Ctrl + Tab to choose between Verts, Edges or Faces