Mô hình hóa mô hình Bare Essentials chỉ có các phần cần thiết của mô hình của bạn cho hình ảnh động. Nói cách khác, không xây dựng các chân của một nhân vật nếu bạn chỉ nhìn thấy nó từ phần eo trở lên. Mô hình hóa nhiều hơn chỉ lãng phí tài nguyên máy tính, | Design Pre-visualization and Prep 37 Design 123 Geoffrey Kater Design All Levels Modeling the Bare Essentials Model only the necessary parts of your model for animation. In other words don t build the legs of a character if you re only going to see it from the waist up. Modeling more just wastes computer resources in storage project time and rendering time. Versions All 124 Geoffrey Kater Design All Levels Efficient Texturing Don t spend too much time on detailed texture maps that no one will ever see or notice. Versions All 125 Patrik Beck Design All Levels Build to Scale It is a good idea to keep your objects roughly in the same scale. LightWave likes to have things about 1 meter in size. If you always keep your logos and text objects about 1 meter tall you can reuse textures more easily from object to object. Versions All This page intentionally left blank. Chapter 3 Program Setup Whether a seasoned veteran or a newbie to Lightwave 3D we are all looking for shortcuts and suggestions on better program setup. From saving disk space and organizing programs to customizing menu layouts and creating keyboard shortcuts this chapter s tips cover a number of important topics. Program setup and organization is such a crucial task with LightWave. Do not overlook the information in this chapter by thinking you already have your plug-ins organized and shortcuts set up you just might find a tip that saves you time on a daily basis. Wes kurv Beckwith Installation and Configuration 126 Rob Powers Dave Jerrard William Proton Vaughan Eki Halkka Installation and Configuration Intermediate Creating New Configs and Managing Them By default the configuration files for LightWave are stored in the Documents and Settings folder on the Windows drive. This will cause problems when you upgrade or try to run a different version of LightWave since the configuration files are different but they re all saved in the same place. To fix this you ll need to delete these files .
