Tyson HillTyson HillJulienne Tool, Smooth Shift, & Taper ConstrainJulienne Tool, Smooth Shift, & Taper ConstrainUsed to Create Building BackdropsUsed to Create Building BackdropsGetting StartedGetting StartedUnder the Create Under the Create Tab, Select Disc Tab, Select Disc and create a basic and create a basic Disc. For the Disc. For the purpose of this purpose of this Tutorial I will be Tutorial I will be building a basic building a basic skyscraper so I skyscraper so I made it 80’ high and made it 80’ high and 40’ wide’.40’ wide’.And Now Meet JulienneAnd Now Meet JulienneGo to the Multiply tab Go to the Multiply tab and then on the left and then on the left side under the side under the Subdivide section find Subdivide section find Julienne.Julienne.The Julienne tool The Julienne tool creates as many boxes creates as many boxes as you specify in as you specify in divisions, just as wide divisions, just as wide as the selected object as the selected object and arrays them along and arrays them along the selected axis the selected axis evenly.evenly.Julienne DividesJulienne DividesThis is what you end up This is what you end up with. Ten evenly divided with. Ten evenly divided sections all the way up sections all the way up the tower. Unlike the tower. Unlike subdivide which divides subdivide which divides polygons in fours. polygons in fours. Julienne splits the Julienne splits the polygons in half.polygons in half.Nice Boxes!Nice Boxes!Julienne also keeps the Julienne also keeps the boxes it created for you boxes it created for you on a separate layer so on a separate layer so you can go back and use you can go back and use them later to subdivide them later to subdivide other objects.other objects.Smooth ShiftSmooth ShiftGo to the Multiply tab Go to the Multiply tab and on the left select and on the left select Smooth Shift.Smooth Shift.With this tool you can With this tool you can select polygons, and select polygons, and from where you first from where you first click your cursor it click your cursor it extends the polygons extends the polygons out from that point out from that point while still keeping while still keeping them connected.them connected.Dragging to the right Dragging to the right or left determines if or left determines if the polygons extend the polygons extend outward or inward outward or inward from where you first from where you first selected.selected.More Smooth ShiftingMore Smooth ShiftingI Now selected a I Now selected a polygon on top of the polygon on top of the building and used building and used Smooth Shift to drop it Smooth Shift to drop it down and recess the down and recess the top of the building.top of the building.Taper ConstrainTaper ConstrainTaper Constrain Taper Constrain works a lot like works a lot like Smooth shift except it Smooth shift except it brings only one side of brings only one side of the polygons, the polygons, depending on where depending on where you selected, towards you selected, towards or away from your first or away from your first selection.selection.To give my skyscraper To give my skyscraper that, Capital Records that, Capital Records building look, I building look, I selected the sides of selected the sides of one section.one section.Then using Taper Then using Taper Constrain I clicked in Constrain I clicked in the middle of my the middle of my building from the top building from the top view and dragged the view and dragged the top of the polygons top of the polygons together.together.Capital Records BuildingCapital Records BuildingRepeat that last step Repeat that last step for each section. for each section. Smooth Shift out the Smooth Shift out the bottom and voila! bottom and voila! There’s your There’s your skyscraper.skyscraper.You can use these You can use these tools to quickly create tools to quickly create a skyscraper a skyscraper background. Modify a background. Modify a rectangle and make rectangle and make all sorts of buildings.all sorts of