Lightwave 3D Tutorials (interface, modelling, animation, materials, maps, modifiers, lights, cameras, rendering) - 3DLessons.com
If you just want to render a single object like a statue or something like this (non complex things, compact stuff like cubes and so on) and you don't need this nifty radiosity effects on the floor (colored bounces ...) you don't have to use monte carlo or similar complex radiosity algorithm.
April 17,
2007
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Let's pretend that this is a highly detailed architectural rendering of a new building. Let's say it looks fantastic, but the lawn looks awfully flat. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just paint some grass on there?
April 16,
2007
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You get to create an old piece of paper and the tutorial takes you through all the steps.
April 16,
2007
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The Reflection Image effect is also called Environment Mapping. That means it's supposed to simulate reflections of the Environment.
April 13,
2007
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A Buckyball, or Buckminsterfullerene, is really a carbon-60 molecule. It is the most symmetrical molecule possible.
April 12,
2007
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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.
April 11,
2007
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Here's a dorky spaceship with some nifty thrust coming from the engines.
April 9,
2007
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Here's a simple way to make perfect bevels every time.
April 9,
2007
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To make realistic refractive objects, you have to understand how Lightwave handles refraction.
April 5,
2007
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Here's how easy it is to make a cartoony hand with metanurbs and my QuadSew plugin.
April 4,
2007
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