On this project I used maya for the base model, zbrush for details, Photoshop for texturing and matte painting, shave and haircut for the hair and mentalray for rendering.
This video from Andrew Klein (www.andrewklein.net) covers duplicating using the duplicate special command, freezing and reseting transformations, and creating the slats for the seat of the chair.
This video from Andrew Klein (www.andrewklein.net) covers creating the arms and legs of the chair, and using duplicate special to make symmetrical halves.
I use Autodesk 3dsmax version 9 for modeling so run it. I will use default unit setup for this project because I want make it with my eyes so unit isn’t important.
This small Tutorial will show the methods I use to create grass, everything was created using Adobe® Photoshop 5.5 and a mouse. Below are some step by step images showing the various stages and a brief description outlining the easy methods used to create them. Step one Above in step one I have 2 layers […]
Hi peoples! We made this film to showcase our CG abilities. We wanted to make the best showcase one can imagine for a new car. We chose the Porsche since we…just..like Porsches! We storyboarded, previzzed, animated and rendered it all in house. Production took 4 weeks, rendering on a 8 core MacPro took 4 months […]
About the image There are many rendered portraits in a lot of galleries. I was always impressed by the high quality of the MentalRay FastSkin shader and how easy it was to set it up once you understood the basic concept of how skin works. But as I ‘only’ have Cinema 4D, MentalRay is not […]
The crew here at Red Rover just finished our latest commercial for Sasktel. This being the last of 13 spots we’ve done in the past year for this campaign, we decided to go all out and try a one shot.
1. Open 3DS Max . Press F10 to show rendering settings dialog or the button with the tea-pot icon on the main panel as shown on the picture 1. At the Common tab expand Assign Render rollout and show the dialog to select V-ray reder by pressing the button with the triple-dot. 2. Set parameters […]
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION by Carlos Lascano. A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girl´s drawing, leading us through the life she dreams of.
This video looks at how to use the new (to maya 2009) UV unwrap tools in Maya to cut apart a hand by UV edges. Perfect for very fast organic UV unwraps is the smooth UV tool, also demonstrated.
The Portal Cube or Weighted Companion from the Valve game Portal has become somewhat of an icon. This morning I modelled this in 3D Studio Max and recorded to show how it was done. This is a High-Poly model which demonstrates some basic to moderate modelling techniques and adding some textures. DOWNLOAD VIDEO FILE Talk […]
In this video tutorial of www.renderray.com, we will work on the Exterior Light setup, Render settings & HDRI, Environment Effects And Mental Ray Photographic Exposure Control setup to make a realistic and professional render. To download the sample scene go to www.renderray.com Renderray is an online cg community specialised in rendering, where you can download […]