Browsing Posts published in July, 2009

Adding creases  and seams to your inorganic models doesn’t have to be hard.  In this Monday Movie, I’ll be showing you how to create sharp or smooth creases in your meshsmoothed models using the extrude edge tool.  This is the technique I used to create the lines in my Sofa Speed Model.

Meshsmooth Seams

This is a listing for another tutorial from the Florence Design Academy. Their tutorials don’t get as much traction as they should, so every post (like this one) helps!

This is a pretty epic tutorial on how to model and rig a character in 3dsMax.  In 13 pages, CGArena guides you through most of the steps in the process.  While there isn’t a whole lot of detail on how to exactly follow along, there are enough in-progress images and guidance to give you a good idea of how the project was executed.

Hello I am Jalo and going to explain the construction of bob (sideshow bob). The first stage that I go to speak is the one of conceptualization and modeling.

Modeling and Rigging Sideshow Bob

Modeling and Rigging Sideshow Bob

This is a listing for another tutorial from the Florence Design Academy.  Their tutorials don’t get as much traction as they should, so every post (like this one) helps!

This time they’re providing another perspective on studio lighting using Vray.

In this tutorial I will tell you the method of studio lighting. For the rendering i used Vray 1.5rc3.

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Setting up studio lighting in Vray is a snap!

The Florence Design Academy has issued another tutorial! This time they’re talking about how you can use mental ray rendering techniques in order to give the appearance of a photo-studio setup.

This tutorial explains all steps to illuminate an object with a technique which simulates the illumination techniques of a photo studio. Before we begin it is very important to inform you that we will use “Mental Ray” as render engine (version 8 and 9 of 3D Studio Max).

Basic Mental Ray Illumination

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Looks like CGArena published a tutorial on using HDRI lighting in VRay.  Plenty of images too!

In this tutorial, we will illuminate the scene with the help of one light source and one HDRI. This is a step by step tutorial, with images to grasp the general workflow idea easily.

Rendering HDRI in VRay

Rendering HDRI in VRay