…In this video, we're going to focus on modeling the base of our bottle.…And it's defined by these sort of…plastic ridges that get pushed up from the very base.…And if we look at our reference imagery, we can see them fairly clearly.…If it's a little hard to make out,…I recommend just finding a plastic bottle somewhere around your house.…And it probably has a similar structure.…The most important thing to note about it, is that it's symmetrical.…So we've got a series of about six features that are all very similar.…And they're sort of round in nature.…
So we're going to take advantage of that as we model this.…So to begin, open up your base file, and select your bottle mesh.…Next, going into polygon mode, and take your live selection tool, and…select the polygons at the very base and the center here.…Next, isolate them by going to Select > Hide Unselected, and…now we're looking at just these polygons.…If you tap the Q key on your keyboard, you'll get the more rigid appearance,.…And if we adjust our display settings, we can also see this in wire frame mode, so…
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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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