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38 Modo Studio Lighting: Base Materials I
Now that we have a better understanding of how we can benefit from having a custom preset material library, it's time to take a look at how to start creating those materials. In this video, we'll start...
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39 Modo Studio Lighting: Base Materials II
The basic materials we've been looking at are great for a lot of applications, but there will be times when you'll need materials with more complex material properties...particularly metals. In this...
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40 Modo Studio Lighting: Textures
Now that we have our base materials setup, we'll take a look at how we can manipulate the texture of our finishes. In this video, we'll take a look at some different techniques for adding noise layers...
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41 Modo Studio Lighting: Colors
Next, there's a good chance you'll want to add some frequently used colors to your preset library. In this video we'll take a look at creating multiple color presets by adding a 'constant' processing...
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42 Modo Studio Lighting: MatCaps
Now that we have a foundation in creating a material preset library, it's time to move onto MatCaps. In this video, we'll take a look at a couple of examples of how the new modo 601 MatCaps can be used...
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43 Modo Studio Lighting: Compositing I (Overview)
Now that we've touched base on setting up a scene, creating proper lighting, and customizing our materials, it's time to put everything together into a complete composition. In this video, we'll go...
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44 Modo Studio Lighting: Compositing II (32 Bit Images)
In the last video, we took a look at compositing multiple images from modo with various render outputs. In this video, we'll continue to take a look at compositing, but with a slightly different type...
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45 Modo Studio Lighting: Compositing III (Photoshop Video)
Now that we have a better understanding of the basics of compositing with multiple image types and qualities, it's time to take a look at how we can really start to use them. In this video, we'll take...
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46 Modo Studio Lighting: Compositing IV (After Effects)
In the last video we took a look at building a video timeline in Photoshop. While Photoshop has its strengths, After Effects can be a much more powerful tool for building videos with our render files....
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modo: Locator Alignment
If you've ever done any rigging in modo (especially imported CAD geometry), you may have found it difficult to align a locator item (that you can animate) to a piece of arbitrary geometry out in space....
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modo: Joystick Rig
Sometimes when working with modo you may find yourself in a rigging situation where you need to control how far an object can move or rotate---otherwise the results may not be realistic or desired when...
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Planar Rotate Snap Axis: The Best Worst-Named Tool in MODO
MODO has a dirty little secret. It's called "Planar Rotate Snap Axis", and it's one of those tools you'll never need... until you do. Learn The Ways of Planar Rotate Snap, and you're half way to MODO...
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Glowing Purple Logo in MODO (basic image mapping)
Make an animatable 3D glowing logo in MODO--with zero actual work! That's right folks, all the "modeling" for this tutorial takes place in Photoshop. Intrigued?
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Precision Scaling in MODO
MODO has some really nice tools for precision scaling geometry on various axes, and they’re actually quite easy to use (if a little awkwardly named). Here’s the low down. Topics: Scale Absolute Size...
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Customizing MODO 01: Create a Macro
MODO is one of the most extensible tools around, and you don't have to be a coding aficionado to automate frequent tasks. Today we'll cover the simplest possible type of automation, the Macro.
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Customizing MODO 02: Create a Macro Button I
MODO is one of the most extensible tools around, and you don't have to be a coding aficionado to automate frequent tasks. Last week we covered how to make a macro. This week we're going to take a look...
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Customizing MODO 03: Create a Macro Button II
Last week we took a look at creating a tool button for creating a custom command that we created using MODO's form editor. While we successfully created a button, we emphasized the importance of saving...
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Customizing MODO 04: Create a Macro Button III
Last week we successfully created a button and emphasized the importance of saving our settings and creating a friendly UI setup for adding even more commands and sharing them. This week week we're...
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