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

Using incidence angle to control the stencil channel

Christopher Tyler May, 13th 2012 4 Comments

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

This texturing tutorial shows how to use the stencil channel to change the appearance of a surface as the curvature changes (using an interpolator like Fresnel or Cosine). This has important implications for materials like metals.

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

Using the Adjust Map dialog to quickly edit texture and background maps

Rodrigo Duarte May, 11th 2012 0 Comments

CX Lighting, CX Texturing

There's a very useful tool hidden within the texture and background editing dialogues: the Adjust Map dialog. It can often save us a trip to Photoshop, and is a great tool for tweaking the mood of a scene by editing Light Domes.

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

Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

Christopher Tyler May, 7th 2012 2 Comments

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

This materials tutorial shows how to use the subsets feature to apply specific materials several instances of a single shape. This helps to create a more complex scene while keeping a simple shape/instance setup.

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

Additive nature of reflections

Christopher Tyler May, 3rd 2012 0 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Intermediate, CX Texturing, CX Version 7 Specific

This tutorial demonstrates how material layers are composited together by using rendering to layers. This helps to demonstrate the importance of balancing energy between the reflection and diffuse layers.

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

Using Colorized Volumetric Light

Christopher Tyler Apr, 30th 2012 4 Comments

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

This tutorial shows how to create volumetric lighting (using fog), assigned to a spot light, that is colorized by a bitmap.

CX Texturing

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Using incidence angle to control the stencil channel

Using the Adjust Map dialog to quickly edit texture and background maps

Using a Displacement map to model part of a plug

Project Component: Part 5–Using subsets to texture individual instances

Additive nature of reflections

Using Colorized Volumetric Light