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

Using a 3-point light setup for rendering

Christopher Tyler Apr, 19th 2017 1 Comment

This tutorial shows how to set up a typical 3-point lighting setup commonly used for portrait and product studio photography.

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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
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Creating a seamless texture in Photoshop

Christopher Tyler Apr, 5th 2017 0 Comments

CX Texturing, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to use Photoshop to create seamless textures from an existing bitmap for use in Design3D.

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

Controlling specular intensity globally

Christopher Tyler Mar, 29th 2017 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Rendering, Design 3D CX

This rendering tutorial shows how to control the specular intensity of a material via a global control that can be assigned to each light.

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

Using the UV editor to determine a closed curved object’s length

Christopher Tyler Mar, 22nd 2017 0 Comments

CX Advanced, CX Modeling, CX UV Mapping, CX Version 8.0 Specific, Design 3D CX

This tutorial shows how to use the UV editor and the Conform ‘unwrap’ function to help determine the correct length for an 8-shape object. The object needs to have a specific length when in its final form and this tutorial shows how to use the UV editor for this purpose.

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

Use Photoshop to paint out UV seams

Christopher Tyler Feb, 19th 2017 1 Comment

CX UV Mapping, CX Version 8.0 Specific, Design 3D CX, Free Tutorials

This tutorial shows how to UV map the branching tube shape and then how to use Adobe Photoshop to paint out seams which can appear at UV boundaries.

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

Model an object for STL output

Christopher Tyler Feb, 18th 2017 0 Comments

CX Intermediate, CX Modeling, CX Version 8.0 Specific, Design 3D CX

This modeling tutorial shows how to directly model a shape instead of using the boolean tools. The end object needs to be 3D printed, and boolean tools may not produce geometry that is viable for this purpose.

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Using a 3-point light setup for rendering

Creating a seamless texture in Photoshop

Controlling specular intensity globally

Using the UV editor to determine a closed curved object’s length

Use Photoshop to paint out UV seams

Model an object for STL output