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

Modeling a soap holder

Christopher Tyler Feb, 25th 2011 0 Comments
This modeling tutorial for beginners walks through the creation of a metal bathroom soap holder. It helps to demonstrate how to effectively use the polygon modeling tools for those who want to become more familiar with them. This tutorial also shows how to achieve a model from multiple directions.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Changing an object’s local coordinate system orientation (6.0)

Christopher Tyler Feb, 17th 2011 0 Comments
This is a tutorial that deals with changing the local coordinate space of an object to better help deal with texture placement. Projected textures (planar, cylindrical, etc.) are applied relative to the local Z axis of an object and something this isn't the optimal way of setting a material onto an object. This tutorial discusses a couple of ways of dealing with this.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Basic Polygon Editing for Beginners (CX, CXi only)

Christopher Tyler Feb, 8th 2011 5 Comments
This is a series of short videos for beginners who want to dive into polygon editing. If you don't know where to start this is a good place. It walks through the creation of a basic shape, showing how to achieve it in multiple ways. You'll get a taste of subdivision surfaces too.
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