Still Life Academy | Mauricio | Activity https://stilllifeacademy.com/members/mauricio-oliveira/activity/ Activity feed for Mauricio. Sat, 02 May 2026 08:53:36 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 ad76a92f7bbae54f0909f7722fa33c49 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/4113/#acomment-4116 Tue, 05 May 2020 17:51:26 +0000 I love the fact that you already went for your own approach on styling, and its awesome that you did that. But about the model itself, as Martin said, you probably added creasces on all of the edges around the cylindrical part, thats why it looks faceted. Adjust the displacement to not look distorted. Don´t be afraid to try again until you… Read more

In reply to - Joe posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick

A few things went wrong with this first attempt. I know how to deal with some of the issues such as the hotspot on the left and the gold reflection on the edge of […]

]]> 15188a41c431bded4061d45a2cc604aa Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3264/#acomment-3328 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:04:57 +0000 when you already have the art direction, lighting fundamentals and composition already built in, its just a matter of learning the tool and applying it. You are killing it!
 its mind blowing the fact that you just started in a 3d software and already deliver this quality of work. 

In reply to - Aleksa posted an update in the group CGI photography Based on knowledge from three СGI tutorials
Form – Cgi basic
Materials (glass, liquid, label) and displacement (cap – hooray! I made it))) – […] ]]> 14b1435832a138d01df1a43b6e3d4cbe Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3322/#acomment-3325 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:13:02 +0000 Thats how you build your visual library, references, references, references. very solid rendering, hard to tell that its 3d. Very good

In reply to - Hardev posted an update in the group CGI photography Rendered this scene, with all the models I’ve created. Share your thoughts.
They set designing is from Pinterest. Not my idea ]]> 5372f5b53e55913500130aa97b12e71b Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3255/#acomment-3324 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:03:41 +0000 wow that is awesome! that’s what I want to see, learn from the tutorials and then put your personality and talent to it, very good rendering. I see you used instances as well, incredible work

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick Rendering a self-made image out of the Blender is a wonderful thing! You should try it as well LOL!
Thanks for @Martin and @Mauricio.Oliveira ! You guys […] ]]> 40d529141dade23d37bf02d3864c7ca7 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3026/#acomment-3048 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:56:47 +0000 why you dont want to change to the 2.80+ versions? theres so many incredible features in the versions after 2.79, its basically a whole new software

In reply to - Hubert posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick Hi, I’m using a 2.79b blender and I don’t want to change to the newer version yet. Unfortunately there is no Displacement Node in the older version of the […] ]]> 08b1296500e2f2429cd95cd9406f2388 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3002/#acomment-3047 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:52:48 +0000 wow awesome job! love the lighting

In reply to - Aleksa posted an update in the group CGI photography Hi, guys!
I am ready to show you my first product render)))

]]> e073dbaab70744b0695f711539d25a7b Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2912/#acomment-3045 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:37:01 +0000 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AFzdAHU08bbQChj2sbUcD7wBpwbBDUMG Blend file with the material 

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick Please help!
Hi everyone, I need some help with this part of the texture building.
If you have the lipstick class, you will know how to do a displacement map […] ]]> 59920cf40ff989ebd15af7a19d2bb3a3 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2912/#acomment-3043 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:35:07 +0000 the previous image was low res

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick Please help!
Hi everyone, I need some help with this part of the texture building.
If you have the lipstick class, you will know how to do a displacement map […] ]]> 726d4f68c36f25a4c8d7352f3e4445e4 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2912/#acomment-3040 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:33:05 +0000 The best idea is to keep as procedural as possible, so create everything inside Blender. Basically the concept is to mix the displacement with a noise texture. Just masking the noise to be inside of the logo only. 

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI Lipstick Please help!
Hi everyone, I need some help with this part of the texture building.
If you have the lipstick class, you will know how to do a displacement map […] ]]> 87a0ac4ee8330e5bcd45a6e034b63eba Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2953/#acomment-2955 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:42:09 +0000 https://youtu.be/Sv2wqwsvx-8 this video is very helpful to understand a bit of how to create glass in a 3d software

In reply to - Greg posted an update Was fighting with this glass lately. It was difficult to get the reflections right. Is it still too polished? All CGI 🙂
]]> 4b22db7dfd69bc9aecd09dff79da88be Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2873/#acomment-2930 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:49:56 +0000 the bevel is controled by the blur on the displacement map, and you can control the depth in the displacement node scale, the larger the scale, the deeper the logo will be

In reply to - Piotr posted an update in the group CGI photography Just finished this one. @Mauricio.Oliveira amazing work, thanks a lot! I hope to see some more tutorials from you.

Only one question, anybody knows how to […] ]]> 0a5f7c9d5b9439f66e67f224930c992b Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2873/#acomment-2924 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:09:24 +0000 under the material tab, in Settings > Surface, is the option “Displacement and Bump” enabled? Also, in the render tab is important to enable the feature set as experimental. 

In reply to - Piotr posted an update in the group CGI photography Just finished this one. @Mauricio.Oliveira amazing work, thanks a lot! I hope to see some more tutorials from you.

Only one question, anybody knows how to […] ]]> f7f1556cdb0fb2a03c95a3d98877ef42 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2873/#acomment-2916 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:13:58 +0000 Awesome job! you really nailed this close up shot, incredible! Can you show me the node setup and modifier setup of the CHANEL on the tip?

In reply to - Piotr posted an update in the group CGI photography Just finished this one. @Mauricio.Oliveira amazing work, thanks a lot! I hope to see some more tutorials from you.

Only one question, anybody knows how to […] ]]> 1e96cd55e6feb036f96a7092c545a386 Mauricio and Aya are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2833/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:44:00 +0000 0 735c372913827e7f6dca6bc7fb2443cd Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2795/#acomment-2811 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:06:05 +0000 Indeed is much better, i love it! awesome job Wenbo!

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update Today is another day for experiment with the CGI, I am pretty happy with the result for my photo compositing. It presents the possibility for me for my future product image, not […] ]]> 6bcab7a9a9680b789545baee4ed5100b Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2795/#acomment-2800 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:52:38 +0000 This is turning out really nice! to try to fix the texture, on the texture coordinate node, you can change the output socket, from UV, to object, or generated, sometimes it solves the problem. 
It is nice to model an object with the sabe rough shape as the watch (could be a cylinder) to project the shadow on the background.
Now about the… Read more

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update Today is another day for experiment with the CGI, I am pretty happy with the result for my photo compositing. It presents the possibility for me for my future product image, not […] ]]> bc29d79d730c577edd8bd88b10ec8dfe Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2729/#acomment-2750 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:25:40 +0000 Incredible work! indeed those textures are next level… the modelling is very solid also, i love it. 

In reply to - uwe posted an update in the group CGI photography my second try cosmetics render in blender. ]]> 15bf22b3adc729c7d9dd2677e95b49ae Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2728/#acomment-2748 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:15:09 +0000 indeed in the bottom part of the cylinder, you should either add an edge loop or to give it a mean crease, doing that its going to look a lot better. Also the metallic you can play around with it, change the color. Try to search for other metallic lipstick, and replicate the material. This node setup should give you a very wide range of possibilities

In reply to - Niclas posted an update CHANEL Rouge Lumiere ]]> 4609c3f3559f0ec43a5aa3d9f88029e7 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2681/#acomment-2707 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:50:21 +0000 In the render menu, under color management, there two options that you should look, one is color management,  and th eother one is view transform. You can adjust the base render look on those tabs. Under color management let it in Filmic, and in view transform you can choose an option that you find fitting. That might help you

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI photography Finally rendering out my shot after studying Lipstick class
Many hours of tweaking composition and lights

Happy with the result, and definitely need to […] ]]> 391158b8bcfa5f758e9d028ff7361f46 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2681/#acomment-2685 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:14:51 +0000 you are doing great! very nice work! the metallic material is intimidating at first, and you nailed it

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI photography Finally rendering out my shot after studying Lipstick class
Many hours of tweaking composition and lights

Happy with the result, and definitely need to […] ]]> 2208ac80f7aaebbe978d7024503ca4b9 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2640/#acomment-2648 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:58:02 +0000 You fixed the file indeed, thanks for the community support! i have no idea how you did that without removing the creases on the wrong edges, which was causing the problem in the first place. So I would suggest to fix it without adding extra geometry, clean geometry is always a better option, in a more complex model can cause you a lot of problems.

In reply to - Hardev posted an update in the group CGI photography Here’s @connor lipstick, he was having some problem with the sub-surf modifier which I’ve fixed have a look at it and loop-cuts was the solution, was […] ]]> 86c6a60dcd0261d289bfb440269880f4 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2611/#acomment-2647 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:52:05 +0000 the orange edges are the ones  you shouldn’t  put mean creases

In reply to - Connor posted an update in the group CGI photography Working on the lipstick tutorial and I can’t figure out why my objects aren’t smooth. They look fine if I turn viewport down to 1 but when rendered, it […] ]]> c6f37e0efea04d9c0ccef3c4668ce585 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2611/#acomment-2643 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:50:52 +0000 Hi Connor! I’ve checked your file, and the problem was that you put mean creases on all the edges, so it looks faceted, if you removbe the creases from those edges on the face of the lipstick it will look smooth

In reply to - Connor posted an update in the group CGI photography Working on the lipstick tutorial and I can’t figure out why my objects aren’t smooth. They look fine if I turn viewport down to 1 but when rendered, it […] ]]> 4cc94f53e9099603c64e4d1179e7ac4b Mauricio and Efthimis are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2633/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:09:06 +0000 0 a17dac354b3251c7450645abcec2eeef Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2597/#acomment-2601 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 02:26:16 +0000 this is a very good image! As Hardev said, in real life, it doesnt matter how charp an edge is, there is alyways some bevel to it. the bevel catches light and, without it, the image lacks a lot of realism. The composition is great, very dynamic and well balanced. I’m looking forward to see some new modellings. Keep it up!

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI photography Inspired by our Pinterest images from Still Life Academy, I always love the simple geometry scene, definitely need to work on texturing for a more […] ]]> 11aec3a4c8c5ea3e05490bf9dd7d0aa6 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2548/#acomment-2574 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:50:12 +0000 with the edge marked, i will unwrap without problems

In reply to - Niclas posted an update in the group CGI photography @Martin / @Mauricio.Oliveira
I’m having some problems with the second UV unwrapping of the Lipstick course. The shape of my unwrapping isn’t matching the […] ]]> 296e21fd1d4b50c4426533b6fef9daca Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2548/#acomment-2569 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:47:18 +0000 Hello! I´ve checked your file, its a very small detail, you missed one single little edge on the bottom part to mark the seam, if you do that, i will unwrap perfectly

In reply to - Niclas posted an update in the group CGI photography @Martin / @Mauricio.Oliveira
I’m having some problems with the second UV unwrapping of the Lipstick course. The shape of my unwrapping isn’t matching the […] ]]> 74964cd88e1cd28fab227b4b45b49fc1 Mauricio and Martin are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2544/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:08:52 +0000 0 8335c8bd834c909e838e902a75bd457c Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography: cool keyborard shortcut chart https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2489/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:43:29 +0000 cool keyborard shortcut chart

]]> 3 6b1708b33a9fccbc24946ac55537fb37 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2362/#acomment-2481 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:42:21 +0000 there is no secret to it, just a high resolution (5000px + wide) , with a high sample count (at least 500 samples) 

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group CGI photography Just open it up in a new window and admire the level of detail in high resolution, that can be achieved only with CGI […] ]]> 343cfe3f327f63313e8c821121ef7f2e Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2396/#acomment-2477 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:37:37 +0000 Hi @Wenbo ! I’m really happy that you enjoyed the tutorial!
Some of the things that might help you out in this project or in the future. Before adding the seams, hit CTRL + A on the object and apply all the transformations, that can cause issues, as I mentioned in the tutorial.

To set the SEAMS, basicaly think on this base mesh, and try to… Read more

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI photography Unwrapping still seems taking a pretty long time for me to get it perfect, I am wondering if you all have any challenge in this process. I knew how it works […] ]]> 824c2161e23f24a48c4fbbde84123080 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2404/#acomment-2470 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:29:10 +0000 Try to use it as a displacement and not bump and see the differences. The bump map it sorts of fake the geometry, in this example I made 2 spheres, one uses as bump map and the other as displacement. See how the bump map sphere remains perfectly round? that why its not actually altering the geometry, when you use a displacement map, you can… Read more

In reply to - Hardev posted an update in the group CGI photography Here’s my Node Editor’s screenshot for procedural dents on surfaces. Very basic but impactful. Check it out! ]]> 12d57b4e93dd31c38a74c981aafdceef Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2410/#acomment-2467 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:19:33 +0000 About the objets, when you duplicate them, they are still using the same material, so if you change the material in one material it will modify all the other objects that share this same material. If you want to change that, go to Edit- Preferences – Editing, and enable MATERIAL under DUPLICATE DATA . This way, every time you duplicate a mesh,… Read more

In reply to - Aleksa posted an update in the group CGI photography Hi everyone! I have one problem and question and I need help with this.

1. How to structure the work place in a blender (following the example of layers […] ]]> f77ad1facc381da90917bca726e23915 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2410/#acomment-2463 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:14:02 +0000 Hi Aleksa!
Yes there’s ways to organize them,
in the top right corner you have your scene collection, this is basically like a group in photoshop. By default everything you create, will be added to this one collection.
But you can create as many collections you want, and move the objects to the respective collections.
Do that by either… Read more

In reply to - Aleksa posted an update in the group CGI photography Hi everyone! I have one problem and question and I need help with this.

1. How to structure the work place in a blender (following the example of layers […] ]]> 519d7155c85269a70e6502319e231593 Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography: CGI LIPSTICK TUTORIAL UPDATE Hello everybody! We […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2458/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:07:17 +0000 CGI LIPSTICK TUTORIAL UPDATE

Hello everybody!
We just uploaded new files to the CGI course, renderings, all the references images and displacements, sorry about the technical issue.
If there´s any doubt regarding the course or some issue, just contact me and I will help!

]]> 2 ae7a7aa76548222ed02112b4076781a3 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2248/#acomment-2250 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 04:47:42 +0000 Nice Donuts! I see you discovered Andrew Price, he´s awesome!
Yes, after some time you learn to always save before pressing f12, unfortunately there’s no auto save option, at least until this version. 
Think on the bright side, you did the second time 4x as fast. 

In reply to - Wenbo posted an update in the group CGI photography CGI donuts fresh made today for y’all! hahaha However, a lesson learned as well A good tip for you all is to save your file as often as you could. After I […] ]]> d247c55d8504788f241a3e025f14d826 Mauricio and Marc are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2156/ Fri, 10 Apr 2020 04:33:09 +0000 0 78e306a4e4a65c9ef5fdc38b956b92c1 Mauricio and Val are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1926/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:47:17 +0000 0 90a05333ee8a41efba450f010c186150 Mauricio and Luis are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1880/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:04:04 +0000 0 f587f79269230bbfe78784ee20e73b22 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1865/#acomment-1867 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:05:32 +0000 Thats the spirit, keep exploring and creating, that will improve your 3d skills dramatically. Get simple household objects that you have laying around, try to reproduce them in 3d. A cool mug that you like, things like that

In reply to - Dalibor posted an update in the group CGI photography I keep trying to do some images after the CGI Basics, still learning. But I have to say, it really hooked me :)) ]]> edfcde8ff9206a2d14b0e43b24199b59 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1716/#acomment-1783 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:50:58 +0000 Thank you guys! Lets keep ourselves motivated to create more

In reply to - Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography Studying Gleb Alexandrov’s advanced glass shaders and trying out rocks with displacements modifiers and maps. ]]> 98555fe0147f06cf36ac18cc9c925daa Mauricio and Wenbo are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1744/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:20:02 +0000 0 93a6913ae4c68f6514f4d3d4e87f82e7 Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1716/#acomment-1742 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:04:10 +0000 Yes! it is 100% CGI, welcome to the academy! You can achieve renders like that too, following the courses and the whole community is here to help each other improve

In reply to - Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography Studying Gleb Alexandrov’s advanced glass shaders and trying out rocks with displacements modifiers and maps. ]]> fa4443d775b087c5be29ca59d8ee994f Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1716/#acomment-1739 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:05:43 +0000 Excellent video! I remember watching this video a while ago, when I was starting in blender, back then I had no clue what he was saying, so good to re watch it! Thanks !

In reply to - Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography Studying Gleb Alexandrov’s advanced glass shaders and trying out rocks with displacements modifiers and maps. ]]> bc4e74e8a58354193b73b95efe6d1ae5 Mauricio and Gerard are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1733/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:48:23 +0000 0 d207bd3913cd0e79ba6cd403246ae5df Mauricio and Eu are now connected https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1729/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 16:56:01 +0000 0 97b37bce8c8b1336548ab852e305eeca Mauricio posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1716/#acomment-1723 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:17:49 +0000 https://youtu.be/1p7l9MNpLdo I still have to watch a lot of times to understand it completely, but the realism that it adds is incredible, you can recreate even fringing and other glass distortions

In reply to - Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography Studying Gleb Alexandrov’s advanced glass shaders and trying out rocks with displacements modifiers and maps. ]]> 14c7f26095b8e31bca360b94204f77cc Mauricio posted an update in the group CGI photography: Studying Gleb Alexandrov's advanced glass shaders […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/1716/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:11:01 +0000 Studying Gleb Alexandrov’s advanced glass shaders and trying out rocks with displacements modifiers and maps.

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