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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Stencil vs Opacity

Christopher Tyler May, 11th 2011 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Texturing, CX Version 6 specific

Here's a tutorial dealing with the difference between the Stencil and Opacity channel. The image below shows how the stencil channel can be used to alter the color of a surface.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Untriangulating a mesh

Christopher Tyler Apr, 28th 2011 3 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Modeling, CX Version 6 specific

Here's another UV mapping project utilizing the modern bar stool from a previous exercise. In this case I wanted to unwrap the steel frame part of the chair. This initially presents come challenges, but it's quite achievable using the UV mapping tools in Wings3D.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Snap Along Grid

Christopher Tyler Apr, 28th 2011 0 Comments

CX Interface, CX Intermediate, CX Version 6 specific

This tutorial is on more than the snapping tool, but I needed a short title. This does use the Snap tool in a way that may not be obvious, although highly useful. It also discusses some other scene manipulation and management scenarios on this basic scene.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Working with non-standard geometry orientations

Christopher Tyler Apr, 26th 2011 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 6 specific

This tutorial shows how to alter an object's bounding box and local orientation in order to more effectively use a deformation lattice.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Nuanced Metal

Christopher Tyler Apr, 19th 2011 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Texturing, CX Version 6 specific

Here's a materials tutorial. It deals with defining metals using a simplified mechanism, yet also adding an extra layer to simulate some physical properties of metals from the real world.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Creating a threaded-screw object

Christopher Tyler Apr, 19th 2011 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 6 specific

Here's another tutorial on how to improve the realism of metals (and other similar materials). Compare the left and right images. Which looks more real? The right you probably say and would be right. The way light reflects off the surface is more correct. This tutorial explains how to achieve this.

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Stencil vs Opacity

Untriangulating a mesh

Snap Along Grid

Working with non-standard geometry orientations

Nuanced Metal

Creating a threaded-screw object