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

Using the Joint Tool to create a length of chain

Rodrigo Duarte May, 9th 2012 0 Comments

Chains are a most interesting object to model. They also can be frustrating at times, keeping the sequence of the chain intact can be daunting. With the recentering of objects and the Joint Tool things are greatly simplified.

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

Using a Displacement map to model part of a plug

Rodrigo Duarte May, 7th 2012 5 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Modeling, CX Texturing

Displacement map textures are not for every modeling job, but they are very well suited for some tasks. In this tutorial we will use one such texture to model the piece that reinforces the connection of the cable to the plug.

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

Texture stenciling: A Damascened button

Rodrigo Duarte Apr, 26th 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Introductory, SE Texture & Render

In this tutorial we will learn how to use several textures and the stencil channel to make a Damascened button.

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

Stereogram with a depth layer and SIRDS

Rodrigo Duarte Apr, 21st 2012 0 Comments

CX Rendering

This tutorial explains how to create Stereograms using SIRDS 2.0, a shareware utility, and depth layers.

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

Electron micrograph scene

Rodrigo Duarte Apr, 19th 2012 1 Comment

CX Beginner, CX Texturing

This Electron Micrograph scene uses no lights at all! Just an Embedded reflection, and a noisy bump map.

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

X-Ray texture

Rodrigo Duarte Apr, 16th 2012 2 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX

We will create a simple X-Ray material and discuss the scene settings. This is a scene with no lighting, and the texture does all the work.

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Using the Joint Tool to create a length of chain

Using a Displacement map to model part of a plug

Texture stenciling: A Damascened button

Stereogram with a depth layer and SIRDS

Electron micrograph scene

X-Ray texture