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Ever noticed that Ambient Occlusion doesn’t happen in the real world in lit areas? It’s more of a darkness thing… so why apply it everywhere?
With this Rendertree compound you have AO in darkness and that’s it. Simple! ![]()

Ever noticed that Ambient Occlusion doesn’t happen in the real world in lit areas? It’s more of a darkness thing… so why apply it everywhere?
With this Rendertree compound you have AO in darkness and that’s it. Simple! ![]()

Sometimes you need to know the length of a curve for some setups; for a while I sometimes used an addon called jsCurveLength.
However, the way it’s designed relies on the existance of the addon to evaluate. Without it, your rig is broken. I’ve made a version which is self-contained, so when you export your rig you don’t need to tell people to install any addon. Read More >>
A lot of people are unaware of the possibilities of the ExtrudeOp operator. See below…
34 languages supported! Read More >>
[CLICK TO SEE DEMO VIDEO]
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This commercial is 100% CG (minus the live-action meerkats) and was made in Softimage XSI 7.
This tutorial was written a long time ago, but my logs show that some people still browse it.
Here it is if you’re looking for it: (clicky clicky)

This is my 2006 VFS student reel:
[CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO]

If you want to download, here’s a quicktime.