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Here's how to make super-realistic transparent stuff by measuring the real thing and simulating it with GThick2. Pick something transparent you want to simulate. Preferably, choose something you can examine in different thicknesses, but that's ...
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Several people have asked me how to use the LScript plug-ins once they've downloaded them. So, I've put together a little page of instructions, complete with trendy screen shot cut-outs. Using Modeler LScripts Using Surface Shader LScripts What t...
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These trees are not ultra-realistic, but they're easy on memory. Download Amiga files for this tutorial (It says it's a ZIP file but it's really an LHA file.) Download Intel files for this tutorial (This one really is a ZIP file.) The leaves are made of three parts. One part ...
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Here's how easy it is to make a cartoony hand with metanurbs and my QuadSew plugin. Step 1 - Make some boxes in the rough shape of a hand. I've put boxes in the meatiest places, and I've made sure there's enough vertices in the palm to attach the fingers to. ...
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Here's a dorky spaceship with some nifty thrust coming from the engines. Each plume of thrust is a fairly simple object... Here's a dorky spaceship with some nifty thrust coming from the engines. Each plume of thrust is a fairly simple object. The basic shape of the plume is a c...
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Here's the fastest way I know to unify two polygons. >Step 1 - Put one polygon in the foreground and the other in the background. >Step 2 - In the TOOLS menu, hit DRILL and pick Z SLICE. >Step 3 - Swap the layers ( hit the ' key ) >Step 4 - Still in the...
read moreYou're going to like this one. This Image Filter script adds 3D fuzz to your surfaces as a post-process. Why? Well, it's handy for adding a quick bit of fuzz to still images. Read my cheap grass tutorial to see how it helps!...
read moreThe image on the left is the TV Guy demo as LightWave5.6 renders it. The image on the right is gamma corrected using GammaRight. Notice how the details in the shading are brought out, and how the lighting looks less washed out. To see how to use it, read my GammaRig
read moreHere's a glass bottle with a big chip taken out of it. The image on the left was created using the techniques described in my Refractive Glass tip. It's nice, but there's still something not quite right about it. The glass is uniformly transparent no matter
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