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

Using the Ripple Shader

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 27th 2012 0 Comments

The Ripple shader is a great tool for creating quick liquid surfaces. We'll explore some of the options of the shader here, using a pool scene as an example.

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

Avoiding Unwanted Specular Highlights with a Light Gel

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 25th 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Lighting

There are some cases in which We only want a light to cast diffuse light, or we may want a light to cast only specular light. We achieve this with a Light Gel.

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

Working with Shapes, Instances and Groups

Christopher Tyler Jul, 23rd 2012 1 Comment

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

This modeling tutorial demonstrates various object manipulation and modeling techniques for working with logically grouped objects. It demonstrates good usage of shapes and instances in addition to times when groups are appropriate organizational mechanisms. This tutorial also shows how to set a unique location for the pivot in various ways.

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

Layering textures to break up regularity

Rodrigo Duarte Jul, 23rd 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Texturing

A common problem of 3D is the excessive regularity of textures: tile after tile after tile. This quick technique helps to break that regularity with very little effort.

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

About Surface Shading Threshold

Christopher Tyler Jul, 22nd 2012 0 Comments

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

This rendering tutorial shows how to work with the Surface Shading Threshold in the Detail tab of the rendering dialog. It shows how it works with low reflectivity surfaces and most importantly how it can affect glass objects.

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

Setting up lighting for a simple interior scene

Christopher Tyler Jul, 16th 2012 6 Comments

CX Lighting, CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific, Design 3D CX

This materials and lighting tutorial shows how to approach the lighting setup for an interior type of scene. It uses a single spot light and a white lightdome for lighting and shows how to evaluate the contribution of each to the final diffuse lighting. It also sets up a couple of materials which are important to the scene.

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Using the Ripple Shader

Avoiding Unwanted Specular Highlights with a Light Gel

Working with Shapes, Instances and Groups

Layering textures to break up regularity

About Surface Shading Threshold

Setting up lighting for a simple interior scene