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

Lighting a Fuse (Fountain FX IV)

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 18th 2012 16 Comments

CX Animation, CX Intermediate, CX Lighting

We'll light a fuse using fountains for the sparks and smoke. Of course there are more things to solve here: the gradual disappearance of the fuse and the light emitted by the burning fuse.

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

Posing an object that has multiple contact points on a surface

Christopher Tyler Sep, 17th 2012 3 Comments

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

This tutorial shows how to pose or arrange an object that would naturally have multiple contact points on a flat surface when gravity pulls it down.

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

Using the Fountain FX (III) Fireworks!

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 14th 2012 0 Comments

CX Animation, CX Intermediate, CX Rendering

Beautiful fireworks can be created using the Fountain FX. We will do a simple example in this tutorial. We need just one object with two fountains, one for the trail and one for the fireworks proper.

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

Using the Fountain FX (II) – Parameters

Rodrigo Duarte Sep, 3rd 2012 0 Comments

CX Animation, CX Beginner, CX Intermediate

Let us continue our exploration of the Fountain FX. This time we'll have a look at the parameters of the FX.

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

Working with counter spaces, II

Christopher Tyler Sep, 1st 2012 0 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial shows how to model a P letter using polygon modeling as subdivision surfaces. Its starting point is a compound bezier curve.

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

Working with counter spaces, I

Christopher Tyler Aug, 30th 2012 0 Comments

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

This modeling tutorial shows how to deal with bezier curves which have compound paths and are going to be used as the basis for a polygon mesh.

CX Intermediate

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Lighting a Fuse (Fountain FX IV)

Posing an object that has multiple contact points on a surface

Using the Fountain FX (III) Fireworks!

Using the Fountain FX (II) – Parameters

Working with counter spaces, II

Working with counter spaces, I