Racer445 - An Introduction to Subdivision (High-Poly) Modeling Tools and Techniques

JasonLavoie

So the kind and talented Racer has recorded a "new" (don't know how new it is) video on subdivision modeling, and I don't think I've seen it pimped here yet... so I'm gonna post it here (hope you don't mind Racer) and hopefully get more eyes on it.

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/an-introduction-to-subdivision-high-poly-modeling-tools-and-techniques/

A lot of great little tips here and there, some really great techniques, and overall... just a great demonstration all together. I think for me, Racer's tuts are probably some of the best out there right now, and they are all free.

Racer - You are da bomb man, all I can say is if you can, please invest in a new mic :P

Great job, looking forward to more tutorials!

And for those wanting to watch more of his tutorial videos, visit his site at - http://racer445.com/

JasonLavoie

Oh an Racer, if you wanted, you can always send me the audio file and I can run a quick plugin over it that will get rid of those nasty "S"s and "P"s.

(sorry for double post)

PixelMasher

wicked racer, always cool to see your stuff dude. and thanks Jason for sharing the links. damn i love polycount

Ryan Hawkins

Nice video Racer thanks for giving back to the community.

sampson

lets send him all our dollars for a new mic..

keep it up even my arch-nemesis

JasonLavoie

sampson wrote: »

lets send him all our dollars for a new mic..

I was thinking about that, maybe he can setup a donate button on his website or something, I've learned a lot from his tutorials, so I would not mind sending him some money back for that.

scourgewarper

Good job racer altho I have to agree bad audio on a tutorial can ruin it sometimes, I want to retain my treble hearing range! Incidentally Jason is there really a way to get rid of those sounds? Or alter his voice into some kind of evil overlord (i'm thinking of Puddnhead if anyones seen his tutorials)

km00

That was actually pretty good! Easy to follow... it's good to hear Racer talk as he's doing them without speeding through things like the UI/shortcuts.
One thing I didn't quite catch is around 6:55 he starts getting rid of edges by seemingly merging adjacent polys.. how is he doing that?

Lee3dee

wish I could download this and add it to my tutorials collection. Great tutorial process!

Jeremy Lindstrom

yup cool stuff.. had to keep adjusting my volume though.

Filbot

Lee3dee wrote: »

wish I could download this and add it to my tutorials collection. Great tutorial process!

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Firebert

i once again extend my offer... you and i... we need to get an apartment together... single bed... seriously...

Rens

something tells me this is worth having a look!

JasonLavoie

Yes scourge, i use it all the time when i record, we all have this nasty habit to "slur" our s's and pop our p's and b's, so this plugin (with some mixing) I can get rid of those things, and get levels normalized so it sounds nice and even

ImSlightlyBored

Yeah that or you could just speak through a hiss/pop filter when recording anyway.
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