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Building 3D Models with modo 701

By : Juan Jiménez García
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Building 3D Models with modo 701

By: Juan Jiménez García

Overview of this book

<p>Computer generated graphics (CGI) are part of the design market. CGI helps digital designers from many industries to have a clear representation of their products before they are produced. To name a few, interior designers, architectural studios, and furniture designers can implement CGI images into their workflow, saving them time and money.</p> <p>"Building 3D Models with modo 701" will introduce you to the world of next generation 3D content creation in a practical manner. This will not be a software manual, but a real-world guide that will skip the unnecessary details and focus on what's needed to complete a commission from a client. It will get you the best results in minimum time.</p> <p>In this book you will learn the entire process, from a preliminary design to the final art. All the stages are covered. You will be guided through modeling, creating materials, placing lights, optimizing your render, and showing it to your customer in an efficient way.</p> <p>You will learn how to quickly generate shapes and recreate real-world materials present in most of scenes: wood, metals, glass; along with working with textures and learning how to apply them convincingly. Create the mood of your scene by using lights, place the camera like a photographer would do to get that nice shot, and make a good quality realistic render and show it to your client with that extra punch of production that every pro should know.</p> <p>"Building 3D Models with modo 701" is not a user manual, but a step-by-step walkthrough of the real world of a 3D artist.</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Building 3D Models with modo 701
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding indirect illumination


Indirect illumination is the method used by 3D software to mimic the behavior of light in the real world, mostly referring to the light bounce effect, enabled by default in modo701.

I have provided a sample figure to demonstrate the light bounce effect in the real world. The image is over-saturated, so the effect gets very noticeable. We have an orange in a white environment, lit by the sunlight. There are lit areas and shadowy areas, but take a look at the zone where the ground meets the orange. You will notice an orange tinting in the ground (the same color as the fruit). That is the light coming from the sun, bouncing off the orange skin and hitting the floor, coloring it with the tone captured from the bounce.

That's the effect we will achieve when using indirect illumination, and that's the way to create a radically different look...