Great Tutorials - Polyloop

TaNoFF · 18th July 2007, 18:03

Hello Everyone,

I'm a newbie here and in 3D. My first experience with 3D modeling was with TrueSpace 3.2 which was free. I upgraded to 5.x and then to 6.6. I did some work in 6.6 and made some logos and I was enjoying it very much. I learned that the latest version of TrueSpace 7.5 was coming out and as the owner of version 6.6 I will get a discount upgrading to the new version which was completely rewritten and very powerful. I did upgrade to the new version, but there wasn't many tutorial to learn and use it comfortably.

I searched the Caligari forum for every bit of tutorial and tips I could fined to learn the program. I came across a few forum posts that talked about Silo and Hexagon. I checked their websites and found a good deal at http://www.daz3d.com/ for purchasing Hexagon. When I started to use Hexagon, I was impressed with its power, speed and ease of use. I started searching for tutorial for Hexagon, and I found http://forums.polyloop.net with many tutorials on how to use Hexagon. I was thrilled. I started to download the tutorials and watch the video tutorials and pdfs. I must say this site is awesome and all of you who are posting these great tutorials are just bunch of nice people.

I would like to thank the owner of the website for the great site and resources offered for free to the newbie's in particular, and I also would like to thank the users of the Hexagon and members of this forum for graciously providing free videos and walk-through for us beginners.

jbshorty · 18th July 2007, 18:42

Polyloop is a very helpful community of 3D addicts, as i'm sure you have noticed. Also the original creators of the Hexagon program are hanging around in here. So the best advice will be found at this site! Don't be afraid to ask questions when you get stuck...

shorty

Snake 972 · 19th July 2007, 04:02

Welcome TaNoFF

TaNoFF · 20th July 2007, 03:46

Thank you very much shorty and Snake.
Thomas is a genius. I watched his fast video tutorials and used the Hexagon to make a hand. It took me a few days but it sure was fun doing it. I tried the same tutorial to make the hand in TrueSpace and I had a lot of trouble doing it and halfway through it I gave up on making models in TrueSpace. Here is the hand I did from Thomas' Tutorial, using Hexagon.

Snake 972 · 20th July 2007, 05:11

That's good.

But the best is to post your work in the 3D section. You will have advice to ameliorate you

Thomas · 20th July 2007, 07:46

Glad to see that my video was a good help

Now, doing the same without the help of my tutorial, but just by using your own hand as reference. This current hand look like too much like my nierd hand ;)

jbshorty · 20th July 2007, 15:49

watch out, Thomas! I think someone wants your job

...

shorty

TaNoFF · 20th July 2007, 17:09

Roger that Snake. Thanks for the heads-up.

Thomas, I'll never be able to model on my own. I'm like a monkey in a since of monkey see, monkey do. I tried to make a hand using cylinders. It looked horrible. The fingers were like spaghetti and the tips were hard to form. I believe you have the best method and I shouldn't re-invent the wheel.

shorty, do you think there is a chance for me to replace Thomas?

jbshorty · 20th July 2007, 17:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by TaNoFF

shorty, do you think there is a chance for me to replace Thomas?

Not really

...

Nate Owens · 20th July 2007, 19:43

Replace Thomas!!! OH NOOOOO!!!

Thomas is the breath of pollyloopy
He had a hand in making Hexagon... and Amapi... gotta be some kind of genius
Thomas is a keeper!

solt · 21st July 2007, 04:24

Thomas is our guru

come and join us in this foolish wabbit sect

hi behzad

bwtr · 21st July 2007, 04:50

HHmmm!

TaNoFF · 21st July 2007, 05:14

It's just a joke Brian!

Could someone tell me why the transparency layer of my avatar not working in here?

bwtr · 21st July 2007, 07:04

It's the Wabbit fur----whatever wabbits are? It's said that TV adds don't work after 8 exposures. The same applies to 3 year olds "jokes"!

Would a png file work better on the avitar?

Thomas · 21st July 2007, 09:19

Sorry for this offtopic, but you know, Solt, I was thinking a long time ago, to do a sect : the Totyoisme (my other nickname is Totyo).
It's the sect for megalomaniac and big heads, and big lovers of women ;)

As you can imagine, it was a sect for the fun, nothing fanatic (well.. fanatic of women

) or religious!

Nate: I'm not agree with you on some parts. Perhaps I'm the creator and owner of Polyloop, but without the help of my beloved moderators and all of you, members, which make Polyloop what it is.

TaNoFF: you are very negative in your comment about your work. Perhaps you see what you did at a copy, but it's already a good beginning. Now, you have to analyze what you did, do it again again and again, with watching as less as possible the video. You have to understand the construction itself. It' can result weird result as a beginner, but it's the only way to improve your skills, and don't be anymore a monkey as you said.
You know, as everybody, I did a lot of big craps, but I had a big perseverance . 3D is a hard thing to do, then, you must work hard.

Still in the offtopic, (well, not so much), we will switch soon the policy of Polyloop, and we (the moderators and me), become more strict about the beginners and the technics. We are losing our focus here. We are here all to learn, included the more advanced users. Stay tunes!

bwtr · 21st July 2007, 09:35

Thomas. "Totyoisme"?

Can you think of anything more fun than MY church?

ps. When I think of all the rubbish efforts of mine in the past!---But it's all relative----now I am doing better educated rubbish!

But it's fun!

Thomas · 21st July 2007, 09:48

What do you mean by "your church"? Your chrurch name is something like totyoism?

bwtr · 21st July 2007, 10:38

I guess you visit "My" church web site regularly?

OH dear! What great fun and imagination.

If I am not a full fledged "Pastararian" I hope I am at least a Novice Vermicellian!

TaNoFF · 21st July 2007, 16:05

Brian, I have tried to upload png, but the server converts it to gif and in process transparency data is lost.
A word of advice Brian, one should not pose for picture right after getting out of bath or pool. Water causes shrinkage!

Thomas, thank you for encouraging words. I have seen most of your works posted here and they are impressive! I don't think, in my life time, there is enough years left to get even close to your level of skill. I also think I have "ADD" I forget what I have learned a few days before!

jbshorty · 21st July 2007, 16:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas

Still in the offtopic, (well, not so much), we will switch soon the policy of Polyloop, and we (the moderators and me), become more strict about the beginners and the technics. We are losing our focus here. We are here all to learn, included the more advanced users. Stay tunes!

sounds good Thomas! i think there has been too many subjects lately which are not related to 3D/2D/software/hardware/creation at all... I just learned how to make video tutorials (finally!) and posted my first my Hex mini-tut. and i would be happy to make more if people request a specific method or tool which they find difficult to understand...

shorty

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwtr

...If I am not a full fledged "Pastararian" I hope I am at least a Novice Vermicellian!

Brian, for sure you are fusiili. And with my big ears, i must be orecchiette

18th July 2007, 18:03	#1 (permalink)
TaNoFF bijan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 50 My Photos: (0)	Great Tutorials Hello Everyone, I'm a newbie here and in 3D. My first experience with 3D modeling was with TrueSpace 3.2 which was free. I upgraded to 5.x and then to 6.6. I did some work in 6.6 and made some logos and I was enjoying it very much. I learned that the latest version of TrueSpace 7.5 was coming out and as the owner of version 6.6 I will get a discount upgrading to the new version which was completely rewritten and very powerful. I did upgrade to the new version, but there wasn't many tutorial to learn and use it comfortably. I searched the Caligari forum for every bit of tutorial and tips I could fined to learn the program. I came across a few forum posts that talked about Silo and Hexagon. I checked their websites and found a good deal at http://www.daz3d.com/ for purchasing Hexagon. When I started to use Hexagon, I was impressed with its power, speed and ease of use. I started searching for tutorial for Hexagon, and I found http://forums.polyloop.net with many tutorials on how to use Hexagon. I was thrilled. I started to download the tutorials and watch the video tutorials and pdfs. I must say this site is awesome and all of you who are posting these great tutorials are just bunch of nice people. I would like to thank the owner of the website for the great site and resources offered for free to the newbie's in particular, and I also would like to thank the users of the Hexagon and members of this forum for graciously providing free videos and walk-through for us beginners.

19th July 2007, 04:02	#3 (permalink)
Snake 972 manga-ka Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Martinique Posts: 566 My Photos: (1)	Welcome TaNoFF __________________ anime studio pro v5.5; poser 7; amapi pro 7.52; carrara 5.01; Bryce 5.5

20th July 2007, 03:46	#4 (permalink)
TaNoFF bijan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 50 My Photos: (0)	Thank you very much shorty and Snake. Thomas is a genius. I watched his fast video tutorials and used the Hexagon to make a hand. It took me a few days but it sure was fun doing it. I tried the same tutorial to make the hand in TrueSpace and I had a lot of trouble doing it and halfway through it I gave up on making models in TrueSpace. Here is the hand I did from Thomas' Tutorial, using Hexagon. Attached Thumbnails

20th July 2007, 05:11	#5 (permalink)
Snake 972 manga-ka Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Martinique Posts: 566 My Photos: (1)	That's good. But the best is to post your work in the 3D section. You will have advice to ameliorate you __________________ anime studio pro v5.5; poser 7; amapi pro 7.52; carrara 5.01; Bryce 5.5

20th July 2007, 07:46	#6 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,057 My Photos: (219) Images: 93	Glad to see that my video was a good help Now, doing the same without the help of my tutorial, but just by using your own hand as reference. This current hand look like too much like my nierd hand ;) __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

18th July 2007, 18:42	#2 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,298 My Photos: (1) Images: 1	Polyloop is a very helpful community of 3D addicts, as i'm sure you have noticed. Also the original creators of the Hexagon program are hanging around in here. So the best advice will be found at this site! Don't be afraid to ask questions when you get stuck... shorty

20th July 2007, 15:49	#7 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,298 My Photos: (1) Images: 1	watch out, Thomas! I think someone wants your job ... shorty

20th July 2007, 17:09	#8 (permalink)
TaNoFF bijan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 50 My Photos: (0)	Roger that Snake. Thanks for the heads-up. Thomas, I'll never be able to model on my own. I'm like a monkey in a since of monkey see, monkey do. I tried to make a hand using cylinders. It looked horrible. The fingers were like spaghetti and the tips were hard to form. I believe you have the best method and I shouldn't re-invent the wheel. shorty, do you think there is a chance for me to replace Thomas?

20th July 2007, 19:43	#10 (permalink)
Nate Owens Doodlin' Dude Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA Posts: 979 My Photos: (24) Images: 11	Replace Thomas!!! OH NOOOOO!!! Thomas is the breath of pollyloopy He had a hand in making Hexagon... and Amapi... gotta be some kind of genius Thomas is a keeper! __________________ Portfolio / Shirts, MousePads, Stuff / The Gallery / Videos

21st July 2007, 04:24	#11 (permalink)
solt Nomade 3Deiste Join Date: May 2004 Location: Firminy_France Posts: 2,628 My Photos: (5) Images: 9	Thomas is our guru come and join us in this foolish wabbit sect hi behzad __________________ " It's better to burn out than it is to rust " " Mieux vaut brûler que rouiller " ------------------------------- Mes images

21st July 2007, 04:50	#12 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,067 My Photos: (6) Images: 49	HHmmm!

21st July 2007, 05:14	#13 (permalink)
TaNoFF bijan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 50 My Photos: (0)	It's just a joke Brian! Could someone tell me why the transparency layer of my avatar not working in here?

21st July 2007, 07:04	#14 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,067 My Photos: (6) Images: 49	It's the Wabbit fur----whatever wabbits are? It's said that TV adds don't work after 8 exposures. The same applies to 3 year olds "jokes"! Would a png file work better on the avitar?

21st July 2007, 09:19	#15 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,057 My Photos: (219) Images: 93	Sorry for this offtopic, but you know, Solt, I was thinking a long time ago, to do a sect : the Totyoisme (my other nickname is Totyo). It's the sect for megalomaniac and big heads, and big lovers of women ;) As you can imagine, it was a sect for the fun, nothing fanatic (well.. fanatic of women ) or religious! Nate: I'm not agree with you on some parts. Perhaps I'm the creator and owner of Polyloop, but without the help of my beloved moderators and all of you, members, which make Polyloop what it is. TaNoFF: you are very negative in your comment about your work. Perhaps you see what you did at a copy, but it's already a good beginning. Now, you have to analyze what you did, do it again again and again, with watching as less as possible the video. You have to understand the construction itself. It' can result weird result as a beginner, but it's the only way to improve your skills, and don't be anymore a monkey as you said. You know, as everybody, I did a lot of big craps, but I had a big perseverance . 3D is a hard thing to do, then, you must work hard. Still in the offtopic, (well, not so much), we will switch soon the policy of Polyloop, and we (the moderators and me), become more strict about the beginners and the technics. We are losing our focus here. We are here all to learn, included the more advanced users. Stay tunes! __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

21st July 2007, 09:35	#16 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,067 My Photos: (6) Images: 49	Thomas. "Totyoisme"? Can you think of anything more fun than MY church? ps. When I think of all the rubbish efforts of mine in the past!---But it's all relative----now I am doing better educated rubbish! But it's fun! Attached Thumbnails

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

21st July 2007, 09:48	#17 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,057 My Photos: (219) Images: 93	What do you mean by "your church"? Your chrurch name is something like totyoism? __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

21st July 2007, 10:38	#18 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,067 My Photos: (6) Images: 49	I guess you visit "My" church web site regularly? OH dear! What great fun and imagination. If I am not a full fledged "Pastararian" I hope I am at least a Novice Vermicellian!

21st July 2007, 16:05	#19 (permalink)
TaNoFF bijan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 50 My Photos: (0)	Brian, I have tried to upload png, but the server converts it to gif and in process transparency data is lost. A word of advice Brian, one should not pose for picture right after getting out of bath or pool. Water causes shrinkage! Thomas, thank you for encouraging words. I have seen most of your works posted here and they are impressive! I don't think, in my life time, there is enough years left to get even close to your level of skill. I also think I have "ADD" I forget what I have learned a few days before!