2006/12/22

[tutor][video]Making of Lee Teng-hui 前總統李登輝



Animated head please click HERE (GIF).
Mr. Lee is one of the greatest statsman in Taiwan. He is the former president and lead Taiwan through 1996 China missile crisis. In this video tutor you will learn model his head by using Facegen Modeller 3.1. Then, import the model in 3ds max, create realistic skin material for Mr. Lee with Finalrender skin material. Finally, you will learn how to create hair for Mr. Lee by using Hair&Fur function in 3ds max 7.5.

Video tutorial (Running time: 53min, split into three videos)
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Material detail:
I use the Finalrender skin material to make skin for Mr. Lee. I modified the diffuse map exported from Facegen and make specular map, bump map and blood map for the skin.


Hair and Fur detail:
I use default hair function within 3ds max 7.5 to make hair of Mr. Lee.


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2006/12/01

[tutor][video]Making of Strawberry Cake 草莓蛋糕




GIF click here

Continue the cheese cake making tutorial. I modify the cheese cake I made and put a strawberry on the top. I also put cream on the top. No plugin is required to make this model. After modeling, I render the scene with Finalrender.

For the strawberry material, please click this page or click HERE to download strawberry material. The modeling of cream is start from a simple cylinder, apply editpoly, FFD3X3X3, Twist and melt modifier.



Video tutorial (Running time: 12mins 33secs )



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[tutor][video]Making of Cheese Cake 起司蛋糕



GIF click HERE

Hi all:

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In this video tutorial you will learn how to model a cheese cake with default 3ds max modeling tool, no plugin required. For the tinfoil, I use reactor cloth to simulate it. After modeling, I render with Finalrender Stage-1 and set a HDRI in the background. For the tinfoil material, I learn from a tutorial on Xenomorphic.co.uk website and modify the material color. The wet-looking cake was made by using Finalrender Wet material.

Video tutorial (Running time: 1h 8mins, split intro 3 videos)
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Material:
I use Finalrender as my renderer plus finalshader, I use Fr-glass as material for plastic. Fr-Wet for cake.

Plastic clear


Cake topping


Cake bottom

2006/11/29

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[resource]Procedural strawberry material for 3ds max草莓材質


I found a very useful material ---strawberry on vray-materials website. The auther is capp from visual-distractions. However, this material is only for Vray renderer.
So I modify the material make it compatible with default 3ds max 8 renderer and make it more effecient (by removing the refraction function within the original).
Download link:
How to use it:
1. Download from esnip
2. Unzip
3. Start 3ds max 8
3. Create a sphere with enough segements, apply a UVW map modifier if you like, set type to sphere)
4. In material editor, open up the file you download (strawberry_material_3dsmax8.mat)
5. Apply the material to the sphere.
Tip: (a) play around the Noise amount within Mask channel will create different effect. (b) change tile number will change the strawberry looking
(This material is for 3ds max 8, not for previous version)

2006/11/26

[tutor][video]Making of Ferrero Rocher (chocolate) 金莎巧克力



GIF click HERE
Ferrero Rocher
is very famous chocolate. In this video tutorial you will learn how to model Ferrero Rocher with default 3ds max NURBS function, no plugin required. For the tinfoil, I use reactor cloth to simulate it. After modeling, I render with Finalrender Stage-1 and set a HDRI in the background. For the tinfoil material, I learn from a tutorial on Xenomorphic.co.uk website and modify the material color.
The Ferrero Rocher is product of their company, if the company don't want me to make this tutorial I will remove right away.
Video tutorial (Total running time: 59 mins, split into 3 files)
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Material and lighting:
I use finalrender as renderer. Their is no light in this scene, I only set a HDRI in skylight and in background.

material for package


material for tinfoil:
please check the Xenomorphic.co.uk for more detail.
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2006/11/24

[tutor][video]Making of canvas shoe (NURBS)



This video tutorial you will learn how to model a canvas shoe, intermediate NURBS modeling. Please note you need npower Power NURBS plugin to make this model. After modeling with NURBS method, I convert it to mesh and apply finalrender material to it and render with HDRI background/lighting.
Video tutorial (Running time: 1h 33mins, split into 4 videos)
Material and lighting:
I use Finalrender stage-1 as my renderer. All material use Finalrender advanced material. For the lighting, I use a Finalrender rectangle light, and set a HDRI in the sky light, also I copy the HDRI to the background.
Material for the ground


Material for the blue canvas


Material for the inner part of the shoe



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2006/11/21

[tutor][video]Making of PHS J98 mobile phone (NURBS)






Animated PHS J98
GIF 01, GIF 02

This video tutorial demo you how to model a PHS mobile phone, advanced NURBS modeling. Please note you need npower Power NURBS plugin to make this model. After modeling with NURBS method, I convert it to mesh and apply finalrender material to it and render with HDRI background/lighting.

Video tutorials (running time: 4h 43mins, split into 14 videos. Please note this does not include the material and lighting tutorial)

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Material and lighting:

Material 1, 2, 3, 4
I use Finalrender stage-1 to make material for this cell phone. I use fR-Metal for the black part of the phone. fR-Car paint for the silver part of it. fR-glass for the plastic buttons. fR-Cd material for the laser laber (the PHS).
Lighting
I set the skylight value to 0.9 and I use the a HDRI for the lighting and copy it to the environment.

2006/11/12

[筆記]PS3與Wii比較 影片的省思

應該是玩家自製的廣告 SONY過分重視技術 忘了game play遊戲的本質. 雖然這是在諷刺PS3 但是在3D動畫產業 所有的動畫師都該知道: 不要過度執著於新的技術 新的外掛 內容才是最重要的!

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2006/11/07

[tutor][video]NURBS a car: part 1 bonnet (hood)


Hi all
Welcome to CG Taiwaner. I am thinking to make a series of video tutorial to demo you how to model a car with NURBS in 3ds max. This will be totally free and must important of all: no plugin needed!
In this video tutorial you will learn how to model a bonnet with NURBS function in 3ds max.
Video tutorial (running time: 18mins)


2006/11/06

[tutor][video]NURBS modeling a hair dryer



In this free video tutorial you will learn how to model a hair dryer with nPower NURBS plugin in 3ds max. If you don't have npower NURBS, click HERE to get a demo version of it.
Video tutorial (running time: 107mins, split into 5 videos)

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2006/11/02

[tutor][video]NURBS modeling a dual blade shaver




This video tutors demo you how to model a shaver, intermediate NURBS modeling. No extra plugin needed to model this in 3ds max!

Video tutorial (total 27mins long)

2006/10/31

[教學][影片] NURBS建模教學套餐 tutors set

建模是我最弱的一環 尤其是NURBS 由於市面上3ds max書籍關於NURBS建模很少 例子也太過簡單 多流於介面說明 所以我參考其他的CAD軟體書籍 把一些工業設計常見的專題 以3ds max軟體來建立 希望嘉惠3ds max的使用者. 教學1~4不需要任何外掛. 5與6需要nPower Power NURBS外掛軟體操作. 你可以到官方網站下載試用版. 3ds max的NURBS經常令人詬病 除了太陽春之外 無法用NURBS操作boolean, 另外其fillet指令也不容易使用 原本我想用Rhino 3D來建模 但是後來發現Power NURBS的外掛就能完全取代Rhino 3D同時又能在3ds max環境下使用 值得推薦.

教學影片1 吸入式渦卷泵 volute pump

教學影片2 鉤子 hook

教學影片3 葉輪 turbine

教學影片4 洗潔劑的瓶子 bottle of laundry detergent

教學影片5 寶特瓶 PET bottle

教學影片6 水龍頭 Tap


[tutor][video]NURBS modeling a tap






This video tutors demo you how to model a tap, advaned NURBS modeling. Please note you need npower Power NURBS plugin to make this model. This plugin is very good at NURBS modeling, especially the fillet fuction whicth is very bad in default NURBS function in 3ds max.

Video tutorials (total 73mins, split into 4 videos)
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2006/10/30

[video][tutor]NURBS modeling a PET bottle










This video tutors demo you how to model PET bottle,advaned NURBS modeling. Please note you need npower Power NURBS plugin to make this model.

npower website click HERE

Description of this tutor:
In this video tutor I combine NURBS fuction in 3ds max and use the npower power NURBS plugin to perform some task during modeling this PET bottle. I take advange of the "Xcurve" function in power NURBS to make the wave pattern of this bottle. For the bottom of this bottle, I use the powerbollean to cut out the shape and fillet the it.

It seems that npower power NURBS has bug, so I am stick with default NURBS in 3ds max, until some task can not be done by default NURBS.

Tips: the cut out the shape of wave pattern, better check the "cap" fuction after you revolve the cure for the middle part of the bottle.

Video tutorial (total 54mins, split into 3 videos)
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Kienzan! Dragonball-like effect part 2

Ultra-Fast series: texturing a female model

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2006/10/28

[video][tutor]NURBS modeling a hook




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In this video tutor you will learn basic NURBS to model a hook.

Description of this tutor:
(1) create shapes and corss-section of the hook
(2) convert to NURBS, join the curves
(3) By using "create 2-rail sweep" to crete surface for the hook

Tips: play around with "reverse curve" and change posion of start point of the cross-section curves to get better result

Video tutorial (Total 28mins)

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2006/10/24

[video][tutor]Modeling body of a volute pump





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In this very simple video tutor you will learn basic NURBS to model a body of a volute pump.

Videos tutorial (Total 31mins, split into 2 videos)
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