photorealistic modeling

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Hi, does anyone know of any tools that can make photo realistic models?

a Canon or Olympus digital camera would be a good start...

--Mike

well,... any 3d model program can do this in the right hands.

The easiest way to create photo realistic objects is to work from photos and proper texturing.

There is a program called photomodeler that has a freeware version,... it allows you to make a 3d model from a series of photographs so you may want to look for it. There are several others that do this, but most cost several Thousand $$

The tools u need most are a Working Brain, a decent eye and a steady hand. Which ones have u got?


Ion
P.S.
A decent Modeling Program may Help.. try www.discreet.com

? Lot's of polygons, photo texture source material, good UV-mapping, lot's of tweaking and few extra things like specular & bump maps...

and good lighting :) it's amazing what you can do with god control of specular, bumps and a good lighting solution.

ok, thanks, does anyone know where i can get a good set of tutorials for lightwave, i'm new to it's interface.

http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/index.html