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

Quick diamond ring

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 16th 2012 2 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Texturing

We have enough material to create a simple diamond ring. We'll use the gem from the Another Quick Gem tutorial and set several instances of it in a ring.

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

Another quick gem

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 13th 2012 6 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Modeling, CX Texturing, Design 3D CX

This tutorial deals with creating a simple cut gem starting from a sphere. This is a simple gem and does not try to emulate any standard cut, but it is quick and works quite well.

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

Quick pearls

Rodrigo Duarte Mar, 9th 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner

In this quick tutorial we will learn how to create a pearl shader for Strata Design 3D CX. We will combine an image texture with a corrosion shader.

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

Using the Corrosion shader II: Mapping and layering

Rodrigo Duarte Jun, 21st 2011 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing, CX Version 6 specific

In the previous installment on using the Corrosion shader, we talked about what the parameters mean. Nos we will explore the mapping and layering of Corrosion shaders.

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

Granite-like textures using the Solid Stone shader

Rodrigo Duarte Jun, 17th 2011 0 Comments

CX Texturing

Solid shaders (aka procedurals) enable us to control the nature of the surfaces by adjusting parameters. While not as versatile as image textures, they can create a variety of materials quickly and easily.

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

Using the Corrosion shader I: What do the parameters mean?

Rodrigo Duarte Jun, 14th 2011 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing, CX Version 6 specific

The corrosion shader is a very versatile shader that can be used for adding quick bumps and other appearance control for surfaces.

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Quick diamond ring

Another quick gem

Quick pearls

Using the Corrosion shader II: Mapping and layering

Granite-like textures using the Solid Stone shader

Using the Corrosion shader I: What do the parameters mean?