If you visit my vimeo site and search by albums, the 'Modeling an Ant' album has been added to recently. I'm using these as a step by step guide through moving around in Softimage. Its a great supplement for my classes. In videos 12 - 14, I introduce enveloping for modeling. Enveloping a character usually involves adhering to some pretty stringent guidelines. I wanted to create something simpler for the new user or the modeler who doesn't really want to deal with the ins and outs of rigging. Videos 12 - 14 use nulls as deformers, with parent child relationships holding them together to form a crude articulation rig modelers can use to quickly pose their creations. The idea is to use these simple deformers to rough in poses, and then model over top to capture the final pose for turntabling etc.This technique should not be used for anyone wanting to animate their ant.
Video 15 covers the technique of Vertex Color Mapping, on a secondary level it talks about Environment mapping with HDRI images, reflection mapping, and bump maps using procedural fractals,. Vertex Color maps paint color information onto a surface at the vertice level. The video covers displaying the maps in viewport, switching between maps for painting and viewing purposes, and also talks about integrating CAV maps with mental Ray.
Video 15 covers the technique of Vertex Color Mapping, on a secondary level it talks about Environment mapping with HDRI images, reflection mapping, and bump maps using procedural fractals,. Vertex Color maps paint color information onto a surface at the vertice level. The video covers displaying the maps in viewport, switching between maps for painting and viewing purposes, and also talks about integrating CAV maps with mental Ray.
