Using an Image Gel to Create a Specular Highlight Only Light

There are times in which we want to have specular highlights without the diffuse lighting. We can create a Specular Highlight only light with a light Gel. This will greatly reduce rendering time compared to a full specular and diffuse light.
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A product container with inset handle modeling

This an advanced modeling tutorial which shows how to create a product bottle with an inset handle using polygon modeling and subdivision surfaces. It also demonstrates how to use bezier curves to start the process. The use of the Skin tool, deformation lattices, the Lathe tool, and various polygon modeling tools are used to construct the bottle.
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