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

A little lesson on Fresnel

Christopher Tyler Dec, 12th 2011 6 Comments

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

This tutorial discusses the Fresnel effect and how it relates to material creation.

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

Modeling a gear

Christopher Tyler Mar, 11th 2011 2 Comments

Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling

This tutorial walks through the creation of a basic gear shape using polygon modeling techniques.

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

Controlling your light intensity through material parameters

Christopher Tyler Nov, 8th 2010 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Lighting, CX Rendering, CX Texturing, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Texture & Render

Here are two videos which show how to control the lighting in a scene by adjusting several material channels. The diffuse and ambient amount channels govern how much light is absorbed or reflected back to the viewer. These videos show how to use them.

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by Leif Buckley: - – Replicate – A Quick Introduction To Using The Replicate Function.
- – Paths – A Quick Introduction To Creating Path Extrudes.
- – Toon – A Quick Introduction To Toon Rendering.

– caustics – A quick introduction to creating caustics.

Leif Buckley Oct, 31st 2010 2 Comments

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

Quickly create a shape to generate caustics. Note: For users with Strata 3D Design SE or CX

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

Diamonds: Simple brilliant cut

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 22nd 2010 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling

If you enjoyed Gems 101, you may want to learn more about creating 3D gemstones. Here is a brief tutorial on modeling the geometry of a Brilliant Cut diamond, starting from a cylinder, converting into a polygon mesh, and then extruding, scaling, connecting and deleting points.

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by Rodrigo Duarte: - How To Create Basic Metallic Textures
- An Introduction To Glass
- Diamonds: Simple Brilliant Cut

Gems 101

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 7th 2010 1 Comment

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Intermediate, SE Modeling, SE Texture & Render

Gems are among the most fun objects to create in 3D. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create simple gems, including a lathed cabochon and a subdivision gem.

SE Intermediate

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A little lesson on Fresnel

Modeling a gear

Controlling your light intensity through material parameters

– caustics – A quick introduction to creating caustics.

Diamonds: Simple brilliant cut

Gems 101