Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘3d’ Category

Man in the Rain Render

I was trying trying to get a pretty specific particle effect with Vue tonight – rain hitting an umbrella and cascading off. I’ve not found a good way to achieve it yet. Anyway before I shut Vue down I had a silly idea to see what the image would look like if I focused the […]

Messing around with The Plant Factory

So I picked up The Plant Factory but I’ve not had a lot of time to get to grips with it yet – I have made one tree model which I’m quite pleased with for a first go that took a couple of hours to put together.  Today I sat down to try and make […]

Vue 11 Particle Effectors

A look at what each of the particle effectors does in Vue 11 covering: Attractor Grid Align Jitter Lean Lower Move Raise Rake Spin Tornado. Magnet is a bit of a diva and will get a video all of its own.

Vue 11 Particle Rendering

Following on from Vue 11 Basic Particles Basic Set Up here is a second short video covering the different styles of rendering for Vue 11 particles.

Vue 11 Basic Particles Basic Set Up

I’ve had a couple of emails asking how to set up a particle system in Vue 11 so here is a quick tutorial on setting up a very basic particle system and rendering it.

Building Maps for Role Playing with Vue

I quite often make maps and other diagrams for games I’m running using Vue and other computer graphic software.  Over the weekend I was messing around with GeoControl2 and it randomly produced a landscape I quite liked the look of but I don’t have a game it fits with at the moment.   So I thought […]

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Don’t Make the Little Guy Angry…

…You’ll not like him when he’s angry. My avatar was mistaken for a goblin’s mugshot and he really isn’t happy about it.  First he’s never been in trouble with the law.  So they don’t have his DNA, clawprints or photograph on file.  Secondly he’s not a goblin:  Goblins don’t have tails or wings – at […]

Sunrise City / Finally 64 Bits

    A quick post for a quick render – Sunrise City – my first proper test render with my new 64 Bit PC built entirely with it.  My last PC was supposed to be 64 Bit but there was a complication in the manufacturing (otherwise known as Dell used some 32 Bit parts thus […]

Super Injunction and Libel Woman

A Vue 9.5 Infinite, CityEngine and SkinVue 9 Experiment Every time I hear someone talking about the latest Super Injunction I can’t help but think it sounds like one of the lesser known super hero comics.  Someone who comic fans love but the rest of us will only discover when they get a movie. No […]