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Dan Ablan

"Inside LightWave v9"

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good trick is to press Shift+a after you make a selection.This maximizes the selection
within the window, and usually reveals any polygons you may have selected accidentally.
Figure 10.46 Create a ball to build the eye.
8. Rotate the ball slightly and move it to fit into the eye socket.
9. Press Shift+v to activate the Mirror tool, then open the Numeric panel by pressing
n to mirror the ball across the X-axis to create the right eye. You??™ll see the eyeball
instantly mirrored across the X-axis (the default ???reflection??? axis for Mirror operations).
Close the Numeric panel, and then press the spacebar to turn off the
Mirror tool.
10. Select the mirrored eyeball, then press h for the Stretch command and squash the
eyeball down (stretch on the Y-axis) a bit. Figure 10.47 shows the two eyes.
Figure 10.47 Mirror the eyeball using the default numeric values and squash it down.
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11. Hold the Shift key and click the thumbnail for Layer 1 to display the shaded penguin
model along with the eyes. Figure 10.48 shows the character so far.
Figure 10.48 Hold the Shift key to select both the eye and penguin layers to see them fullshaded
in the Perspective view.


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