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pNothing beats a good design school education, but for the cash-strapped there is also an impressive amount of free educational materials online. A good case in point: Instructor Mario Malagrino of the Florence Design Academy has posted a A HREF=”http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/illumination/index.html” free Studio Max illumination tutorial/A, intended for his students but available to all, on how to simulate photo studio lighting techniques for product design renders. (We discovered it while rooting around on their site in search of more of A HREF=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/sekhar_roys_seating_pods_concept_16119.asp” Sekhar Roy’s work/A.)/p

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pEven cooler, FDA’s got A HREF=”http://www.florencedesignacademy.com/gallery_eng.html” several galleries/A up showing the tutorial’s results in actual student projects. (Samples shown below by students A HREF=”http://www.florencedesignacademy.com/orangedesign.html” Nenad Kostinov/A, A HREF=”http://www.florencedesignacademy.com/motorcycle.html” W. Slob/A and A HREF=”http://www.florencedesignacademy.com/chrono.html” E.R. Ortiz/A.)/p

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