November 9 09
Here is the short aerial camera video that we (the meshroom) completed for the Foster and Partners Sofia masterplan competition this year. The job was completed in 3DStudio Max and VRay and initially rendered as still images at 8K pixels wide. We rendered them this large as they were going to be printed at an obscenely large scale. My colleague Dimitar was in Sofia when the exhibition was on and had a chance to see the final images printed out this size. The sunset image is shown at the end of the video.
October 26 09
It’s always nice to see your images published. Here is a link to the Irish Times which features an image that we at meshroom recently completed for NBBJ London. I worked with our team, in particular Dimitar Karanikolov and Nedyalko Nedyalkov, to complete the image for a design in it’s early stages for the architects NBBJ.
Article here, here and here.
October 22 09
I’m posting this video which was completed quite a while ago now, back during the development of the Foster Yatch.This was completed so that Yacht Plus could use it in their show at the Monaco boat show in Monte Carlo, France.
All the work was created in 3Ds Max and rendered in Vray using Dreamscape. The post production was carried out in Combustion and the editing in Premiere. That’s enough technical jargon for now, you get the idea.
Continue reading foster yacht.
June 29 09
This is a quick introduction to show how you can use the MR labeled render element in max 2010 to created masks for compositing with a mask on each channel (RGB) per image.
I use this in conjunction with Slide Shaders which you can read about here to output the masks as layers within an exr file.
- Introduction.
- Selecting material map slots.
- Assigning the MR labeled Element shader.
- Adding the MR labeled element.
- Conclusion.
June 24 09
requirements: 3ds max 2008, 2009, 2010
Changelog:
– 26/06/09 updated the script to work with VRay and Maxwell camera properties.
– 13/07/09 introduced a version check, and validated the code for max2009. Note that max2009 doesn’t allow you re-name the properties so it may look a little confusing.
– 17/08/09 Added a check to see if you’re loading from a previous version of max and re-loads the scene explorers if you are.
– 02/10/09 Changed the setting in the camera and light lister to show hidden and frozen objects.
– 22/01/10 v1.2 fixed a bug that was stopping the camera columns from loading correctly.
Please read the article here for more information about using the scene explorer and containers as a nested layer manager.
Continue reading scene explorer expansion pack.
June 24 09
Please read about and download the scene explorer expansion pack.
- Introduction.
- Optimizing the scene explorer.
- Creating an advanced layer system in 3ds Max 2010.
- Conclusion.
- Other useful scene explorers.
- Autodesk on containers.
Introduction.
Continue reading scene explorer and containers as a nested layer manager.
June 11 09
This is a short video showing the changes that take place during the post production of a rendering before it is finished. The renders that we create are of a very high standard, but we will usually enhance them using photoshop to get that extra touch. Many special effects such as volume lighting can be created in 3D at the cost of render time, but to add such an effect in photoshop or by using render effects and layers is very straight forward.
June 4 09
I’ve been talking with Robin Deitch from Slide London and experimenting with their mental ray shader called Slide Shaders. Essentially, this great shader will export a multi-layered EXR file from max when you render with mental ray.
June 4 09
While I was in Utrecht, Ken Pimental was asked what features we think should be added to Max. Someone asked for the ability to align an object to three points.
This script has been in my toolbox for a long time, so I’ve taken it out, polished it up, and partnered it with a friend. There are probably other scripts out there that will do this for you but I hope you will find mine intuitive and easy to use.
Ladies and gentlemen I give to you Align Tools
Download here
1. Align to three points
Pick your source objects, activate the tool and then click the three points. Max refuses to show the snap icon after the first click but it will snap correctly.
2. Align to an edge
Pick your target object, select and edge in the sub-object and the click the tool. Now either click your source object or right click to have a dummy created along that edge.
June 3 09
This is an oldie but a goody. Put simply, it is a script that will open 3ds Max material maps in photoshop. I use it in my quad menu. If photoshop isn’t open, then it will open it for you.
I’ve recently updated it to work with class instances, a much more efficient and almost foolproof way of ensuring we get all the maps.
It has two methods of functioning.
1. if the material editor is open, it will open all the maps used in the current material
2.if the editor is closed, then it will load all the maps used in the materials of the selected objects.
This is really handy script if you want to quickly adjust some materials maps in photoshop
for installation, just drop the mzp file onto you max viewport and then add the script to your quad (or menu, or toolbar!).
customize | customize user interface | category : JNScripts
Download the installation file here
