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Exclusive : Bullet breaks a glass – Part 2

a.cangelosi — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:48:49 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at the Bullet/glass series, and we’ll focus on adding details to the breaking simulation and tweaking rendering setup.

What we’ll do

In Part 2 of Bullet breaks a glass we’ll add more details to the simulation using Particle flow and some broken pieces of the main glass. We’ll setup it with forces and collision to have more little debris in the breaking event. Then we’ll work more on bullet material and general iRay rendering setup adding motionl blur and depth of field.

Exclusive : Bullet breaks a glass

a.cangelosi — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:09:50 +0000

Introduction

In this new series for 3ds max we’ll talk again about Rayfire, and this time we’ll introduce an other problem that can be solved using this powerful tool, glass breaking with a bullet.

What we’ll do

In Part 1 of Bullet breaks a glass, we’ll work on the basic scene setup. We’ll prepare the models, using simple tools as splines and lathe modifier, then we’ll set some preliminary shaders. We’ll see how to break the glass in pieces using Rayfire fragmenter modifier, and how to setup breaking dynamic with the animated bullet. In Part 2 we’ll focus on look development and rendering.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 7

a.cangelosi — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:06 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll finalize the Photoreal kitchen series with last modeling and rendering tweaks.

What we’ll do in Part 7

In Part 7 of Photoreal kitchen we’ll add more stuff all around as a knife, some cups, a metal pot, some additional water bottle, and all other things to fill it and make it more real. Then we’ll move to tweak the illumination working mainly on the photometric light we have in the kitchen changing intensity and color. To obtain a better look we’ll tweak the wall color, doing it a little bit darker to have a better image contrast. Just some tweaks to the camera and then the final image will be ready.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 6

a.cangelosi — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:55:09 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at the Photoreal kitchen series. We’ll work more on modeling furnitures and start adding some additional object all around to make it more similar to a real life room.

What we’ll do in Part 6

In this part of Photoreal kitchen series we’ll finalize the right part of the furniture modeling latest things using poly modeling tools and some features as boolean operators. Then we’ll start adding some object to have more details and make it more rich and similar to a real kitchen room.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 5

a.cangelosi — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:57:03 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at our Photoreal kitchen series, focusing on more furniture modeling and some interesting lighting stuff.

What we’ll do in Part 5

In Part 5 of Photoreal kitchen we’ll finalize the upper part of our kitchen furniture set modeling it with standard primitives and edit poly tools, we’ll add some interesting lighting rig inside the furniture with some additional objects inside as glasses etc etc. We’ll model some chairs and start modeling the other side of the room where we’ll put a new funiture set, so in Part 6 we can finalize it and start adding details all over.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 4

a.cangelosi — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:43:47 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at the Photoreal kitchen series, focusing on modeling more furnitures, and adding details to the room and the house.

What we’ll do in Part 4

In Photoreal kitchen Part 4, we’ll continue working on modeling stuff. This time we’ll finalize part of the main room and some different areas in the house, we’ll work to have a sun illumination coming from out, so we’ll tweak windows and glass surfaces. We’ll tweak some shaders too, as the wood pavement, the wall and we’ll add more details to the kitchen model.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 3

a.cangelosi — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:10:06 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at the Photoreal kitchen series, focusing on modeling more furnitures.

What we’ll do in Part 3

In Photoreal kitchen Part 3, we’ll continue working on modeling stuff. This time we’ll finalize part of the main furniture we started past time, adding details and pieces. We’ll model some additional furniture and accessories as the washbasin and the faucet, we’ll start modeling some more furniture parts too, adding some interesting frozen glass effects.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen – Part 2

a.cangelosi — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:37:41 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll continue working at the Photoreal kitchen series and we’ll add some details to models done past time and new part of the furniture.

What we’ll do in Part 2

In Part 2 of Photoreal kitchen we’ll focus on adding details to the fire plane model, and using editable poly and boolean opertators we’ll finalize it. Then we’ll start modeling part of the main furniture stuff. This time we’ll focus on main structure using splines, edit poly and some boolean operator. We’ll add some shaders to it to simulate the various materials. These materials will be tweaked and finished in coming parts.

Alien planet environment – Part 6

a.cangelosi — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:00:34 +0000

Introduction

In this video for 3ds max we’ll work again at the Alien planet environment tutorial series. This time we’ll start focusing on modeling a simple space ship that we’ll be used in our animation.

What we’ll do in Part 6

In Part 6 of Alien planet environment we’ll start working at the space ship. We’ll start with simple basic modeling to obtain a rough shape to add more details step by step. We’ll model basic shape using poly modeling tools. We”ll create engines and additional details in coming parts. Actual plan is to prepare the model with a good level of details, prepare the textures, shade it, animate it moving in the Alien planet scene, then we’ll add FX layers as engine flame/energy, etc etc.

Exclusive : Photoreal kitchen

a.cangelosi — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:16:44 +0000

Introduction

In this new video series for 3ds max, we’ll work on a complete scene, a modern kitchen. Our purpose is achieving a high photoreal result, more than other projects we worked on in the past. We’ll do everything from modeling to final composite.

What we’ll do in Part 1

In Part 1 of Photoreal kitchen we’ll start with modeling some parts. This time we’ll focus on cooking plane modeling using basic modeling features as spline modeling, poly, lathe modifiers, boolean operations. We’ll assign some basic photoreal shader to the model and we’ll work to obtain a preview render at the end. We’ll use Mental ray and iRay for rendering and basic materials will be done using the Arch&Design shader.