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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Using the Magic Wand tool for deselection operations

Christopher Tyler Mar, 11th 2016 1 Comment
A big part of polygon and subdivision surface modeling involves the selection and deselection of polygon sets. The magic wand tool can be very useful for helping to perform these complex selection and deselection operations. This tutorial shows how to use it for several deselection scenarios that also involve the Select Perimeter operation.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Modeling intersecting tubes

Christopher Tyler Mar, 4th 2016 0 Comments
This modeling tutorial shows how to intersect two tubes and then create thickness with them. It specifically shows how to use the boolean tools, how to watch for some issues relating to the use of boolean operations, and then how to finalize the object to become a well constructed subdivision surface object.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Using geometric centers to control modeling processes

Christopher Tyler Mar, 3rd 2016 1 Comment
This tutorial shows how to use geometric centers of objects to control various modeling operations. It looks at the difference between object level and element level modeling centers to precisely control how geometry is rotated and scaled.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
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Using Global, Local and Grid centric coordinates to place tiles on a wall

Christopher Tyler Feb, 29th 2016 2 Comments
This tutorial shows how to use Global, Local (Object) and Grid coordinates to control the placement and arrangement of tiles on a wall. It also shows how to properly arrange an object inside a shape so it predictably places on a grid or object.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
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Texturing a metal cooking pot, Part 1

Christopher Tyler Feb, 25th 2016 0 Comments
This tutorial begins the process of setting up a complex material system for a cooking pot. It looks at creating a metallic material that uses a series of overlaying ‘modifier’ materials to create the final appearance. Material subsets, anisotropy, UV mapping and incidence reflectance are covered.
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