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

Specularity for beginners

Christopher Tyler Feb, 28th 2012 0 Comments

Design 3D CX, SE Beginner, SE Texture & Render

This lighting/texturing tutorial for beginners discusses the nature of specularity. While it's geared towards beginners there are a few more advanced tidbits of information are thrown in to help illustrate the nature of the specular highlight.

Creating 3D objects for iBooks

Julie Applegate Feb, 24th 2012 0 Comments

CX Free Tutorials, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, Free Tutorials, New in CX Version 7, SE Free Tutorials

Now you can add 3D to your iBooks projects. You’ll need a Mac, Apple’s new iBooks Author application (free from the Mac App Store) and the latest version of Design 3D CX, CXi or SE. You may have used Strata tools in the past to add 3D to PDF documents and web pages. This gives you a way to add 3D to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch documents. So now you can show off your 3D skills everywhere!

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

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part III: Tent 2012 Number & Yellow material application

Christopher Tyler Feb, 19th 2012 1 Comment

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

This beginners tutorial shows how to place a bitmap (some type) on an angled surface, and shows how to use decal mapping to correctly place the bitmap.

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

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part I: A basic paper texture, creation and application for beginners

Christopher Tyler Feb, 19th 2012 0 Comments

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

This materials tutorial for beginners shows how to create a simple material and correctly apply it to both polygon meshes and instances.

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

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part II: Circumvent a possible color matching problem resulting from Apple’s color picker

Christopher Tyler Feb, 17th 2012 0 Comments

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

This materials tutorial shows how to easily circumvent a possible problem with Apple's color picker.

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

Light bounces, direct and indirect light considerations

Christopher Tyler Feb, 15th 2012 2 Comments

CX Rendering, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX, SE Advanced, SE Beginner, SE Intermediate

This lighting tutorial discusses the difference in light bounces when from direct and indirect sources.

Design 3D CX

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Specularity for beginners

Creating 3D objects for iBooks

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part III: Tent 2012 Number & Yellow material application

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part I: A basic paper texture, creation and application for beginners

Desk Calendar Texturing, Part II: Circumvent a possible color matching problem resulting from Apple’s color picker

Light bounces, direct and indirect light considerations