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Too Many Ideas - Archive for September, 2009

Chicken and Plum Casserole

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

An unusual and tasty casserole that’s great as the cold winter nights draw in. Serve with bread or rice. Pork or turkey can be used instead of the chicken. Serves 4. Ingredients 2 rashers of back bacon chopped 1tbsp sunflower oil 450g boneless chicken thigh or breast cut into large chunks 1 clove gralic crushed […]

The Gothic Castle Test Render

Friday, September 11th, 2009

A quick test render I just finished of The Gothic Castle from Cornucopia 3D’s which I picked up last night. I tweaked the wall material to make it darker and the glass materials to make them illuminated. I also played a bit with the atmosphere for effect. I darkened up the final render using Vue’s […]

Three Scripts Night

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Tonight I’ve made a couple of minor updates on Add Material Layer for a bug. I’ve also put out a new python script to save a sequence of selected objects from Vue.

Object Sequence Loader Page

Monday, September 7th, 2009

I thought I’d made a page for every Vue python script but I discovered I’d missed one for the Object Sequence Loader.  So I’ve rectified that tonight just in time to watch The Wire.

Add Material Layers Updated

Friday, September 4th, 2009

I’ve updated the Add Material Layers python script for Vue I released last week and added a second script. The original script added the layer at the bottom of all the layers. The new script adds a layer at the top.

Updated Save and Load Camera Animation Scripts

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

After a request for improved features from Vladimir Chopine I’ve updated my Save and Load camera animation python scripts for Vue to cover more than just position and rotation. They now handle Depth of Field, Exposure, Focal Length, Focus Distance, Lens Aberration, Horizontal Film Shift and Vertical Film Shift. They should work with both animated […]

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