Model Presentation

Topics about rendering models for your portfolio or Pimping and Previews.

Lighting

See

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>Rendering and Presentation - by Eat 3D<
>Jeremy Baldwin shows how to render models out in 3ds Max using mental ray and composite in Photoshop.<
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>Rendering a Sculpture - by Mike Fudge<
>Lighting, material, and rendering setup in Maya.<
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>High Poly Material Rendering Tutorial - by Artem "X-Convict" Volchik<
>Double-specular material setup in 3ds Max. Discussion and examples here in Polycount.<
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>MR materials for 3ds Max - by Enrico "SyncViewS" Gullotti<
>mental ray materials for 3ds Max, including dark shiny, light wireframe, and dark wireframe. Downloadable material library. Discussion thread.<
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>Engineering Material - by Pete Draper<
>Outline and cross-hatching render setup, using the Ink and Paint material in 3ds Max.<
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Low-poly models are usually best presented as screenshots from a game engine, or from your modeling app's viewport using.

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> Low Poly Challenge STYLE GUIDE Polycount Forum thread<
>Turning off anti-aliasing & filtering, instructions for many software packages.<
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> Current/Nextgen Game Material Rendering - by James Hall <
>Lighting a normal-mapped model using 2-point lighting and ambient occlusion.<
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> Depth of field in the 3ds Max viewport - by Pior "pior" Oberson <
> Using real-time depth of field, plus antialiased wireframes, in 3ds Max.<
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> Baked shadow maps in the 3ds Max viewport - by Pior "pior" Oberson <
> Self-shadowing can be easily baked in 3ds Max. However baking can be avoided in version 2009 onwards because Max now supports real-time dynamic shadowing in the viewport.<
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> Setting up UDK for portfolio renders? thread on Polycount <
> Helpful tips about using UDK to create nice screenshots of your models. See also this post from Lamont about capturing animation from UDK.<
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> Tips for creating high-quality screenshots in UDK. <
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