Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘3d’ Category
Moments of Inspiration and Vue
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008I’ve been playing with the trial version of Moments of Inspiration (MoI) a handy 3d modelling package which has a striking resemblance to Rhino. Thats unsurprising since it was created by the original develoer of Rhino. Fortunately MoI is about 1/10th the price of Rhino. The image above is a render of the second model […]
Dizzy!!!
Monday, April 7th, 2008Dizzy, I’m so Dizzy, my head is spinning Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s Vue [girl], making it spin you’re making me dizzy Yeah! After several frought attempts I’ve finally cracked getting rotation from a Vue scene into pyODE. The library I though would do the job may do in the right set […]
Vue Spin me Right Round Baby Right Round
Friday, March 28th, 2008So my ongoing experimentation with pyODE is making some progress. I can now get data rotation data out of pyODE into Vue 6 Infinite to change the objects angles. I found some code to turn pyODE’s 3×3 matrix in to a Euler angle. Once in a while it does go a bit mad on the […]
The Only Way is Up?
Monday, March 24th, 2008Just which up would that be? Hopefully you wern’t looking for the lyrics to a 1988 hit by Yazz and the Plastic Population and thought the title included punctuation. If you were I hope you’ll accept my appologies and leave quiety back to google or whatever search engine sent you here… I’ve spent part of […]
Vue Lighting Rig #16: Three Point Lighting
Monday, March 17th, 2008I’ve covered a selection of theatrical lighting rigs already that use three lights. I was sent an e-mail asking if I’d show a definitive version of the classic three point lighting rig used for film, television, photography and computer graphics. I’m not going to claim to have any experience of using this rig, I have […]
Maelstrom in a Blog Post
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I wasn’t expecting to cause a bit of a fuss with my post on the Vue News Blog about some SFX from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica episode Maelstrom. I’ve had several e-mails: some supporting my theory, some suggesting alternative solutions and one telling me it’s not news so I shouldn’t have posted it!
Theatrical Vue Lighting Rigs Recap
Monday, March 3rd, 2008I’d planned on starting on some more lighting rigs this week but with a heavy cold all last week I’ve just not got them ready yet. So for now here is a quick recap of theatrical rigs I’ve shown so far. Vue Lighting Rig #1: Single Spot Overhead Vue Lighting Rig #2: Single Spot Slightly […]
Mass Preview Colour Change Script
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008A quick python script for Vue 6 Infinite for a request at Renderosity to change all the preview colours of selected objects in one go. Mass Preview Colour Change Script
Vue Lighting Rig #15: Two Lights from the Side
Monday, February 18th, 2008This weeks rig is a step back from the complex four light rigs I’ve been covering recently to a two light rig. This time the lights are placed on either side of the stage shining horizontal beams with the lights at head height or above so they shine down onto an actor. Lights placed like […]
Kodo
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Saw Kodo at the Liverpool Philharmonic and I have to say I had a really good time. I’ve heard their music on CD but it just isn’t the same as feeling the vibration of the big drums run through you. It’s not just about big drums though there were subtler pieces played on shamisen, flute […]