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Curvy 3D 1.0

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Curvy 3D is an interesting freebie on this months 3D World magazine. Modelling by sketching the shape of the object you want. Finer control by painting on the resulting object. You can also paint colour onto the object. The tool set is limited but it’s a fraction of the price of many similar tools that […]

Vue Python Mass File Conversion Script 0.3

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

E-on added the ability to export Vue’s vob file format using python in the most recent release of Vue 6 Infinite. I’ve updated my Mass convert script to reflect the enhancement. For more details and to download the latest version see my web site: 3d file mass convert vue python script

Gurgel

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Well after much fiddling I’ve produced my first complete dynamic cloth garment for Poser. Originally shaped in Virtual Fashion I textured it in Deep Paint 3D and Paint Shop Pro before taking it into Poser where I ran a simple cloth simulation so it has a bit more of a drape to it. Finally rendered […]

Making Clothes for Michael

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Over the weekend and tonight I’ve been teaching myself how to make poser clothing. Mostly I’ve been using Virtual Fashion 1.5 Pro and Poser dynamic cloth. The down side of which is the time to make the simulations and the simulation failures. When it fails the simulations vary from the annoying to the farcical. The […]

Vue Picture: Ardent Veridian

Friday, January 12th, 2007

A render using atmospheres and plants from Linda Daireaux’s Incredibly Lush Tropical Paradise. The ecosystem covering the island is a modified version of one that came in the pack. I moved the palms into a separate layer with altitude dependant distribution because they didn’t look right when they were breaking the lines of the mountains […]

Object Sequence Importer Version 0.2.4

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Object Sequence Importer Instructions for version 0.2.4 Tested using Vue 5 Infinite 5.11-02 and Vue 6 Pre Release build 288741 What is it? The object sequence loader is a script that loads a sequence of 3d model files in a format Vue can import (obj, vob, 3ds, lwo, shd, cob and some other formats) How […]

Send for Jorj X. McKie

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

In case you don’t recognise the name Jorj X. McKie is the lead character in several stories by Frank Herbert. He works for an agency charged to slow down a vast galaxy spanning government by conducting dirty tricks “in lieu of red tape”. I don’t need the help of a saboteur extraordinary to slow the […]

Punching Holes in the Sky

Friday, December 1st, 2006

[I’ve added an updated version of this tutorial to my site: Punching Holes in the Sky] Controlling Godrays in Vue 6 Sunbeams, called Godrays by e-on, are one of the new features in Vue 6. They appear when heavy clouds break up the light coming from the sun light source. The atmosphere must be a […]

Heavy Fog in Virtual Venice

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Just playing with a heavy fog atmosphere in Vue 6 Infinite. The water is a flat plain with a slightly tweaked dark water material added and the bump map turned into a displacement map. The model is the Bridge of Sighs from Cornucopia 3d.

One Frame Forward Two Frames Back

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Importing sequences of 3d objects is proving to be something of a challenge. First the sequences of objects themselves are somewhat like small children that don’t like to play nicely with each other. The technique that looked like it had a real chance of running has revealed some interesting difficulties. Hopefully I’ll find a way […]

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