Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Script’
I Hold in My Hand…
Friday, June 20th, 2008… my paper copy of Astonishing Adventures Magazine Issue 3. It will be joining my growing pile of summer reading including Pulp Fiction The Villains,June’s BBC History Magazine (for the articles on revolution and Chamberlain’s place in history being unfair), July’s BBC Focus (for the articles on what Britain would be like if all the […]
Astonishing Adventures Magazine Issue 3 Print Version Is Available Now!
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Astonishing Adventures Magazine Issue 3 is now available in print on Amazon for $9.
With Apologies to Waking the Dead
Monday, May 19th, 2008INT. MAIN OFFICE, CCHQ. NIGHT CLOSE ON BOYD. TRACK round STELLA, SPENCER, GRACE and EVE finally alighting back on BOYD BOYD What have we got? EVE Unknown Male Caucasian height one hundred and sixty eight centimetres, weight sixty seven kilos. Killed by a single stab wound to the chest with a combat dagger. No signs […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Sweeny Todd: Blood on Celluloid
Sunday, January 27th, 2008(Don’t worry about the banner above saying Christmas – the film company doesn’t seem to have thought about anywhere but USA) Just been to see Sweeny Todd at FACT in Liverpool. One of my favourite musicals – we staged it on when I was at school. Almost spoilt by the couple who needed to get […]
Vue Replicate Scale Equal Steps Script
Monday, January 7th, 2008This Python script for Vue Infinite can be run to equalise (or equalize for all my American readers) the scaling of replicated objects. First you replicate an object in the usual way in Vue (Using Edit -> Replicate) and then you run this script. If you applied a scale to any of the dimensions it […]
Wordless Wednesday
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On the side of St. George’s Hall, Liverpool
Describing a Character like a Spy
Friday, October 26th, 2007Last year I wrote a post about describing a character in the style of an M&S advert. I’ve just finished reading the SOE Syllabus which included the a technique for describing a character. The following idea is based on the method taught by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to agents during the Second World War. […]