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

Properly setting up a glossy material

Christopher Tyler Jan, 6th 2017 1 Comment
This tutorial walks through the process of setting up a glossy material. It shows the basic and proper steps to setting up a material with a diffuse and a glossy component so the material uses the fresnel interpolator and is properly energy balanced. It also explores the Smoothness channel as it relates to the Fresnel interpolator.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

An old game joystick controller, modeling part 1.

Christopher Tyler Dec, 24th 2016 1 Comment
This tutorial shows how to model part of an old game joy stick. It specifically looks at the use of planar regions and how to blend between them in a very controlled manner using polygon modeling and subdivision surfaces.
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by Chris Tyler: Fundamentals | Modeling
Texturing | 7.5 Rendering
UV Mapping | Misc
8.0 Specific

Creating a spiral Christmas tree design, Part 1: modeling

Christopher Tyler Oct, 23rd 2016 2 Comments
This tutorial shows how to create a spiral Christmas type tree using the lathe tool. It specifically shows how to adjust the lathe parameters to get the required shape, and how to properly convert the resulting object into a polygon format. The polygon format will be used to create a subdivision surface object, and will also be UV mapped in the second tutorial.
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