Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we’re taking a look back at former Cgtuts+ editor Matt Brealey’s awesome two part tutorial on modeling a Photorealistic Boss Pedal in Modo. Originally published back in August of 2009, this tutorial was extremely popular with the Modo crowd. So if you missed it the first time, why not check it out now.
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Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we have an awesome Modo tutorial by former Cgtuts+ editor Matt Brealey. In this 5 part tutorial series, Matt guides us through the creation of a high poly Canon A1 camera. This tutorial was first published back in January of 2010 and proved to be incredibly popular with our Modo users! Let’s take a look back…
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In this tutorial, new Cgtuts+ author Elias Sarantopoulos guides us through the process of creating a soap dispenser and refill bottle in Luxology Modo. Through-out the scene’s creation, Elias will use simple modeling tools and techniques to first block out the overall shapes, before adding subdivision and refining the objects final appearance. He’ll then discuss the material and texture setup, as well as lighting the scene for our final product shot. This is a great tutorial for beginner and intermediate Modo artists looking to improve their modeling, lighting and rendering skills. We know you’re going to love it!
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Greetings modonauts! My name is Adam Ohern, industrial design consultant and founder of cadjunkie.com. In this series we’ll be using modo’s ‘snaps and precision’ tools to build and render an interior scene. This was originally created as a part of a larger class, so pre-made assets such as the coffee cup mentioned in the video will be included in the tutorial assets folder. Modo is not a replacement for architectural drafting tools, but it can certainly be used to create convincing rapid concept renderings. Have fun!
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Today’s quick-tip tutorial takes a look at how to utilise the amazing UV tools in Luxology’s Modo 401 to tackle a common problem – unwrapping deformed cylinders. And yes, that may just be more common than you might think! Let’s take a look…
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Today’s quick-tip tutorial takes a look at how to quickly and easily UV unwrap hard-surface 3D objects using Luxology’s Modo 401. Let’s take a look!
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Today’s tutorial marks the first post to the site by industrial-design wizard Adam Ohern. Adam’s incredible modeling skills have earned him a CV featuring the likes of HP, Black & Decker & Bose Corporation and we’re thrilled to welcome him to the site. In this tutorial, Adam is going to walk us through his winning entry in this year’s Cut And Paste contest, and for any modeler using any package it’s a must watch!
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In the concluding part of his 2-day KEF speaker tutorial, Justin Mitrache takes us through the texturing and rendering processes in Modo 401, and then finishes up by showing us how to set up the rendered layers in Photoshop where you can apply your own post-processing techniques. Let’s start!
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In this 2 part tutorial, Justin Mitrache walks us through how to model and render a KEF speaker in Luxology Modo 401. Based on existing reference pictures, we begin by modelling the object itself, after which we set up standard studio lighting, assign textures and modify the shaders, before finally rendering out the final shot. Let’s start!
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In this Quick Tip tutorial you’ll get a look at something I get asked about a lot – how to add decals/graphics to your materials in Maxwell Render. We’ll be covering two different ways of adding them to your material utilising weight-map textures within the layer groups themselves.
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