The Visine bottle. It is a simple product example, but the plastic material it is made out of, known as HDPE, has proven to be one of the trickiest materials to reproduce realistically in CG. High-Density Polyethylene is used in a huge variety of products, so it should be no surprise that this has come up over and over in CG production... especially for those of us that do product visualizations regularly. I will explain what makes it difficult and cover the many solutions I have tried before finally landing one that looks spot on. Read more
Recently Autodesk pushed the Max 2018.2 Update which includes a bunch of bug fixes and new spline tools. I decided to see how practical these may be and figure out how they work. I'll investigate each of these tools, skipping what should be obvious to keep it brief and informative. Read more
I am officially an Autodesk Certified 3D Studio Max Professional!
I have always called myself a professional, but now Autodesk will back me up! This is an important credential for me because in the CG field there are very few ways to qualify people besides their work. In short, having this certification assists me when connecting with new clients.
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