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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Using the Ripple Shader

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 27th 2012 0 Comments

The Ripple shader is a great tool for creating quick liquid surfaces. We'll explore some of the options of the shader here, using a pool scene as an example.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Layering textures to break up regularity

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 23rd 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing

A common problem of 3D is the excessive regularity of textures: tile after tile after tile. This quick technique helps to break that regularity with very little effort.

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

Setting up lighting for a simple interior scene

Christopher Tyler Jul, 16th 2012 6 Comments

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

This materials and lighting tutorial shows how to approach the lighting setup for an interior type of scene. It uses a single spot light and a white lightdome for lighting and shows how to evaluate the contribution of each to the final diffuse lighting. It also sets up a couple of materials which are important to the scene.

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

Setting up an architectural interior for rendering

Christopher Tyler Jun, 13th 2012 10 Comments

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

This tutorial discusses many aspects of setting up an interior architectural scene for rendering. This includes: adjusting materials to use fresnel reflections (including proper energy balance); using multiple raydiosity bounces; adjusting raydiosity amplifier; raydiosity samples and cache settings; adjusting render Detail settings (Pixel Detail Block Size, etc.); Adaptive Shadow Sampling; custom surface controls; and more. NOTE: This is a bit of a longer tutorial so have patience :-)

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Gems 101

Quick HDPE kitchen bowl

Rodrigo Duarte Jun, 4th 2012 1 Comment

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing

This tutorial goes through the creation of a simple HDPE kitchen bowl, with emphasis on the texture, which is an interesting one. We will use several interpolations in the texture.

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

Project Component: Part 2—Modeling the seat of a mid-century modern chair

Christopher Tyler May, 30th 2012 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Intermediate, CX Texturing, CX UV Mapping, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This is the second part of a 3-part modeling tutorial for the chair by mid-century modernist Jean Prouve. This models and UV maps the seat component. The UV mapping portion includes the use of planar mapping and BurnUV.

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Using the Ripple Shader

Layering textures to break up regularity

Setting up lighting for a simple interior scene

Setting up an architectural interior for rendering

Quick HDPE kitchen bowl

Project Component: Part 2—Modeling the seat of a mid-century modern chair