Model a High Poly Canon A1 Camera in Modo – Day 2

on Feb 4th 2010 with 12 comments

Creating complex hard-surface objects using subdivision surfaces (SDS) can often be a tricky and time-consuming ordeal, although this does not necessarily have to be the case. In this three day, intermediate to advanced level tutorial, we’ll be using Modo 302′s feature-rich toolset to accurately model the Canon A1 camera, resulting in an object that is almost entirely SDS.

This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 1, or Day 3.

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Tutorial Details

  • Software: Luxology Modo
  • Version: 302
  • Difficulty: Intermediate/ Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: Approximately 1.5 hours (per day)
  • Supporting Files: CanonA1_RefScene.zip

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    This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 1, or Day 3.

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    Discussion 12 Comments

    1. immjg says:
      February 4, 2010 at 11:50 am

      Pls…dont’ forget to apply materials ..!! :))!!!

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    2. Imon says:
      February 4, 2010 at 12:53 pm

      Great looking outcome

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    3. matt says:
      February 4, 2010 at 11:11 pm

      Looks sick! Love models!

      Reply
    4. carlo says:
      February 5, 2010 at 1:43 am

      Awesome as always, very informative, great voice..
      Thank you very much for sharing these Matt!

      Reply
    5. Abojung says:
      February 6, 2010 at 4:13 am

      i was just wondering where did the abstract design in C4D tut go??
      was there something wrong with it??moderators??

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      • Peter Sawyer says:
        February 6, 2010 at 8:50 am

        Snap thats what I was wondering.

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      • JNothing says:
        February 7, 2010 at 2:02 pm

        It got yanked because several of us members pointed out that there are five hundred tuts like that online already. You could just take a bounch of broken glass and glue it together, then photo it against a black background… I’d wear gloves though.

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        • Kaleb Aylsworth says:
          February 7, 2010 at 3:01 pm

          I know the one you are talking about JNothing, and you are half right…it was actually yanked due to plagiarism. I believe that Abojung was talking about the C4D Greeble Effect tut that follows this one though, which (in answer to his question) was just the result of scheduling blooper. It briefly appeared online when it was really this Modo Camera tut that was supposed to have been published on that day.

    6. Web 2.0 says:
      February 6, 2010 at 6:29 am

      Nice tutorial buddy…

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    7. Matt Brealey says:
      March 5, 2010 at 8:07 pm

      Thanks guys :)

      Matt

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    8. Wes Wait says:
      October 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm

      Great Tutorial Matt

      I would like to continue with it but keep getting an error message for Day 2 Vid 2 either in streaming or download. Can you let me know how I can gain access to it.

      Thanks

      Wes

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    9. Samuel Orf says:
      April 19, 2012 at 10:34 pm

      Hi Matt,

      Thanks for your hard work. Have learned a lot with your tutorials. Great teacher.

      My question is regarding the bit under the film crank on the top right. On your original model you gave it little notches all around like the real Canon A1. I was curious how you did that. I skipped ahead a bit to see how you do it on the lens and tried to apply that technique of subdividing numerous times and beveling out but it didn’t look very nice.

      Could you possibly tell me how to go about it so I can match your original model and the real camera?

      You’re the man! Thanks,
      Sam

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