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3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Painting Color
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Painting Color
In this final video on detailing the Suchomimus Dinosaur 3D Coat/Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson shows how to paint color on the creature to add the final details that will all be merged into Lightwave's Layout for Rendering. Painting Colors on a 3D object is extremely fun and also an art form that can constantly be developed. Let Adam show you some beginning techniques to get you started on detailing your own 3D Models. Table of Contents for Painting Color Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Setting up Object and Using Layers Chapter 3- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Mouth and Tongue Chapter 4- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Body Chapter 5- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Head Chapter 6- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Spine Stripe Chapter 7- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Finger Skin Rings Chapter 8- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Toe Skin Rings Chapter 9- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Feet Chapter 10- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Finger Nails Chapter 11- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Toe Nails Chapter 12- Creating the Color Base Coat for the Inner Toe Claws Chapter 13- Creating Tiger Style Stripes Chapter 14- Creating Large Spots on the Body Chapter 15- Creating Large Spots on the Head Chapter 16- Blending the Scales on the Body Chapter 17- Blending the Scales on the Tail Chapter 18- Blending the Scales on the Neck and Head Chapter 19- Hand and Arm Detailing Chapter 20- Feet Detailing Chapter 21- Inner Mouth Detailing Chapter 22- Top of Head Detailing Chapter 23- Side of Head and Jaw Detailing Chapter 24- Exporting Lightwave Object, Color, Specular, Normal, and Displacement from 3DC Chapter 25- Importing the Model into Lightwave's Layout with all the Detailed Image Maps Chapter 26- Re-adding the Teeth and Eyes and applying Final Test Rendering in Lightwave Level: Beginner Running Time: 7 hrs 2 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Video Format: Quicktime Video
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Normal and Displacement Maps
In this video tutorial 3D Instructor Adam Gibson demonstrates how to detail a Suchomimus dinosaur using 3D Coat's Normal and Displacement Mapping tools. Learn how to take plain and low-detailed models and spice them up by adding muscle, bone, tendon, skin folds, bumps and scales to their surface. Then the video finishes off by showing the secrets of taking the normal and displacement maps created in 3D Coat and exporting them out for use in Lightwave 3D. Although setting up Normal Maps in Lightwave is relatively easy, Displacement Maps can be slightly challenging. Displacement Map set-up using the Node Editor is shown in great detail. Table of Contents for Normal and Displacement Maps Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Saving Out the Body Layer of the Mesh Chapter 3- Import Body Layer into 3D Coat Chapter 4- UV's and Displacements Chapter 5- Detailing Leg Muscles Chapter 6- Detailing the Feet Chapter 7- Arm Detailing Chapter 8- Detailing the Hands Chapter 9- Creating Skin Rings Chapter 10- Creating the Rib Cage Chapter 11- Creating Spine Bones Chapter 12- Detailing the Top and Side of the Head Chapter 13- Throat and Lower Jaw Detailing Chapter 14- Detailing the Tail Chapter 15- Increasing the Texture Mesh Resolution Chapter 16- Adding a New Displacement Layer Chapter 17- Adding Scales Part 1 Chapter 18- Adding Scales Part 2 Chapter 19- Adding Scales Part 3 Chapter 20- Adding Scales Part 4 Chapter 21- Adding Scales Part 5 Chapter 22- Adding Scales Part 6 Chapter 23- Adding Scales Part 7 Chapter 24- Exporting Normal and Displacement Maps Chapter 25- Normal and Displacement Maps Preview in Photoshop Chapter 26- Normal Map Set Up in Lightwave 3D Chapter 27- Displacement Map Set Up in Lightwave 3D Chapter 28- How to Import and Export Nodes in Lightwave 3D Chapter 29- Final Running Time: 5 hrs. 48 mins. Screen Resolution: 1440 x 900 pixels Format: Quicktime Video
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Voxel Sculpting: Project Dragon
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Voxel Sculpting: Project Dragon
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Voxel Sculpting:Project Dragon-by Adam Gibson In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. Table of Contents for Voxel Sculpting Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Converting Polygonal Mesh into Voxels Part One Chapter 3- Converting Polygonal Mesh into Voxels Part Two Chapter 4- Renaming Voxel Layers and Shaders Chapter 5- Finger Detailing Chapter 6- Hand Detailing Chapter 7- Forearm and Bicep Detailing Chapter 8- Creating Leg Muscles Chapter 9- Knee and Shin Detailing Chapter 10- Feet Detailing Chapter 11- Creating Spine Bones and Rib Cage Chapter 12- Elongating the Neck with the Pose Tool Chapter 13- Transform Tool Chapter 14- Neck Detailing Chapter 15- Head Detailing Chapter 16- Creating Finned-Styled Ears Chapter 17- Creating the Head Crest and Horns Chapter 18- Creating the Wings Chapter 19- Wing Detailing Chapter 20- Extending the Wing to the Body Layer Chapter 21- Posing the Wing Chapter 22- Adding Veins and Bumps to the Wings Chapter 23- Mirroring the Wing Chapter 24- Adding Scales to the Body Part One Chapter 25- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 26- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 27- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 28- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 29- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 30- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 31- Adding Scales to the Body Part Chapter 32- Final Running Time: 7 hrs. 49 min. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video Level: Beginner
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-UV Mapping
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-UV Mapping
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-UV Mapping-by Adam Gibson In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. In this Video Tutorial Adam Gibson shows a full blown project based session on how to perfectly UV Map a Suchomimus Dinosaur. The techniques and tools are shown to create UV maps with no overlapping UV's. Good UV mapping skills are needed to create great texture maps for your characters and 3D object. This video holds the information you need to start making great UV maps for your own projects. Table of Contents for UV Mapping Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Importing Meshes for UV Mapping in 3D Coat -Part One Chapter 3- Renaming UV Maps Chapter 4- Importing Meshes for UV Mapping in 3D Coat -Part Two Chapter 5- Importing Meshes for UV Mapping in 3D Coat -Part Three Chapter 6- How to Import Multiple UV Maps into 3D Coat Chapter 7- Adding UV Seams-Part One Chapter 8- Adding UV Seams-Part Two Chapter 9- Adding UV Seams-Part Three Chapter 10- Adding UV Seams-Part Four Chapter 11- Adding UV Seams-Part Five Chapter 12- Unwrap Test Chapter 13- UV Seam Adjustment Chapter 14- 3D Coat Crashes Chapter 15- Work Around Exporting Method of Layered UV Mapped Object to Lightwave 3D Level: Beginner Running Time: 1 hr. 56 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Retopology II
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Retopology II
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Retopology II-Project Suchomimus-by Adam Gibson In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. In this second retopology volume of 3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users Adam Gibson demonstrates the full retopology of a Suchomimus Dinosaur model to create a mesh with better polygonal edge flow. Retopology of your models is designed to make models easier to apply UV Maps, texturing, and animating. Models with bad topology can create a great deal of problems in a production pipeline. This video combines the strength of both programs to create a clean streamlined character model with all the steps revealed. Table of Contents for Retopology II Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Importing Lightwave Objects Into 3D Coat Chapter 3- Claws Part-One Chapter 4- Claws Part-Two Chapter 5- Claws Part-Three Chapter 6- Hand and Arm Geometry Chapter 7- Inner Toe Geometry Part-One Chapter 8- Inner Toe Geometry Part-Two Chapter 9- Feet Part-One Chapter 10- Feet Part-Two Chapter 11- Feet Part-Three Chapter 12- Feet Part-Four Chapter 13- Feet Part-Five Chapter 14- Feet Part-Six Chapter 15- Feet Part-Seven Chapter 16- Feet Part-Eight Chapter 17- Feet Part-Nine Chapter 18- What to do if 3D Coat Crashes Chapter 19- Leg Editing Chapter 20- Creating Eye Geometry Chapter 21- Creating the Eye Socket Chapter 22- Creating Nostrils Chapter 23- Head Geometry Part-One Chapter 24- Head Geometry Part-Two Chapter 25- Head Geometry Part-Three Chapter 26- Head Geometry Part-Four Chapter 27- Head Geometry Part-Five Chapter 28- Connecting Body Geometry Together Part-One Chapter 29- Connecting Body Geometry Together Part-Two Chapter 30- Making the Tail Chapter 31- Connecting the Head to the Body Part-One Chapter 32- Connecting the Head to the Body Part-Two Chapter 33- Final Tweaks in 3D Coat Chapter 34- Importing the Retopologized Mesh into Lightwave Chapter 35- Editing the Tail Chapter 36- Setting Up Symmetry in Lightwave Chapter 37- Matching the Retopo Mesh with a Background Mesh Chapter 38- Inner Mouth Creation Chapter 39- Building the Throat Chapter 40- Building the Tongue Chapter 41- Adding the Teeth and Eye Balls to the Retopo Mesh Running Time: 8 hrs 34 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Auto-Retopology
3D Coat 3.5 for Lightwave Users-Auto-Retopology-by Adam Gibson In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and Lightwave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others. In this volume on the new Autoretopology tool in 3D Coat 3.5 basic and advanced uses of the Auto-Retopology tool are demonstrated in great depth. Workflow application and pipeline use are shown with regards to how to combine Lightwave's Modeler tools with 3D Coat's standard retopology tool set to correct Auto-Retopology glitches, gotchas, errors and limitations. With the methods included in this video you will learn how create clean retopologized meshes for use in Lightwave or other 3D packages. The video starts off with how to use the Auto-Retopology tool and then finishes with a full hands on project on a rhinoceros model/mesh that needs to be retopologized and exported to Lightwave 3D. Table of Contents for Auto-Retopology Chapter 1- Intro Chapter 2- Retopology Basics: Voxels Part One Chapter 3- Retopology Basics: Voxels Part Two Chapter 4- Retopology Basics: Voxels Part Three Chapter 5- Retopology Basics: Voxels Part Four Chapter 6- Retopology: Creature Model Part One Chapter 7- Retopology: Creature Model Part Two Chapter 8- Density Modulator Chapter 9- Strokes and Edge Flow Chapter 10- Deleting NGons and Triangles Chapter 11- Advanced Mesh Retopo: Part One Chapter 12- Advanced Mesh Retopo: Part Two Chapter 13- Advanced Mesh Retopo: Part Three Chapter 14- Advanced Mesh Retopo: Part Four Chapter 15- Human Head Retopo: Part One Chapter 16- Human Head Retopo: Part Two Chapter 17- Rhino Retopo Project: Part One Chapter 18- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Two Chapter 19- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Three Chapter 20- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Four Chapter 21- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Five Chapter 22- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Six Chapter 23- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Seven Chapter 24- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Eight Chapter 25- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Nine Chapter 26- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Ten Chapter 27- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Eleven Chapter 28- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Twelve Chapter 29- Rhino Retopo Project: Part Thirteen Running Time: 6 hrs. 15 mins. High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels) Quicktime Video
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