This tutorial will covers some of the interesting steps of producing the Blood elf  image. Starting with what sparked the idea, and covering the modeling, texturing, rendering and compositing parts. Ziv also shares a few tips and tricks as he shows you the process.

This tutorial will covers some of the interesting steps of producing the Blood elf  image. Starting with what sparked the idea, and covering the modeling, texturing, rendering and compositing parts. I will also share a few tips and tricks as I show the process.

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In this tutorial I will cover some of the interesting steps of this project. I will cover modeling and rigging in general, texturing, working with complex hairs, rendering and compositing. I will also share a few tips and tricks as I show the process.

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Ptex, the texture mapping system developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios for production-quality rendering is now released as free open source.

- No UV assignment is required! Ptex applies a separate texture to each face of a subdivision or polygon mesh.
- The Ptex file format can efficiently store hundreds of thousands of texture images in a single file.
- The Ptex API provides cached file I/O and high-quality filtering - everything that is needed to easily add Ptex support to a production-quality renderer or texture authoring application.

For  more info visit: http://ptex.us
Link via: CGDigg.com

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