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Vue Python Mass File Conversion Script

Friday, May 25th, 2007

I’ve updated my Vue Python Mass File Conversion Script to include support for Vob now e-on have updated Vue 6 Infinite. I’ve also added support for Poser files as an import format although that was really just a change to the documentation.

Last Weeks WW Image

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

I ment to post this explanation night but I was really tired so I had an early night and couldn’t get to sleep till well past 2AM. Anyway less of my problems you didn’t come here to hear me moan on… The picture I posted last week for Wordless Wednesday, Duel 2 that several people […]

Thursday Thirteen #9

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Thirteen Things about Mark Caldwell as though I was a character in a (badly written) detective story… He was tall, not too tall. Tall enough to have to duck through low doors. Tall enough to be asked to reach things down from high shelves. His gut had the the soft padding of years of pleasant […]

Creating the Inventor's Work Bench

Friday, April 27th, 2007

The picture I used for my Wordless Wednesday this week was made for the latest issue of Ragnarok. Various 3d models were assembled in Vue 6 Infinite but this one could have been made in any version of Vue. I’ll start with the easy bits. The bench itself is a cube with the old wood […]

EcoSystem to Object for Vue 6: Now with Go Faster Stripes

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

I’ve just made a few little code changes to my EcoSystem to Object script that should speed it up. I’ve not updated the page yet (I’ll do that tomorrow) but I’ve uploaded the new version of the zip file. This version will only work with Vue 6 so I’ve left the old version of the […]

New Vue Python Script: Terrain Matcher

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Have you ever wanted a plateau on your terrain that a building can stand on or to cut a flat road through a scene? Here is a new Python script for Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream to make doing both of those easier. It appeared as a work in progress yesterday (Terrain Sculpting […]

Thursday Thirteen #4

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Thirteen Things Reference Books I most use when writing stories (with Amazon links for more information where I could find the book listed) Roget’s Thesaurus: I’ve yet to find a better thesaurus than the one that has evolved through Longman to Penguin. The Story of Western Architecture: More about the history of the development of […]

A Vue Accident Waiting to Happen

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

I was messing around with Vue and Apophysis a free fractal flames generator for Windows. The render is a simple sphere with a texture derived from a single fractal flame applied to it. Just a quick render without a lot of thought about composition but still there is something rather dynamic about the flames.

New Vue Python Script: Cloud Builder

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Here is a new Python script for Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream. It places a meta cloud sphere at the same position as all of the objects selected when it’s run. See the readme file in the zip for more information. As always I’m releasing it into the wild as a Beta here […]

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 […]

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