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OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION
3ds Max Documentation : Official Autodesk Documentation
3ds Max 2008 Tutorials : Official Autodesk Tutorials


GENERAL CG WEBSITES
CG Talk : 2d, 3d, Illustration, Drawing, Painting, you name it. This is where many industry professionals hang out
Autodesk - Area : The official Autodesk site that deals with anything Maya, Max, Motionbuilder, and VIZ
3d Palace : Similar to the Buzz this site offers forum discussions and tutorials dealing with CG, the main focus being on machines and mechs
Highend 3d : Being one of the oldest 3d sites it offers tons of tutorials, plug-ins, Max scripts, shaders etc.
Renderosity Art Community : Tutorials, Links, news, reviews all dealing with CG
3dTotal : Tutorials, links, forums all dealing with 3d
CG Arena : Another Cg community with forums, tutorials, job listings etc.
CG Arena : Cg community with video training material, forums, tutorials, podcasts, interviews etc.
CG Arena : Formerly known as 3dkingdom, this site offers tutorials, articles, forums and podcasts etc.
3d LUVR : Forums, Tutorials, Articles, Contests etc.
Evermotion : Forums, Tutorials, Articles, Training DVDs etc.
TDT 3d : French CG community with English tutorials on 3ds Max, requires forum registration


TOPIC SPECIFIC TUTORIALS
3dnuts: Beginner Tutorials covering basics of modeling and shading
Subdivision Modeling : This forum thread discusses modeling techniques: Edge Flow and Topology
Mental Images Extra Documentation : Some detailed add on information about Mental Ray by their makers
My Mental Ray : Forum, Tutorials, shaders all dealing with Mental Ray
Animation Arena: Articles on 2d and 3d Animations
Scriptspot : 3d script community with Max scripts and tutorials

TUTORIALS BY CG ARTISTS
Allan McKay: Tutorials on Particle Flow
Neil Blevins – Animator : Tutorials on Shaders, Materials and Lighting
Michael Comet: Tutorials on Modeling and Animations
Ben Mathis – Freelance Artist : Tutorials on Modeling and Texturing
Carlos Baena- Animator: Tutorials on Animation Principles
Leigh van der Byl – Visual FX Artist : Useful tutorials on texturing and general CG topics
Keith Lango – 2d/3d Animator : Animation tutorials by Keith Lango available in about 200 million different languages


MAKING OF ARTICLES
Making Of Hell Yeah! by Vaclav Krivanek
Making Of Roundeye Dragon by Cheong Hoe Yi
Making Of The Death of a Bird by Rami Hamid
Making Of Trip to the Souk by Andrzej Sykut
Queen by Jordan Walker
Hellgate’s Hunter by Alessandro Baldasseroni

LINK COLLECTIONS
Autodesk Resources: List of Links from Autodesk
CG Resources : A large collection of links dealing with CG, written by Neil Blevins and being updated regularly
Subdivision Modeling Links : List of links and tutorials
CG Arena Links: Website links at CG Arena]
Mental Ray Links : German Mental Ray Wiki with tons of links
3dBuzz Links thread : The older Tutorial Links thread by JakobG
3dmaxer.dk : Danish CG community with a large database on Max tutorial links

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