3DM Tutorial: How to create microscopic cell

[Stryker]

This is my 3rd 3dsmax tutorial, and it will teach you how to create microscopic cell scenes.

Read more >>

[XeroMedia]

just to let everyone know, i have gotten some emails from people who have taken this tutorial. i thank you all for the nice comments! anyways, some of them wanted to know how to make those Electron Microscope type shaders (but with just standard shaders). so here is a link to a really cool tutorial on how to make realistic ones in 3dsmax:

http://www.3d-palace.com/xenomorphic...c_electron.htm

Enjoy! (And no, I didnt make it, some guy named Peter Draper did :D)

[RNThead_3D]

hey,
great work and tutorial man !!

thank´s for the link too !!


seeya !!

:thumbsup:

[Blu_G]

Great tut..but where can i get final render...does it come with 3d max or do u have to get it somewhere else???

[Blu_G]

Never mind ..didnt check out the link..sry :)

[Tha Tyger]

Hi,

I've read your "How to create microscopic cell scenes" tutorial and
would like to say it's a great tutorial, quite basic but it works
fine! Really like it!

The final render part however I couldn't make ( :( ) the demo doesn't
give you the fr_electron material.

However I would like to say that with normal materials you can achive
a almost simular effect (just a bit less fancy in close-up)!

This is how:

Make a material, chose "standard" and "multi-layered".

Check : "two sided"

Set the settings like this:

Opacity : 20

First specular level:
Color : 141,194,243,148,107,243 (some light blue color)
Level : 200
Glossiness : 50
Anisotropy : 20

Second specular level:
Color : Std color
Level : 20
Glossiness : 25
Anisotropy : 0

Reflection : Falloff std settings, type : Fresnel
Diffuse color : Noise, std settings, color : 121,127,225,168,134.255

Well thats all! Don't forget to activate AA in your render setup and start rendering. It might take longer to render then the finalRender technic, but it's worth it in my opinion :)

Check my renders:



And after some photoshopping:



Greetz and enjoy!

Tha Tyger

ps. render is made with a std "omni" light with a soft blue color and
"shadow map" shadows on

[Stryker]

Thanks Tha Tyger! Useful info.

[Blu_G]

hey thx..really helped :)

[rcartista]

Hi!

I can't download these:
http://www.coldmind.dk/video/intro.zip (23mb)
http://www.coldmind.dk/video/intro2.zip (78mb)
http://www.coldmind.dk/video/bodymodellingpart2.zip (83mb)
http://www.coldmind.dk/video/spoilers.zip (46mb)

Is there a good soul that could send them me ? I'd appreciate

that !

[polyman]

Hi. Great tutorial.
I just have some tips for all those who don't have final render.
A similar effect (not exact, though) can be faked with standard 3ds max' plugins. You just need to experiment a bit. I used simple noise map here, but you can make complex maps to get a better effect. Also check out adding opacity maps using falloff.

Here's how (I assume you've already created the model):

NOTE: You'll probably have to do several test renders to get it right, but don’t worry, it renders fast.
1. Apply standard material to the model.
2. Add falloff map for diffuse color, and change white color to cyan or blue, leave the black as is. Make sure the type is perpendicular/parallel.
3. Copy this map to self illumination, change cyan back to white, and set the curve as shown in the attached image below. Increase output amount if needed. Under 'Self Illumination' on the main panel, check 'Color'. This should add to luminosity (at least in versions up to 5, not sure…).
4. Add noise map, about the same as in the tutorial (but, you'll probably want to play with the parameters a little). Bump strongly affects the falloff map, so keep high & low noise values at 1 & 0 (respectively).

That's it – a quick & cheap solution.

[XeroMedia]

Great work Polyman! I never knew that you could create the exact same shader as the one featured in my tutorial from standard materials. Thanks for posting it :mrgreen And thanks for all the other replies. I am writing more tutorials and will be posting them soon.

[basty]

please upload again the image, because the link is broken :(

Thank you very Much.. Im a beginner and i made it!
Im really happy .. Please keep posting simple and easy tutorials so that we could continue and be like the best 3d artists.. thank you