More bugs fixed

Its been a hectic week so far, some how managed to take some time to brows and see what’s going on in the CG industry.,..
And guess what, Autodesk has released the 3rd service pack for 3ds max 8….yah that’s right the 3RD SP.

Link to SP3 url

Creating the eye material.

As you can see in the image it is very simple. It is just a matter of planning your texture accordingly.
I have UVW mapped the image which was done in Photoshop to a sphere, and created bump maps separately to give the bumpy look.
Used area lights to give soft shadows.

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Enjoy :)

Self Portrait

An attempt to model my face, I have used 3ds max 5.5. This was done about two years ago, I had created several versions but this is the closest I got,

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Object Transparency

when working on intersecting object keep Alt+X in mind which will makes you "see through" the selected object...

a real life saver

Enable Autobackup feature on 3dsmax, a real life saver!

Creating a Ice Material

Here is How I Created my Ice material, hope you guys like it.
I have used a software called Final Renderer to render this image, but even from the defoult 3ds max renderer you can achive similar results using the "Skylight + Light Tracer".

there are several ways to make Ice materials, this is one of them

Falloff maps are very Important to give natural Luminosity as well as Transparency details. I have the same Falloff values to every Falloff map.

72 DPI or 300 DPI - 3DS Max

Have you ever asked to your client "What resolution do you want it?" he responds, "Make it 300 DPI"(dots per inch). Video and 3D Animation work in Pixels. Many times, animators render out a 3000 by 2000 pixel image, bring it into their imaging program, and it reads 72 dpi. This is inaccurate because the resolution is created for pixels, not dpi. Photoshop simply assigns a default dpi to the image because there is no associated per-inch resolution embedded in the rendered image file.


Next time ask the client that you need to know both the DPI and the final print size. For instance, if that person is running an image that's going to be 8 inches × 9 inches, at 300 DPI, then Multiply 300 DPI by this final print size, and you'll get a rendered image that's 2400 × 2700 pixels. That's what you should render and deliver to the client.

However, that's not true of .TIF (Tagged Image File) Format files you can embed the actual DPI information inthem. In 3ds max , when you're rendering images for print, make sure a.) You render them as .TIF files, and b.) When you set the .TIF preferences, set the dots per inch to whatever the print clients want. Doing so embeds the correct DPI information in the rendering.


Okay, here's one final thought about outputting your 3D renders to print. 3ds max 6 comes with a dynamite new feature: the Print Size Wizard. Go to Rendering > Print Size Wizard, and a cute little dialog appears. Here, you can dial just about any render-to-print settings you want. Set your output to portrait or landscape, choose the unit measurements (millimeters or inches), choose DPI values, paper width and height, and image size. Simple, yes?

Source: by Ashish Rastogi

Blue Prints

Finding Good and Accurate Blue prints is hard, Here are Few sites that I have found, Mostly good for Car Modeling Reference.

Post any new sites you find here so I can update
Tell me about any broken/moved links

Enjoy!

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http://www.supercars.de

- very good resource, free registration but they are very good quality images (some orthographic photos aswell)
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http://www.suurland.com/

- similar, also very popular

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http://www.airwar.ru/other/drawe.html

- brilliant quality aircraft blueprints.

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http://leander.mutsaers.us/

Car blueprints - Nice collection.

Graphic Design

What is it about:

Well this Blog is Mostly about 3d Graphics and some 2d Graphics as well, I will be posting tutorials, usefull 3d graphic links and the my own findings and experiences in 3d Graphics.

ohh ya check some of my personel projects

Cheers :)