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Fake Caustics
in 3D Tutorials
Fake Caustics

So you want to do caustics? But either haven't got a software which can do them for you or don't need them ultra-realistic but fast? Then here you go. This tutorial is done with 3DStudio Max 3.0 but can be done with any rendering-software which got the features you need for fake-caustics (tha.....

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Low-poly grass and hair
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Low-poly grass and hair

To get started: the grass in figure 1 contains ten, the hair in figure 2 and 3 960 faces. So how do we achieve this? The answer is short and simple: alpha maps. All images where created by using an alpha map like the one shown in figure 4. (And the right geometry setup. ;) That's why the tuto....

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Faking sunlight
in 3D Tutorials
Faking sunlight

Or: making your light global without Global Illumination ;) Today we're going to talk about a easy-to-use technique also known as the "lightdome".

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Working withtranslucency
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Working withtranslucency

This tutorial will give you an overview of what effects you can achieve with translucency. Translucency simulates the effect of so-called scattering. This basically means that light coming from behind the object a) shines through to a certain amount (and with a certain color tint coming from the o...

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