March On
Surprisingly enough March is upon us already, and with it brings St Patricks day, Daffodils, Easter egg hunts, Barbies 50th, and the highlight of my calendar… World Maths day. Rock on.
With a wealth of potential themes to choose from, I think its only fair we run with a general ‘March’ theme throughout this post. So on that note, lets get cracking (sorry, but the “jokes” dont get any better)....
RPC
The guys and gals over at Archvision have published a free and eggciting 30 day trial of over 3000 RPC’s. This is a fully functioning trial, with access to people, trees, cars and objects for use in your visualisation. New content is added regularily. Archvision’s RPC technology allows the easy placement of content in 3ds Max/Design, Revit and Adobe’s Photoshop, and with it being a free trial of their content, you cant go wrong….
To view the archvision website click here.
To download and install the trial click here.
Green
If you thought being green meant dressing up in a St Patricks day hat then I would recommend you view these podcasts from Autodesk/e2.
The main site can be found by clicking here, but to view some of the podcasts directly then click the relevant links below.
Paving the Way (Transportation)
Energy for a Developing World (Bangladesh)
Harvesting the Wind (Minnesota Wind)
Growing Energy (Brazil)
State of Resolve (California)
Coal /Nuclear: Problem or Solution? (energy Future)
I See Dead Pixels
This is an eggtremely interesting read on the slightly scarey and techy side of pixels, sampling, processes and the possible future of hi-def. Take from this what you will for your day to day work (or just for when you buy a new telly.) I found this a very interesting read. Click here to read the in-depth article.
March to Multilight Goodness
This handy script will turn anyones St Patricks green with envy. It should work with all the big renderers; fR, mr, vray and brazil. Well what does it do? This great toolset will let you interactively change various parameters like intensity, gamma, tint, etc. of each light or self emitting material.
Tweak the lighting on you project or drastically the appearance of your project. From day to night and anything in between.
This ver1 tool requires 3ds Max/Design 2009. For an exmple of what the intent is, click here. To view the main website and download, then please click here.
Following on from this, I would recommend a trip to the other scripts section to see what else is on offer. Theres some crackers in there. To go through to the extras then click here.
Converted?
If you wish to convert materials between mr, vray, standard, and Maxwell then this link should be helpful. To download the script click here.
Mastering Design Vis
The number one event for visualisation is back upon us again. If you’ve never been to vismasters, then I strongly recommend it. The event is invaluable and a whose-who of the visualisation world. To register and see whose speaking click here. The event runs in San Francisco on the 28th April.
Closer to home
If your budget wont stretch to a trip to Sunny San Fran, then I would recommend having a look at this event (EUE). I was lucky enought to speak at the last one, and found the other sessions extremely informative. However, if the thought of me speaking last time, hasnt put you off, then click through to visit their site and view more information. Held near Amsterdam, for two days starting on the 28th May, the event, has many of the top 3ds Max people from the industry. Our very own Neil Hazard (Mr Viewports), and Jeff Mottle (Mr Vismasters) will be talking this time round. If your still not sold on the idea, then the venue should help… it’s in a bar.
Random, non-3d related, non-helpful, useless fact
Ever wanted to speak like the king of eggheads Elmer Fudd? I know i have. Well if the answer to this disturbing question is yes then go to ‘search preferences’ in google, and change the ‘interface language’ to Elmer, or Klingon or bork, bork, bork to name a few. I have no idea why you would want to do this, but I have to do something when im waiting for a 4k render. Right now im off to google my own name….
Phew… Happy Max’ing…..
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