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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
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Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

Christopher Tyler May, 7th 2012 2 Comments

CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, SE Intermediate

This materials tutorial shows how to use the subsets feature to apply specific materials several instances of a single shape. This helps to create a more complex scene while keeping a simple shape/instance setup.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Modeling a wooden chair

Christopher Tyler May, 6th 2012 7 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This modeling tutorial shows how to model a wooden chair. It uses grid templates, path extrude, skin objects, custom grids and other tools to generate a set of subdivision surface objects.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Additive nature of reflections

Christopher Tyler May, 3rd 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific

This tutorial demonstrates how material layers are composited together by using rendering to layers. This helps to demonstrate the importance of balancing energy between the reflection and diffuse layers.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Using Colorized Volumetric Light

Christopher Tyler Apr, 30th 2012 4 Comments

CX Lighting, CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to create volumetric lighting (using fog), assigned to a spot light, that is colorized by a bitmap.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Project Component: Part 4–UV mapping the edge of wood chair back

Christopher Tyler Apr, 27th 2012 2 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Texturing, CX UV Mapping, CX Version 7 Specific

This UV mapping tutorial shows how to use the cylindrical map projection method to create UVs. It also shows how to make necessarily adjustments to these UVs in the UV editor. A demonstration of custom grids and subsets are also shown.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Modeling a component of a French press

Christopher Tyler Apr, 26th 2012 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific

This modeling tutorial shows how to use the path extrude tool to generate geometry for a subdivision surface object.

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Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

Modeling a wooden chair

Additive nature of reflections

Using Colorized Volumetric Light

Project Component: Part 4–UV mapping the edge of wood chair back

Modeling a component of a French press