September 2009
22 posts
Chocolate Spice Cake →
I baked this for a friend’s birthday years ago. The other day they asked me for the recipe so here it is.
Ingredients
200g Margarine
400g Caster Sugar
100g Plain Chocolate
4 Eggs (size 3)…
3D Artist Issue 7 and Vue →
3D Artist magazine isn’t as easy to find as 3D World. Issue 7 includes an advert for Vue 7.5 and nothing else specificly Vue related.
Living Longer to Slag! →
Sent a short article for BTRC’s Slag off to Nick at Ragnarok earlier including three new systems and four ships designed to use them. All of them are built around a theme of creating ships that…
Updated Add Material Layer Scripts →
I’ve just uploaded version 0.4 of my python scripts for Vue that add material layers to all the materials in a scene. This release includes a new script which adds a material layer at the top of the…
3D World - November 2009 and Vue →
The latest (plastic wrapped) issue of 3D World magazine available in the UK, November 2009 / Issue 122 features a 2 page spread of a scene by Marin J Birk made using (amongst other things) Vue. There…
Silverblade's Basic Tips on Using Vue →
Silverblade has posted a new tutorial on Basic Tips on Using Vue. It’s based on Vue 7.5 but many of them are applicable to other versions.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-26 →
Almost time for Waking the Dead probably skip Red Riding on C4 after it – only so many minutes of gritty cop shows I can take each day. #
Tonights possible Waking the Dead spin off: Keeping…
Create Sexy Characters the M&S Way →
I’ve done an update of an old blog post about describing characters as though their food in an M&S advert and put it up as a page in the impworks site proper to make it easier…
A History of the World in Six Glasses →
I finished reading A History of the World in Six Glasses few days ago. Its a little tour through history looking at the impact of six (well seven if you include water) styles of drink and…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-19 →
Got to love Amazons algorithm – just bought a 1TB drive so now all it wants to sell me is more 1TB drives… #
@jearle My new 1TB drive is a backup for my digital content so I don’t have to…
Dirk Dangerous and the Giant Balls of Doom –... →
Astonishing Adventures Magazine has accepted my short story Dirk Dangerous and the Giant Balls of Doom for issue 8. I’ve one minor rewrite to do and I’m going to look at adding back in some of what…
Fairy Tale Castle →
Fairy Tale Castle
Another quick test render of the I just finished of The Gothic Castle from Cornucopia 3D’s. Having gone all dark and gloomy last time I’ve gone for the opposite…
Ingenious Vue EcoSystem Orientation Control →
ArtPearl has created an ingenious method for controlling the orientation of items in an EcoSystem that you can read about over at Renderosity.
Blogging Differently →
I noticed awhile ago that I was blogging less. Partly I put it down to frustration with the time it took me to add a page to my web site. If I couldn’t easily add a page about something…
Avatar Poll Result →
So the polls over and the vast majority of voters (41 Yes votes to 4 No votes) think Avatar was used to make Vue.
Was Vue used in making Avatar?
Renderosity Halloween Design Contest 2009 →
The 2009 Renderosity Halloween Design Contest is underway and this years theme is “Don’t Go In There”. Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, October 14th at 11:59pm CST (Renderosity System Time)….
More new Python Scripts →
I’ve posted new pythons scripts for Vue to my impworks website: Save a sequence of object files from a Vue animation
Add a Material Layer to all the materials in a Vue scene
The object…
Renderosity Monthly Challenge Award Graphics →
The Renderosity Vue forum needs Monthly Challenge Award Graphics to help get the Monthly Challenges back underway.
Cornucopia 3D Maximum Mountain Winners →
The winners of the Cornucopia 3D Maximum Mountain contest have now been announced.
E-on Software News - September 7, 2009 →
E-on Software’s latest newsletter is out and includes Siggraph 2009 debriefing, discounts Vue 7 Pro Studio, two New Training Materials, 3D Environment Competition Winners and the current…
Announcing the asileFX Matte Painting and... →
7 hours 53 minutes of training and lecture for Vue, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, and general 3D applications.
Instructed by Nicholas Pellegrino.
The asileFX Matte Painting and Compositing Series…
Vue 7 Pro Studio Sale →
E-on software are running a sale Vue 7 Pro Studio until September 15th 2009. The sale price is $199 instead of the usual $399 a saving of 50%.
August 2009
8 posts
Mazak's Road Video and Free Terrain (Car not... →
Mazak has made a new Video with Vue 7.5 Infinite and is generously give away the scene file of the terrain which he created with GeoControl2 and imported into Vue (Car not…
3D World - October 2009 and Vue →
The latest 3D World (Issue 121 October 2009) includes a two page review of Vue 7.5 xStream. The positive review of Vue 7.5 xStream ends with a line I felt I had to quote “With a constantly growing…
Riverside Tutorials from Geekatplay Studio →
Geekatplay studio has 3 new video tutorials for Vue Creating riverside terrain
Materials customisation
Creating custom plants
Controling the EcoSystem
Setup plants arrangment
Setup…
Avatar Vue Poll →
Just watched the trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar and there are some scenic shots that just scream Vue at me. What do you think? I’ve set up a poll so watch the trailer and…
Urban Jungle 4 for Vue →
Jacob Charles Dietz has a new set of Urban Jungle signs available at Cornucopia 3D.
Vue Python Scripts →
I’ve been updating the Vue Python script section on my impworks web site so scripts that were previously only available from the impworks blog now have pages all of their own. There are also…
E-on Software Previews Vue 8 Professional... →
Digital Nature in New Orleans August 04, 2009. Siggraph New Orleans, Louisiana: e-on software, the leading provider of Digital Nature solutions today started showcasing key new features…
Vue Render Settings Tutorial →
Silverblade has posted a new Vue tutorial on Render Settings.
July 2009
17 posts
Making a Render Intense →
Silverblade has posted a new tutorial about using postwork to make a render more intense.
Vue 3D Environment Competition 2009 Finalists →
The Competition Finalists in the Vue 3D Environment Competition 2009 have been announced.
Terminator Salvation and Vue →
e-on software has a spotlight on their web site about how Whiskytree used Vue to create shots for Terminator Salvation.
E-on Software News - July 24th 2009 →
e-on software’s latest newsletter is now available.
3D Artist Issue 5 and Vue →
3D Artist Issue 5 includes a full page Vue advert on the inside cover. Inside there are reviews of Ozone 4 and Vue 7.5 xStream. Vue 7.5 xStream gets a high praise and a rating of 9/10…
E-on Software to Preview Vue 8 Professional... →
E-ON’S SIGGRAPH 2009 PRESENTATION SCHEDULE PUBLISHED July 24, 2009. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced it will be showcasing key new…
Vue 7 Infinite 7.4 (Build 43993) Beta →
A new beta update for Vue 7.4 (Build 43993) is now available. The following is a list of bug fixes and improvements included in this update:
Improved Dynamic ecosystem population and scaling.
…
Importing Sketchup's Cameras into Vue →
Solo has posted a python script for Vue that imports Sketchup’s camera’s into Vue for overlaying lines or styles.
Geekatplay Lighting Tutorials Now Available →
All the Geekatplay Vue lighting video tutorials are now available:
Basic lighting rules
Sunset
Underwater
Make it glow
Lighting in forest
Neon sign
Dark forest
Lights and…
Cornucopia 3D Ancient Egypt Winners →
The winners of the Cornucopia 3D Ancient Egypt competition have been announced:
1st Place - Death of the Queen by Giovanino
2nd place - A difference of Opinion by SilentOne
3rd place -…
New Vue Lighting Tutorial from Geekatplay Studio →
Geekatplay Studio have a new video tutorial for Vue: Light attenuation and variable color.
This Blog Has Moved →
Too Many Ideas has now moved into my rebuilt impworks site.
Running a Python Script in Vue 7 Infinite →
I’ve been meaning to update my old tutorial on running a python script in Vue for at least a year. Here’s the first part of the update - a new short video (and my first outing to YouTube)…
Vue 7.5 Video from e-on software →
My first video tutorial has nothing on e-on’s most recent video though…
3D World - August 2009 and Vue →
The latest issue of 3D World (issue 119 / August 2009) is now on sale in the Uk and includes a short tutorial in the Questions and Answers section on using Hypertextures in Vue to slice…
Please Mind the Gap →
I’m in the process of switching my web site to running on wordpress. A lot of the hard works done but there may still be a few bits I’ve not quite finished moving properly and there may still be the…
Please Mind the Gap →
I’m in the process of switching my web site to running on wordpress. A lot of the hard works done but there may still be a few bits I’ve not quite finished moving properly and there may still be the…
June 2009
26 posts
Things that make me go eh? →
Bought new pots and pans today from John Lewis after spending months trying to pick ones I liked. I’d spent ages looking for pans that were oven proof. It didn’t say they were on the top but on…
Making Rivers that Follow Terrain Heights →
Silverblade has posted a new tutorial for Vue showing a method for making a river look good in a terrain that isn’t flat by having it follow the terrian’s heights.
Vue 7 xStream and Cinema 4D Training Video →
asileFX has a new 276 minute long set of videos on using Vue 7 xStream and Cinema 4D available to buy from their web site.