Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘My Stuff’ Category
Liverpool Biennial Pigeons
Sunday, August 11th, 2013I’ve been meaning to get a good panoramic photo of the colourful plastic pigeons on the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool since they were put up for last years biennial. Finally got round to it today. Click the picture to see a larger version (although not the 25,000 pixel wide original as that was 115MB file). […]
Man in the Rain Render
Friday, July 12th, 2013I 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
Saturday, June 15th, 2013So 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 […]
It came from the back of the Freezer
Monday, May 6th, 2013Just defrosting my freezer when I found these ice crystals on the back of a draw…
Edinburgh Panorama
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012Its over a year since I went to Edinbugh but I’ve just figured out how to stitch the shots I took together to make a panorama. It was a rainy day (you can see some of it in the distance and a drop on the lens) and the shots that make this up were taken […]
Tower Bridge at Night
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012A few shots of tower bridge and surroundings taken on my first attempt at a night shoot…
Vue 11 Particle Effectors
Sunday, November 11th, 2012A 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
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012Following 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
Thursday, November 1st, 2012I’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.
Shot from the Train
Monday, October 8th, 2012Taken with my phone on train somewhere South of Runcorn on the way to Birmingham.