XSI Video Tutorials
Welcome
This page is reserved for a collection of XSI oriented video tutorials.
3Dbuzz tutorials
3Dbuzz.com has some video tutorials for XSI, along with many other applications and even drawind tutorials. Registration is required, but you can download up to 50 hours of tutorials for free.
Flashjackson tutorials
This is a set of 4 video tutorials that cover how to use XSI and Photoshop to create and skin a model for use in Source. They are available for free download from this site: http://www.redemptionmod.com/
The following categories are followed in this video set:
- how to build a model of a framed metal sign
- how to create a good UV map that is proportionally correct
- how to paint a skin with normal and spec mapping, (This shows how to do it with Photoshop CS2, but any paint program can be used)
- how to export and compile the model for use in Hammer and HL2.
If you want a detailed, step by step video guide, this is the tutorial set for you.
Iwannamap tutorials (more specifically Erykgecko tutorials)
The site http://www.iwannamap.com/tutmodels.php has a series of tutorials including
- Simple prop modeling
- UVMapping and exporting
- Making Bamboo Leaves
- World Model Rigging
- XSI Ragdoll
- Animating View Models
- View Model Animating and Attachment Points in XSI
Just to name a few, Erykgecko's tutorials are easy to follow, and really provide a step-by-step process to follow.
TODO:more tutorials need to be placed, face rigging in perticular.