Hello everyone. Sorry I've been so quiet lately, but there has been a very good reason for that. I will have some news on that super-advanced rigging tutorial I promised. As soon as I can, I'll post here some info on it. Until then... take care!

P.S. I'll also have some info on the mental ray tutorials.

Due to some changes in my work, I've had to stay away from rigging for a while. I've become much more involved in the rendering side of things. This doesn't mean I'll just drop the whole thing. There are, however, some reasons that have made me reconsider the r5 tutorials. For one, I'm not using much of some of the new tools found in r5, for several reasons. Second, I've found myself using more Character Studio since R4 came out. It has some cool thing in there that made me make the jump to it for quick work. Of course, there are things you can do with a custom rig that CS can't. Anyway, the thing is I'd like to hear from you people (because this site is here for YOU) what you think. I've been doing some research regarding some twisting solutions in the upper and lower arms for better skinning setups. As soon as I get something clean that doesn't break, I'll definitely post a tutorial on it. However, don't expect a tutorial as complete as the one I wrote for R4 (again, this wouldn't have been possible without the generosity and wisdom of Paul Neale and Michael Comet... hats off to two of the best max TD's I've had the fortune of crossing paths with). Unfortunately, my time has become quite limited, and I've had to break into a field to which I was pretty much a stranger, so there has been a LOT to study. Anyway, I WILL continue to support the site, post stuff, and reply to emails as often as I can (thanks for writing!). If YOU feel a rigging tutorial is definitely needed (believe me... my rigs haven't changed that much since r4), please let me know, and I'll do my best to accomodate the needs of the majority.

Please don't feel disappointed. I will continue to work on stuff for the site as my time allows. The fruits of my new field of study will blossom sometime, and of course, I will be glad to share it with you when the time is right. Even though I can find it hard to work on full-fledged tutorials, I'll continue to post my scripts (as I get them to work!) and papers as often as I can. Please, let me stress that I want you to contact me of you think the site's direction should be different (or, better said, retained). I would definitely reconsider and try hard to make some time to support the needs of those who speak out loud.

This site is something that I'm really happy of having. However, this would be completely meaningless without the support and feedback I get from you. I hope this site continues to be a source of knowledge and interest for max users for quite some time. Of course, I'm completely aware of the fact that new content has to be posted in order for people to keep interest in visiting it, or it'd just be one more dead webpage around with old tuts floating around the web. I'll try my best to do my part. As for you... well, just drop me those emails and requests, and keep visiting once in a while to see what's changed.

Thank you for your support and attention. Wish you the best. Cheers!!

Sergio Muciño.