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chip_gordon

What program do you use for rendering?

11 years ago
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    11 years ago

    For the renderings I generate the black and white shadows by using "Toucan" as a part of Rhino for Mac. I then add all of the color and texture in Photoshop. It is definitely time-intensive to do all of the texture mapping in Photoshop, but I think it is worth it.

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