How to stop 'selecting through'
| Description | On the odd occasion I have experienced modo deciding all of a sudden to want to select-through my mesh when I don't want it to. So how do I fix it? |
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MODO noobs & hobbyists
So, you're an avid part-time MODO user, but you'd still like to be able to keep up-to-date with all the neat tricks and cool ways you can optimize your MODO workflow.
Being a hobbyist sometimes it can be weeks or months before I manage to find some spare time to mess around with MODO, by which time, I've almost forgotten everything. :-/
This site is just as much for me as it is for you. It's a place where all can keep all the tips and tricks I come across, and it's fully indexed, so you should be able to find whatever you're looking for very easily :)
I'm no MODO expert - far from it, but every other month I'd like to be able to present you with a new article that'll become a new string to add to your modo bow.
If you're a longterm 3D artist or professional, then I can't guarantee there'll be much here you don't already know. You can always have a poke around though., or if you are looking for something specific, use the Search menu up the top (and the links with topics, categories and tags underneath) to find exactly what you're after. If you don't have any luck, let me know if there is anything in particular that you're looking for.
- Debi (alphageekgirl)
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January 13, 2013
Posted by alphageekgirl (admin) in All Articles, Neat tips, P-Sub, Selection, Sub-D
How to tell whether you're in Poly, Sub-D or P-Sub mode
| Problem | Have you ever been modelling and you accidentally hit the tab or shift-tab key changing your model from regular faces, to Sub-D, or Pixar-SubS without realising it? If half your model was in P-Sub and the other half, in Sub-D, could you tell which was which? Well there is a way, even if it is very subtle. |
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| Solution | Just run your mouse over the affected polys and you'll see that when you pre-select the different types of subdivision surfaces that, sub-d is shaded purple, regular faceted polygons (faces) are shaded blue, and P-Subs are shaded green. I wish they were a little more pronounced though.
Edit: As I mentioned earlier, the colors are quite subtle. But when I went to change them from their default settings to much darker colors, via > Preferences > Display > Colors >Selection Rollovers, you can still barely discern any difference.  
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modo file locations on a Mac
So, this article is more for me than for you, because about once a year I have to go delete my 'config' file because something gets messed up in modo, and I end up looking all over the place for them via the Finder when I could have easily found them from within modo.
Now, I realise that most of you will have encountered this at some point or other, but unlike me, I bet you'll remember where the files are located. It's not that I have a bad memory, it's mainly because on my Mac, the folder where my preference files reside is hidden and I send myself nuts looking for it.
For those modo users who are not aware and have not had to do it before... If your modo ever messes up, the standard procedure is to go and delete your config files (they are actually called preferences - configs are something totally different which adds to the confusion). Then the very next time you open modo, Voila!, it will regenerate a new preference file and hopefully everything will be back to normal.
As a reminder for Mac users... below are the paths to the various files/folders used by modo.
Configs (plist & modo601)> YourMachineName > Users > You > Library > Preferences > com.luxology.modo.plist > YourMachineName > Users > You > Library > Preferences > com.luxology.modo601 How to access them from within modo if they are hidden in your Finder > System > Open User Folder and then navigate up the tree to the Preferences folder |
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Scripts and Configs (.pl, .py & .CFG)How to access them via Finder > YourMachineName > Users > You > Library > Application Support > Luxology > Scripts > YourMachineName > Users > You > Library > Application Support > Luxology > Configs How to access them from within modo > System > Open User Scripts or Open User Configs |
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Content (.lxl, .lxp, .lxe, .lxf etc.)> YourMachineName > Library > Application Support > Luxology > Content However, most of this can be accessed quickly via the Preset Browser. |
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January 7, 2013
Posted by Debi in All Articles, ANIMATION, Constraints, Deformations, Modifiers, Step-by-Step
Bends and Magnet Deformers
In this YouTube video, Dominiek demonstrates animating a ball travelling through a pipe, and in a cartoon-like way, where the pipe bulges, like a snake swallowing a mouse. However cool it looked, I just could not get it working by following his instructions. But I was determined to try and figure it out. So, with the help of Dan Ablan's modo 601 Signature Course, I think I found a much simpler way of achieving what Dominiek's done - without resorting to using curves. Read more0
January 4, 2013
Posted by Debi in All Articles, ANIMATION, Neat tips, RENDERING, Rendering out Movies
Rendering out a sequence of images using Photoshop
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| Description | Okay, so this is not actually MODO-specific, but the other day I rendered out a sequence of images in MODO. .You're right, I could have rendered them out as a movie. But if for some reason you have to shut down your machine, or it crashes - you lose EVERYTHING! - so individual images, though slower, is often a more reliable way.. Later I needed to quickly render them out as a .mov file. Of course I could have used After Effects, but I found it much quicker to do it in Photoshop.[/dcs_p] |
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