Modo 2019 Essential Training

Learn the essentials of MODO, a unique and powerful 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and texturing tool with a fast and intuitive workflow.

Introduction

• Modo 2019 essentials

1. Modo Introduction

• Overview of the Modo interface
• The Modo layout
• Using tools in Modo
• Items vs. components

2. 3D Workflow Quick Start

• Creating a speaker 1: Building the enclosure
• Creating a speaker 2: Modeling the holes
• Creating a speaker 3: Modeling the mesh details, part 1
• Creating a speaker 4: Modelling the mesh details, part 2
• Creating a speaker 5: Assigning materials
• Creating a speaker 6: Lighting and materials
• Creating a speaker 7: Final render

3. Concepts: What Makes Modo Different?

• The Work Plane
• Action centers
• Falloffs
• Constraints
• Sculpting and painting tools

4. Modeling Tools

• Destructive vs. nondestructive
• Edge flow
• Adding edges and cutting
• Extruding and beveling
• Deformations
• Curves
• Backdrop items
• Duplication
• Selections

5. Procedural Modeling

• The mesh operations stack
• Merge Meshes
• Curve Fill
• Curve sweep
• Creating a spring
• MeshFusion

6. UV Mapping

• Understanding UV mapping workflow
• Unwrap and pack
• Projections
• Rectangle, cut, move, and sew
• Cut Map
• UV Relax tool

7. Shading and Texturing

• The Shader Tree, applying materials, and polygon tags
• Item masks and overrides
• Selecting materials
• PBR vs. Principled shader
• Mapping basics: Diffuse and bump
• Mapping walkthrough
• Procedural textures
• Displacement and normal maps
• Duplicating and instancing
• Preset Browser

8. Lighting and Rendering

• Understanding lighting and rendering
• CG lights
• HDR lighting
• Camera parameters
• Preview renderer
• Bucket rendering
• Render passes
• Advanced compositing techniques

9. Rigging

• Overview of the rigging process
• Locators
• Hierarchies
• Assigning commands
• User channels and the Schematic view
• Bones and deformers

10. Duplication

• Instances
• Replicators
• Deferred meshes

11. Customizing the Interface

• Slash and burn, collapsible panels, and color coding
• Workbench

12. Project-Based Section

• Setting up the project
• Creating the side panel
• Continuing the side panel
• Finishing the side panel
• Creating the control panel
• UV unwrapping the control panel
• Texturing the control panel
• Creating the rear of the control panel
• Creating the key bed
• Modeling the keyboard template
• Creating the black keys
• Creating the white keys
• Editing the white keys
• Duplicating the white keys
• Creating the dials
• Duplicating the dials
• Creating the switches
• Modeling the LED
• Assigning materials
• Setting up the camera and lighting
• Creating the wood texture
• Texturing the dials
• Texturing the LED
• Final shading and rendering

Conclusion

• Next steps