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Creating basic paint sheen and colors

Creating basic paint sheen and colors - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Creating basic paint sheen and colors

When you've made your choice in rendering engine you can get started by creating materials for the scene. I'm going to look in the scene assets images file at the textures I've created and get some inspiration for the paint colors for this scene. You may come into a scene with a client generated list of paints or a specification sheet of paint colors from the manufacturer and which one goes where. I'll look at the materials I've got so far, and see if I can borrow some of them for a paint color palette. I've opened up some of the textures in the Scene Assets Images folder here in Adobe Photoshop. And we'll get a good look at the different palettes that are possible here. On the lower left is our mosaic tile and we can see there's everything in here from rich cinnamons and golds, through honey tones, coppers and coffees. It's a very warm mosaic. Our wood soffit, which we'll be using under the bridge, is a deep cherry colored wood with a lot of red going on. There's a readed glass for…

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