Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Vue’
Theatrical Vue Lighting Rigs Recap
Monday, March 3rd, 2008I’d planned on starting on some more lighting rigs this week but with a heavy cold all last week I’ve just not got them ready yet. So for now here is a quick recap of theatrical rigs I’ve shown so far. Vue Lighting Rig #1: Single Spot Overhead Vue Lighting Rig #2: Single Spot Slightly […]
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
Vue Lighting Rig #15: Two Lights from the Side
Monday, February 18th, 2008This weeks rig is a step back from the complex four light rigs I’ve been covering recently to a two light rig. This time the lights are placed on either side of the stage shining horizontal beams with the lights at head height or above so they shine down onto an actor. Lights placed like […]
Vue Lighting Rig #14: Another Four Light Rig
Monday, January 21st, 2008This weeks follows on from last weeks four light rig. This week the lights are again at ninety degrees to each other. The lights have been rotated so we now have a light pointing straight in from the front, one from behind and one from each side. This rig gives us a lot of control […]
Vue Lighting Rig #13: A Four Light Rig
Monday, January 14th, 2008With improved power supplies, lighting desks that can control more lights in larger theatres it has become possible to use more lights to light an actor. This allows a lighting designer to go from the standard 3 light rig to four light rigs. This weeks rig has four lights set at 90 degrees to each […]
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 […]
impworks Site Updates
Saturday, December 29th, 2007I’ve update the pictures and words sections of my impworks site to include two new Vue renders (Mot and Femme Fatale) and an extract from my short story The Steward, the Kriegsherr, his Femme Fatale & her Brother.
Vue Lighting Rig #12: Modern Christmas Lights
Monday, December 17th, 2007This week’s Vue Lighting Rig is less of a rig and more of a way of achieving a Christmas light effect. Looking at the Christmas lights in Liverpool I noticed several invisible Christmas trees. I’m sure these are popping up all over the country. You see lights in the shape of a tree but no […]
Vue Lighting Rig #11: The Godspot
Monday, December 10th, 2007I’m taking another short break from my ongoing progression through the common basic rigs used for lighting an actor to look at a few effects rigs that can be used for seasonal pictures. Tonights rig, the Godspot, can be used to evoke the presence of God, that a deity is observing the scene, that, to […]
Vue Lighting Rig #10: Three Spot Lights
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Last weeks entry in my ongoing series of theatrically inspired Vue lighting rigs is one of the most commonly used rigs: Two Spotlights from the Front. Tonight’s rig is an improved version of that rig which adds a third light behind the actor to add a little back light. During the development of theatrical lighting […]