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

Quick Mylar Balloons

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 25th 2013 2 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Beginner

This is a quick tutorial on making mylar balloons. We will use a flattened sphere but the technique is the same for more elaborate shapes. The texture is the important part here, with the metallic finish and the creases created with a bump map.

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

Complex path extrusions and animation paths

Christopher Tyler Mar, 21st 2013 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to combine multiple bezier curves together in order to create a complex 3 dimensional bezier path that is appropriate for use with the Path Extrude tool.

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

Soap Bubbles

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 21st 2013 0 Comments

CX Beginner, Design 3D CX, Design 3D SE, SE Modeling

Soap bubbles are –almost– always spheres. We will see how to texture the spheres and how to create two joined spheres.

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

Creating a fade to dark background; and adjusting reflected surfaces to compensate for the dark backdrop

Christopher Tyler Mar, 18th 2013 1 Comment

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

This rendering and materials tutorial shows how to create a faded to dark backdrop from a studio lighting type setup, frequently used for product photography. It also discusses how to adjust fresnel based reflections on an object which reacts to this dark background in order to achieve a nuanced wood surface.

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

Placing instances on a subdivided surface

Christopher Tyler Mar, 15th 2013 0 Comments

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

This tutorial shows how to place instances on a subdivided surface using custom grids.

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

Dealing with detail issues from nuanced bump maps

Christopher Tyler Mar, 12th 2013 4 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Rendering, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This rendering tutorial shows how to deal with several rendering issues, one being highly detailed bump maps, the other dense spline based meshes.

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Quick Mylar Balloons

Complex path extrusions and animation paths

Soap Bubbles

Creating a fade to dark background; and adjusting reflected surfaces to compensate for the dark backdrop

Placing instances on a subdivided surface

Dealing with detail issues from nuanced bump maps