…In order to create a harsh corner in a subdivision surface model,…you typically need to add two additional edges near that corner.…In this video, we'll go over something called edge weighting, which allows us to…selectively sharpen the edges of our model without introducing any additional points.…This is, more or less, the end result that we're shooting for.…Notice that we've got nice, smooth curves on the front portion of our bumps.…But on the edges, we've got nice, hard ridges.…To accomplish this, we use edge weighting.…
And here's what the model looks like with those edge weights, and…here it is with those removed.…It's not a much more mushier looking bottle.…So, let's go ahead and do this on our own.…So, I'm going to tap the V key for myself and switch over to my weights scene.…You might just open that up.…And what I want to do is select all of the edges that…form the perimeter of these bumps.…And to do that I'm going to go to Select.…Loops selection and I'm going to do that in polygon mode.…And this is really nice because it's a quick and…
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8/4/2014Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. Modeling the Bottle
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Preparing reference images5m 36s
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Adjusting edge weights2m 30s
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Modeling the liquid4m 29s
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2. Environment and Layout
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Creating a basic studio3m 50s
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Laying out our shot3m 50s
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3. Texturing the Bottle
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4. Lighting
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5. Rendering and Compositing
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Conclusion
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Next steps37s
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