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I've refined the undercarriage a little:
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Another update...

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Problem is the paint looks more like metal. I'm not sure whether it's currently looking (more or less) physically correct and that's how it would look under the bright sun or whether I need to adjust...

Here's a little update - it took me a long time to figure out the approach I wanted to take, I tried several methods including unwrapping the thing, but it was taking too long to be feasible on paid...

Thanks - just watched these - great stuff and very powerfull.

Hey, cheers guys, Rod is correct this was done in Max.

Re: poly count - it's handling well, even with full iterations displayed in the VP. I've got a GTX580 graphics card with 3GB RAM and plenty...

Yeah I've got that one already - it's great and will be using some of those techniques. Wasn't sure if I should be unwrapping a bit more as the Gnomon DVD didn't really have any overhangs. Guess I'll...

Thanks Rod, I'm still having a bit of a think whether I can get away with not unwrapping most of it and using procedurals and then for decals just use a planer map or Neil Blevins's blended box map....

I'm working on a 3D environment and thought I'd start a WIP. I'm working on a few assets initially that I know I want in my scene and then I'll produce some concept sketches when I get down to layout...

I agree with the above - there's no magic button and it requires a lot of studying to get the best output. But good luck and post back here with specific problems. :)

render aspect ratio won't cause the problem, that just adjusts your frame size - my first thought was pixel aspect ratio but from your screen shot it's set to 1:1....

Have you got any modifiers on...

Is this possible?

The problem with the express tools is that they place these single line text objects into one MLtext which is not what I want.

I saw a video somewhere where Nvidia were showing new technology - amongst other things they were rendering an object wirth a shader that was using the GPU for AO. This is very cool and I think we'll...

couldn't you just rotate the dummy?

And when you say jerking are you actually refering to seeing the incremental movement between frames? If that's the case you should add motion blur, or if...

Can you use MEP to cut your sections from a Plant3D model? I heard a while ago from a reseller that you can do this.

I've started looking at Plant 3D recently but as far as I can tell you're...

Modifier tab is On the right by default. First one is create, next is modify and here you have the drop down menu to select a modifier.

If you're just mapping a box, try UV map modifier instead...

Are you refering to the patchyness? Without know what lighting or render settings you're using my first guess would be to say that your problem is due to low quality Final Gather settings. Indoor...

I deleted the edit poly modifier and re-did the work after adding another and the problem went away.

Not sure whether it was a glitch or a hot key I accidently pressed. I've been using the...

How do I switch this off?

Images generally render much faster than geometry. I'd prob still go with modeling unless you have a good background.