Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2006
Ivy Close Up
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Glad to answer questions and requests when I’ve got the time Incredibly Lush Ivy Kit especially when it saves me having to come up with something to post on an otherwise pretty dull Saturday. I rendered it against a simple displacement mapped brick wall although not a lot of it is showing through.
Last Nights Vue 6 Render Tonight
Saturday, November 18th, 2006Finally finished the render I’d was going to post last night. Not that it took all day to render. Just couldn’t get it to look anywhere near what I wanted. The ivy is from Linda’s Incredibly Lush Ivy Kit and there are some other plants from her Underbrush pack too. The ruin is a model […]
Sci-Fi Book Meme
Friday, November 17th, 2006The 50 most significant SF/F novels from 1953-2002 according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien * The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov * […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 18)
Thursday, November 16th, 2006There really isn’t a part 19 but I thought I’d finish up with a list of all the parts. Introduction Drivers The Ruler Archetype The Creator Archetype The Care Giver Archetype The Jester Archetype The Regular Guy/Gal Archetype The Lover Archetype The Hero Archetype The Outlaw Archetype The Magician Archetype The Innocent Archetype The Explorer […]
Object Sequence Vue Python Script Delayed
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006Beta testing on the new version of this script has revealed a problem with the animation method I’m using. It works sometimes. Other times only some of the frames include the object. I’ve got a couple of alternatives to try instead but none of them can be done in a single evening. Hopefully I’ll get […]
Object Sequence Vue Python Script Soon With RealFlow Support
Monday, November 13th, 2006Spent the day working on my 3d Object Sequence Loader Script for Vue. After some work added in support for loading RealFlow Mesh Object Sequences into Vue. However the supporting web pages and stuff won’t be ready till Monday night. So in the mean time here is a short (3 second) animation that shows off […]
Vue 6 Infinite Sunset
Sunday, November 12th, 2006A quick render of one of my old scenes using Vue 6 Infinite with one of the new out of the box spectral atmospheres and global ambience for lighting. The earlier Vue 5 Infinite renders can be seen in my post from a few months ago: Sunset Pictures.
impworks Lens and RSS Feeds
Saturday, November 11th, 2006Busy evening. I’ve built my first lens over at Squiddo devoted to all things impworks. I’ve also written a little script to convert the Too Many Ideas atom feed into the Too Many Ideas RSS feed.
My life as a film rating
Thursday, November 9th, 2006My life has been rated: 12a Update: But the sites gone so no pretty graphic and no link anymore
Characters on the Couch (Part 17)
Thursday, November 9th, 2006This Follows on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 16). The first part can be found at: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). Jung, Carl Gustav (1875-1961) Born in 1875 Jung (pronounced young) was trained in medicine in Basel. His early years of practice were at the BurghÅ¡lzli Mental Hospital in Zurich. He was influenced […]