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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Creating a fade to dark background; and adjusting reflected surfaces to compensate for the dark backdrop

Christopher Tyler Mar, 18th 2013 1 Comment
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
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Dice Texturing and Rendering, Part I

Christopher Tyler Jan, 28th 2013 0 Comments
This texturing and lighting tutorial shows how to set up the red material used on the dice. It walks through the use of the Lightdome, the use of an HDRI image, several lighting render controls (angular deviation, raydiosity amplifier) and the use of the Fresnel interpolator.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Compositing Shadows in Photoshop

Christopher Tyler Jan, 3rd 2013 0 Comments
This rendering tutorial shows how to output shadows separately from a main object and perform various compositing techniques in Photoshop to merge them. It shows how to use the 'Render to Layers' and 'Render Alpha Channel' features to help with this compositing. It also demonstrates the use of 'Instance Properties...' to facilitate the process.
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