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TUTORIAL 49: NEBULAE
MK3
More tweaks with volumetric nebulae :)
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TUTORIAL 47: POSTWORK
- MAKING A RENDER INTENSE
Making a render relaly stand out!
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TUTORIAL 46: MAKING
RIVERS THAT FOLLOW TERRAIN HEIGHTS
For Vue, Bryce or any app that uses heightfield
maps
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TUTORIAL 45: SIMPLE
SPECIAL EFFECTS WITH PHOTOSHOP
Neat ways to add special effects to renders or
paintings, using Photoshop or similar apps
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TUTORIAL 44: MAKING
A 3D PLANET
Although mostly for Vue, it applies to other apps
too.
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TUTORIAL 43: REFRACTION
PROBLEMS IN VUE?
If your glass or gemstones go blue or look bad,
here's a possible fix!
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TUTORIAL 42: TEXTURE
BLENDING IN VUE
How to mix several images to blend them into materials
that won't show unsightly tiling, and have random, organic
looks.
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TUTORIAL 41: MULTILIGHTS
IN MAXWELL RENDERER
Just a simple tutorial on how multilighting works
in Maxwell and why it's so good!
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TUTORIAL 40: AREA
LIGHTS IN VUE
How to get best use of area lights, a little known
way to get beautiful lighting in scenes :)
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TUTORIAL 39: GENERAL
VUE TIPS
Tips on terrains, using spheres to make fog and
clouds, display and resource issues, varying ecosystem colours,
etc
(Updated 04-08-2009)
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TUTORIAL 38: POSTWORK
FOR RENDERS
How to improve your 3D renders, in 2D apps, such
as Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro.
updated 18-01-2009
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TUTORIAL 35: VEGGI,
VENTI, SFXI! ;) (Vue)
Usings ventilators and vegetation in unusual ways!
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TUTORIAL 34: CREATING
A SCENE
How I designed, built, rendered and post worked
a scene
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TUTORIAL 33: PC BUILD
FOR VUE & 64 BIT APPS
Updated 06-0-2009
My suggestions on specifications for a good rendering
machine for Vue etc :)
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TUTORIAL 32: SUB-SURFACE
SCATTERING IN VUE
How to get skin and similar objects to look great
using "SSS" in Vue
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TUTORIAL 31: YET
MORE VUE NEBULA TIPS!
Using Volumetric shaded materials and terrains
to make space nebulae! :)
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TUTORIAL 29: PHOTOSHOP
PLUGINS
A selection of my fave plugins for Photoshop
and similar apps, and special effects apps, for spicing up
images, or making 3d model textures :)
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TUTORIAL 28: DIRT
ON THE BOTTOM (Vue)
Not smut! :p Putting dirt where it belongs, for
added realism.
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TUTORIAL 27: TIP
FOR 3D MODELLING
A very good general tip for 3d modelling, and
also Rhino specific detials.
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TUTORIAL 26: RESOURCES
FOR DIGITAL ART
Books, magazines, tutorials, toosl etc to help
with digital art
updated 18-01-2008
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TUTORIAL 25: 2D
BRUSHES
A lot of folk aren't aware Photoshop, PaintShopPro
etc can use different shapes of brush, or how to vary them!
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TUTORIAL 24: WEATHERING
3D OBJECTS
To make 3D scene look real, objects in them must
have weathered, dirty surfaces.
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TUTORIAL 23: STARFIELDS
& ADVANCED NEBULAS
In Space, no one can hear you scream:
"£&%$ The Material Editor!" :p
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TUTORIAL 22: Lighting
for Vue and other apps
Ways to improve lighting your scenes.
Updated 02-03-2008
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TUTORIAL
20: Organizing Poser folders
How to stop Runtime bloat and confusion! |
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TUTORIAL
19: Introduction into Digital Art.
A beginner's guide to digital art. |
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TUTORIAL
18: Vue & Other 3D Apps
Optimizing Poser and other imports.
Updated 11-09-2009 |
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TUTORIAL
17: Vue & Other 3D Apps
Turning Renders into Cartoon-like images.
(Updated 04-08-2009) |
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Tutorial
15: Vue & other 3D Apps.
Quick Reflection rendering. |
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Tutorial14:
How to make UV maps with UVmapper
3D general
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Tutorial13:
Dirtmaps in Vue.
How to make and use dirt maps in Vue |
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Tutorial
12: Rhino3d
Making a ship's railing part #1, a basic guide on
how to use Rhino.
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Tutorial
11: Rhino3d video!!,
Windows media format, 55 megs, general tips
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Tutorial 8: Transparencies
and Alpha Planes
Understanding how to use transparencies, alpha
planes, and saving file sizes.
Vue and other apps.
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Tutorial
7: Nebulas in Vue
how to make nebulas for space scenes |
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Tutorial
6: Bark terrains, Vue and other apps
creating interesting material from photographs of bark |
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Tutorial
5: Overlaying Materials for stains etc in Vue,
overlaying one material with another, to create weathering,
stains, add decals etc. |
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Tutorial4: Antique,
rusty metals (Vue)
Vue, creating realistic antique and corroded metals
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Tutorial
3: How to improve 3d work using 2d programs
How to use Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop or similar
to "fix" and enhance 3d art. |
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Tutorial
2 Planetary Rings, using Bryce, and Paint Shop Pro
This includes a "ring" object for
3d, and 2d textures! Works with Vue and other programs. |
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Tutorial
1: Bedazzlement 3, using Bryce, Paint Shop Pro and Fractal
images.
Rather than deal with specific issues, I'll
show you how I made an entire image, step by step! |
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