ronviers@gmail.com wrote: On May 19, 10:39 pm, Rowley <industry3dREM...@yahoo.com> wrote: Plants aren't all that hard to do in 3D - there is even a neat "freebie" application if you don't want to make your own. http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/ Martin Hi Martin, Neat indeed! I have seen this kind of thing before with procedurals but

Dig around this site... http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm http://www.neilblevins.com/ Not really a Max tutorial site, more information on the theory of doing this in 3D applications (like Max). Martin GreatArtist wrote: I made a vector shape in Adobe Illustrator and I want to fill it with a shiny gold surface. I want that to look like just a featureless

Dig around this site... http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm http://www.neilblevins.com/ Not really a Max tutorial site, more information on the theory of doing this in 3D applications (like Max). Martin GreatArtist wrote: I made a vector shape in Adobe Illustrator and I want to fill it with a shiny gold surface. I want that to look like just a featureless

Rowley wrote: half_excellent_animator@yahoo.com wrote: here's an image of it http://users.tns.net/~equity/Martini_GLass__.jpg I have a glass I got from some online vendor, polished stainless. How do I make it shiny ? Thanks ! Look through these tutorials http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm Martin some VERY nice tutorials