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Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
CG Artist + Computer Engineer
DreamWorks Animation
Burbank,
United States
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Realistic Diamonds?
Hi guys, I'm trying to find out how to make a realistic looking diamond in lightwave. I know it is possible because I have seen some renders of them before, done in lightwave. However, I been having problems in finding out resources, and tutorials to do this. I would appreciate any help that you may give me in order to make this happen.
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hola.
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Stephen Fitzgerald
Monovich
USA
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09 September 2005 | |
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Archeidos
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Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
CG Artist + Computer Engineer
DreamWorks Animation
Burbank,
United States
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Originally Posted by monovich:
I know it's a plugin, but spectrum would probably help:
http://www.evasion3d.com/sp_lw_gallery.html Thanks..but.. I forgot to say I want to create it using merely fprime. I saw a tutorial some time ago, now I can't find it. __________________
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hola.
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Stephen Fitzgerald
Monovich
USA
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are you looking for modeling or texturing/lighting info?
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Archeidos
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Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
CG Artist + Computer Engineer
DreamWorks Animation
Burbank,
United States
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Originally Posted by monovich:
are you looking for modeling or texturing/lighting info?
I guess that both, but more importantly the surfacing. Maybe both are related to give a nice realistic result...? __________________
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Frequenter
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Dave Jerrard had a tutorial about diamonds. The site is down now. But I read somewhere that the tutorials are hosted somewhere else now.
And there was a nice tutorial about gems in a back issue of Keyframer Magazin. mike |
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hola.
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Stephen Fitzgerald
Monovich
USA
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just out of curiosity, have you checked that ice diamond thread plugged at the top of the main mage with those amazing renders of ice? I know it's in MAX or whatever, but he used very basic, very fast techniques to make that ice. You may want to check that out if you hadn't.
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Frequenter
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Modeler has a built in Gemstone Tool (Create -> Primitives -> Gemstone).
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hola.
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Stephen Fitzgerald
Monovich
USA
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I did this a while back with the gemstone tool. I just used lots of refraction and specularity and maybe a good HDR for added reflections. It's never got 100% realistic but with more work it would work pretty well. I think some good post work would help with gemstones, too.
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Some old guy
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Dave Mauriello
Artist, Educator
Wilmington,
USA
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Archeidos
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Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
CG Artist + Computer Engineer
DreamWorks Animation
Burbank,
United States
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Thanks a lot for the replies!!
Originally Posted by monovich:
just out of curiosity, have you checked that ice diamond thread plugged at the top of the main mage with those amazing renders of ice? I know it's in MAX or whatever, but he used very basic, very fast techniques to make that ice. You may want to check that out if you hadn't.
-s I don't quite understand his little tutorial. What I can get from it, is that he used a planar surface on the back, he made it invisible to camera. Then he putted 100% refraction to the object (how does that translates to lightwave?). He also used an hdri to light it up. I can also see that he used a bumpmap to make it look scratched. Whoever wants to jump in an eaxplain to translate this to lightwave is welcomed. I'm pretty bad with texturing. __________________
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Lord of the posts
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Carmen Rizzolo
3D animator
Miami,
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Don't forget to make your air layer!
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09 September 2005 | |
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Archeidos
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Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
CG Artist + Computer Engineer
DreamWorks Animation
Burbank,
United States
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Originally Posted by Carm3D:
Don't forget to make your air layer!
![]() Yup, almost forgot that one ![]() So what I understood from the "little tutorial" was ok? __________________
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CG Animator
Australia
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Check out:
http://www.auroragrafx.com/LWresour...Gemstones.shtml for some nice gemstones (including diamond) presets. You can play with them to suit your taste. |
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Lucifer Spy
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Kevin Mangaroo
Concept Artist
Realtimeworlds
Dublin,
Ireland
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