3D Coat 3.5 for LightWave Users-Retopology-by Adam Gibson

In this videos series we show 3D students how to use 3D Coat and LightWave 3D together as an easy and functional workflow and pipeline in your 3D projects. Although this video series uses Lightwave 3D as the final output for your 3D Coat work, the concepts and principles used here will work with all the most popular 3D programs like 3D Max, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Cinema 4D and many others.

In this first volume on retopology for 3D Coat 3.5 for LightWave Users Adam Gibson demonstrates all of the retopology tools in great detail. Basically this is an A-Z reference for anyone who wants to understand what each tool in the retopology menu does and how.

Table of Contents for Retopology

Chapter 1- Intro

Chapter 2- What is Retopology?

Chapter 3- How to Import a Mesh for Retopology

Chapter 4- How to Import a Voxel Object for Retopology

Chapter 5- Retopology Groups

Chapter 6- Add Split Tool

Chapter 7- Select Tool

Chapter 8- Quads Tool

Chapter 9- Points and Faces Tool

Chapter 10- Cap Tool

Chapter 11- Strokes Tool

Chapter 12- Brush Tool

Chapter 13- Delete Polygons Tool

Chapter 14- Delete Edges Tool

Chapter 15- Collapse Tool

Chapter 16- Split Rings Tool

Chapter 17- Move Vertices Tool

Chapter 18- Slide Edges Tool

Chapter 19- Move Faces Tool

Chapter 20- Move Edges Tool

Chapter 21- Move Edge Loops Tool

Chapter 22- Move Edge Rings Tool

Chapter 23- Slide Edge Loops Tool

Chapter 24- Relax Tool

Chapter 25- Clear Tool

Chapter 26- Subdivide Tool

Chapter 27- Quads Tools Mode

Chapter 28- Snap Tool

Chapter 29- Symmetry Tool

Chapter 30- Importing and Exporting Retopology to LightWave

Chapter 31- Spin Edge Tool

Chapter 32- Spin Back Edge Tool

Chapter 33- Extrude Edge Tool

Chapter 34- Split Edges Tool

Chapter 35- Collapse Edges Tool

Chapter 36- Delete Tool

Chapter 37- Edge Loop Tool

Chapter 38- Edge Ring Tool

Chapter 39- Sel Sharp Tool

Chapter 40- UV Mark Seams Tool

Chapter 41- UV Edge Loops Tool

Chapter 42- Bevel Edges Tool

Chapter 43- Delete Faces Tool

Chapter 44- Subdivide Faces Tool

Chapter 45- Hide Faces Tool

Chapter 46- Invert Hidden Faces Tool

Chapter 47- Unhide Faces Tool

Chapter 48- Final

Level: Beginner

Running Time: 3hrs. 24 mins.

High Quality (Screen-Res 1440 x 900 pixels)

Video Format: Quicktime Video (.mov)