Vue Articles Archive
Dec 15, 2006 at 12:00 am by
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- The wonderful
world of waterfalls!
Two great tutorials for creating waterfalls in Vue and
Terragen!
- Vue Fusion
Streamlines Vue Integration!
E-ON SOFTWARE TO UNVEIL REVOLUTIONARY PLUG-IN SUITE AT SIGGRAPH
2005
- Award Winning
3D Natural Scenery Product Now Available in US and Europe
June 25, 2001. Beaverton, OR. USA and Europe-based e-on software
announces the immediate availability of Vue d'Esprit 4 (Vue 4), the
newest version of its award winning 3D scenery animation and
rendering software.
- e-on software
Announces Vue d'Esprit 4
New version excels at advanced realism, new special effects and
ease of use.
- Vote For April
2004's Artist of the Month
Cast your vote for your favorite Gallery Artist of the Month for
April 2004! This month we highlight Bryce, Terragen, Vue. The
winner will be interviewed and highlighted on the front page for
the month of April.
- The 2002 Vue
d'Esprit contest!
You can win one of 4 great software package:
- Vote for
November's AOM - Vue Gallery
Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity
Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... November's AOM will be an artist from
the Vue Gallery.
- Vue 5 Easel
by e-on software
Paula reviews Vue 5 Easel by e-on software. This entry-level
program to the Vue 5 lineup, gives the novice graphic artist an
inexpensive software option to explore the world of 3D art! The
amount you experiment with this program is up to you.
- Introducing
Renderosity Communities!
Learn about our new "Communities" section, including
what's launching and what's coming down the road...
- The Paula
Sanders Report:
Easy Placement of Objects in Vue 5 Easel and other Vue 5 Products -
Part I
"Soon after e-on software's Vue 5 Easel came out, I wrote a
series of ten tutorials for beginners that would apply to Vue 5
Easel and the other Vue 5 programs." Join Paula as she embarks
on another tutorial series. In this first tutorial, you will learn
the use of the Numerics tab. "It is very easy to place
objects... if you understand the axes and coordinates."
- The Grass is
Always Greener with Vue Color
Paula Sanders makes yard work fun, as she shares her tips and
tricks on creating that perfect shade of green [and of course you
can also use her techniques for other items within your digital
world]. Vue, the Lawn Doctor’s cure for your ailing [and
alien] turf!
- Vote For
November's Artist Of the Month 2005!
Cast your vote for your favorite Gallery Artist Of The Month [AOM]
for November 2005! November's AOM will highlight an artist from the
Vue Gallery. The AOM will be interviewed and highlighted on the
front page for the month of November.
- Using
XfrogPlants Billboards and More
"Recently I reviewed the new XfrogPlants Billboards by
greenworks. I found these billboards so useful when creating
landscapes in either 2-D or 3-D programs that I decided to write a
tutorial on some of the methods of using them."Save 20% on
Xfrog Plants Billboards, now through August 22nd!
- Vote For
January 2003's Artist Of The Month!
Cast your vote for the first Artist of the Month for the New
Year!
- Vote For
March's Artist Of The Month!
Cast your vote for the Artist of the Month for March 2003!
- The Paula
Sanders Report:
Working with Poser 5 or 6 and Dynamic Hair in Vue 5
Infinite
"In this tutorial, I am not trying to duplicate the look of
Poser hair; what I am, hopefully, demonstrating is that Dynamic
hair can look good in Vue 5 Infinite. I treat Dynamic hair as I do
any other material on an object or a terrain in Vue 5. I use all
the tools available to me to make it look the way I envision
it."
- 10,000 Free
Stuff Items!
Our community has achieved another major accomplishment. We now
have 10,000 Free Stuff Items available at Renderosity! Come join in
the fun!
- Pinball Off
Road
A look behind the scences of Platinum Studio and how they produced
their latest creative marketing images for one of the world’s
leading names. Fasten your seat belts as we take pinball for a
drive off road!
- Latest
Industry News
A summary of all the latest news from around the industry.
- A Sad Goodbye
to Guitta Bertaud
gebe [Guitta Bertaud] A Great Artist and a dear friend lost her
valiant fight with cancer, and the angels joined us in our tears at
the news of her passing.
- The Paula
Sanders Report:
Using Vue 5 Easel...Easily [Part II]
Join Paula, as she continues with Part II: Creating
Mountains!"This is a very basic tutorial on creating mountains
for a landscape and moving them to the back of the scene. It is the
second in the series on using Vue 5 Easel easily."
- Create a
transparent watercourse in Vue d’Esprit 4
We hope you enjoy our third and final excerpt from Issue 7 of the
Renderosity Magazine. This lovely tutorial will show you how easy
it is to create realistic water in Vue d’Esprit.
- Paula Sanders
Report - Vue 5 Infinite
Paula delved deeply into the amazing high-end 3D scenery solution
for illustrators, SFX studios, architects, and 3D Computer Graphics
professionals ... Vue 5 Infinite by e-on ... and produced a
two-part in-depth article that surpasses a mere review, including a
few Vue tips and tricks along the way.
- Administration
Contact Info.
Once again, welcome to our forum. In order to best serve your
needs, please feel free to contact us with any comments, complaints
or suggestions you may have.
- The Material
Editor in Vue d’Espirit
Guest columnist and master Vue d'Espirit artist, agiel (Laurent
Alquier), shares some excellent tips on how to use the Material
Editor in Vue d'Espirit! If you are a Vue artist, or yearning to
become one, be sure to read his tutorial.
- 2003 Artist Of
The Year!
Congratulations to enax for being selected the 2003 Artist of the
Year!
- "Bigfoot
Rides with Santa"
A sneak peak at the soon to be released new music video by Jim Ed
Brown. Produced by James E. Brown, Gene Kennedy, and Richard
Schrand at Broadsword Productions in Nashville, Tennessee. This
enchanting and charming video was created using some very familiar
products that Renderosity members are sure to recognize!
- November 2006
AOM Mimi Sakamoto [MimiCat]
Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity
Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... November's AOM is Mimi Sakamoto
[MimiCat] from the Vue Gallery.
- rohi
-- December 2002's Artist Of The Month
Congratulations to our December Artist of the Month, rohi... Click
here to read the interview!
- In Memory of
Ms_Outlaw - "Debbie Lee"
In May 2001, Ms_Outlaw [Debbie Lee] joined the Renderosity
community. She was a passionate artist and writer, and an active
member of the Vue and Poser forums. Recently Debbie was diagnosed
with lung cancer ... this week she was taken from our family.
Please join with us in saying our last goodbyes to this gentle
artist and good friend.
- Paula Sanders
Report - greenworks' XfrogPlants - USA Southwest, v2
Rounding-up her greenworks' series of Xfrog software, Paula hops
into another review, this time exploring XfrogPlants - USA
Southwest, v2 ... one of the many Xfrog collections of Plant
Libraries. So jump into the fun with Paula, as she avoids getting
her Wacom Tablet stuck on a Prickly Pear.
- June 2005 AOM
- jgmart
Congratulations to jgmart for being awarded Renderosity's AOM
[Artist Of the Month] for June, 2005. We invite you to read his AOM
interview ...
- An Interview
with Richard Schrand
"I met Richard Schrand at Siggraph first at the e-on software
booth and, then, through Syyd Raven. . ."
- SIGGRAPH 2005
Revisited
If you were unable to visit the SIGGRAPH this year, take a virtual
tour of the conference via the amazing photographs from
contributing photojournalist, Kirk Dunne [AgentSmith]. Also,
revisit SIGGRAPH 2005 conference; articles, interviews, and
Industry news.
- The Paula
Sanders Report:
Review of GeoControl
Join Paula as she reviews this outstanding stand-alone terrain
creation program, created by Johannes Rosenberg. Get a closer look
at how you can use it for full, precise control over any terrain
project!
- November 2005
AOM - czarnyrobert
Congratulations to czarnyrobert [Robert Czarny] for being awarded
Renderosity's AOM [Artist Of the Month] for November 2005. We
invite you to read his AOM interview...
- Site Management
Changes
Welcome to Renderosity.com. This site is now under new management,
but we are pleased to report that many of the most experienced
Moderators are here.
- April 2005 AOM
- vbarreto
Congratulations to vbarreto for being awarded Renderosity's AOM
[Artist Of the Month] for April, 2005. We invite you to visit
vbarreto's gallery and to read his AOM interview ...
- The Paula
Sanders Report: Using Multi-Pass Rendering in Photoshop
This week, join Paula as she shows how it is sometimes better to
take the long route for more controlled end results. This tutorial
is applicable to any 3D program that can create an image file and a
multi-pass file upon rendering.
- Paula Sanders
Report - Vue 5 Infinite - Part 2
Part Two - Paula delved deeply into the amazing high-end 3D scenery
solution for illustrators, SFX studios, architects, and 3D Computer
Graphics professionals ... Vue 5 Infinite by e-on ... and produced
a two-part in-depth article that surpasses a mere review, including
a few Vue tips and tricks along the way.
- July's
Contributor of the Month - Vairesh!!
I have been me for as long as I can remember. Contrary to popular
belief I am not an alien replacement. All the duplicates have been
found and destroyed.
- Arena
Players
Arena Players
- Vote for
December AOM
Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity
Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... December's AOM will be an artist from
those galleries not previously listed.
- The Paula
Sanders Report - Xfrog 3.5
Paula is back this week to review Xfrog 3.5. This outstanding 3D
graphic program is used for the modeling and animation of organic
natural materials, such as: trees, shrubs, flowers, as well as
creating unusual abstract models. Don’t wait to
“jump†into the Xfrog review!
- Newtek
Siggraph 2005 Press Releases
-NewTek Unveils Next Generation of LightWave 3D® -NewTek
Releases LightWave® 64 -NewTek Releases Free Upgrade for
VT[4]â„¢
- Artist
Accolades - October 2006
Artist Accolades is now a regular monthly feature on the Front Page
News, where Renderosity artists can share their accomplishments in
the field. This month, meet fellow Renderosity artists, Niki
Browning [Skyewolf] and Tony Hayes [bogwoppet].
- The
Renderosity Love Connection.
Love will find a way...even through the Renderosity Community! It's
Valentine's Day and love is in the air! Read on as Renderosity
members share their stories.
- Armands --
April's Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to Armands for being voted April 2003's Artist of
the Month! Click here to read his interview...
- Comics Strip
Team Interviews - coa
We are excited to present a new series of interviews featuring
members of the Renderosity Cartoonist Team. Each week these
outstanding artists put the "giggles" in our funny bones,
and the "thrills and chills" in our adventurous spirits.
This week's cartoonist is the Renderosity Comic's Team Mouse-Lady
coa [Wendy C. Eld].
- Renderosity
Reaches 1 Million Gallery Images
Renderosity Art Community Reaches 1 Million Gallery Images
- Renderosity
Magazine ~ Issue 1 Recap
Check out the remaining items we haven't covered in our Issue 1
magazine excerpts...
- This space for
rent...
"I'm rendering cheesecake. And scanning the front page... All
of those forums just flaming away..."
- The 4th Annual
Renderosity Holiday Contest 2004
Thanks to many generous sponsors incredible presents are piling up
for artists and animators in our largest holiday contest ever! Come
join the fun and excitement as we share our "Dreams of
Peace" with the planet. All the winners have all been
announced! Thank you to all the artists that shared their
"Dreams of Peace".
- Educating The
Public
"How do we explain what we do on the computer? This problem
seems to be relatively if not absolutely universal since different
readers have expressed how they handle it in reference to other
columns..."
- "Shades
of Halloween" - Voting Results
"Shades of Halloween" - Voting Results are in! The
community voting results were reviewed. The winners were determined
by the actual number of eligible votes received. Clone voting and
votes from accounts created for the exclusive purpose of voting
were not eligible and were not be counted.
- Enax --
August's Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to enax for being voted August's Artist of the
Month! Click here for his interview...
- The Big
Picture
Our fifth excerpt from Issue 1 of the Renderosity Magazine is
ChromeTiger's editorial on the rapidly advancing state of digital
art in film, games, and personal and professional software.
- Renderosity
Reflects on SIGGRAPH 2006
A look at the Industry News and what happened at SIGGRAPH 2006,
with Renderosity's Team Coverage of the event and pictures of all
the fun. See Rudy Sarzo and Robbie Robfogel at the Renderosity
Booth and find out who was photographed in their RenderWear!
- hobbit - 2004
March AOM
Congratulations to hobbit for being voted March's Artist of the
Month! Read on for our interview with hobbit...
- To the RIM and
Back
The fourth and final issue of the Renderosity Interactive Magazine
is now available. It's been an incredible adventure that brings us
full circle. You won't want to miss the farewell edition that
includes interviews with Anne McCaffrey, Joe Jusko, Fantasy
Photographer Joseph Corsentino and Scott Kurtz the creator of PvP.
Find out what comes next...
- R'Osity
Comics - One Year Anniversary
One year ago, the R'Osity Comic Strip was born. A collaborative
effort of talented cartoonists came together to share their unique
and sometime bizarre sense of humor with the rest of the digital
art community.
- 2005 Holiday
Giveaway
This is the time of year for giving and once again the Holiday
Spirit has touched the MarketPlace Merchants. Renderosity is very
excited to sponsor the 5th Annual Holiday Giveaway. Available thru
1/3/06!
- The Paula
Sanders Report:
The Art of Looking
"If someone had asked me about rock formations, the trees
among the rocks, the basic color of the rocks, and the color and
texture of the water in the canyons, I would have given a quick and
definitive answer. I would have also been at least ninety-five
percent wrong."
- Paula Sanders
Report - LizardTech
Have you ever created an image for the web, and later tried to
re-create that same image as a print … only to be frustrated
and disappointed with the end result? If so, Paula’s
lizardTech’s Genuine Fractals 4 PrintPro review has the
solution to your image enlargement dilemmas.
- Bigt -- June's
Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to Bigt for being voted June's Artist of the Month!
Click here to read his interview and leave a comment...
- As07 -- May
2003's Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to as07 for being voted May's Artist of the Month!
Click here to read the interview...
- Working with
Poser 6 Dynamic Hair [Part I]
Join Paula, as she starts an exciting new tutorial series on
working with Dynamic Hair in Poser 6!This week, she presents: Part
I - Modifying the Skullcap.
- XfrogPlants
Billboards Review
Join Paula this week, as she reviews a new series of items from
greenworks, called XfrogPlants Billboards."What are
billboards? For those who have not used billboards before, think of
alpha planes in Poser that do not require any work."Save 20%
on Xfrog Plants Billboards, now through August 22nd!
- March 2005 AOM
- Yoro
Congratulations to Yoro for being voted March's Artist of the
Month! Read on for our interview with Yoro...
- A Review of
Wacom's Intuos3 Tablet
Continuing from her review of Corel's Painter IX, Paula gives us a
look at the Intuos3 tablet that can be purchased as a bundled item
with Painter IX.
- Paula Sanders
Report - ZBrush 2
Paula Sanders' explores Pixologic's ZBrush 2. If you have ever
longed to work with ZBrush, but felt it was too complicated to
tackle, Paula gives tips and tricks on how to feel immediately
comfortable with this combination; modeling, texturing, and
painting program.
- Comics Strip
Team Interviews - genny
We are excited to present a new series of interviews featuring
members of the Renderosity Cartoonist Team. Each week these
outstanding artists put the "giggles" in our funny bones,
and the "thrills and chills" in our adventurous spirits.
This week's cartoonist is the Renderosity Comic's Team wordsmith
genny [Genny Brazell].
- August 2005
AOM - LICORNEDECRISTAL
Congratulations to LICORNEDECRISTAL [Muriel Remy] for being awarded
Renderosity's AOM [Artist Of the Month] for August, 2005. We invite
you to read her AOM interview ...
- SAMS3D -
Renderosity Artists
Sharen and Mike Custer - the married couple better known as SAMS3D
- are the featured Free Stuff Artists for the month of July. They
are well known for their devotion, dedication and generosity in
creating quality products, and providing them as free downloads in
the Renderosity Poser Forum.
- Akinom - July
2004 AOM!
Congratulations to Akinom for winning the AOM. Read on for our
interview with Akinom...
- Renderosity
Magazine Issues 1 through 4
Archive of old magazine link: 456
- Roobol --
January '03 Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to our first Artist of the Month for 2003,
roobol...Click here to read the interview!
- June 2006 AOM
John Quertinmont [qmont]
Congratulations to John Quertinmont [qmont] for being awarded
Renderosity's AOM [Artist Of the Month] for June 2006! Be sure to
read qmont's interview!
- Fall Harvest
Sale
It's time to celebrate! It's time for a Fall Harvest
Sale!Renderosity Merchants are pleased to have teamed up once again
to offer you some of their finest products at discounted prices.
From November 18th to the 28th, the following products will be on
sale! Hurry and get your goodies before they're gone!
- June AOM
Voting!
It's that time again... Come cast your vote for Renderosity's June
Artist of the Month!
- Lighting in
Poser 6 - Part I
As a special treat to the Poser community, this week Paula takes
the frustration out of Poser lighting, with the first of her Poser
6 lighting tutorial series. This week Paula demystifies Poser
lighting as it relates to Image Based Lighting [IBL].
- Lying Down on
The Job
The moment has finally arrived for our very last excerpt from the
cherished Renderosity Magazine(the printed version). So, without
further ado, we complete our featured article series ending with
this piece from Issue 8.
- Comics Strip
Team Interviews - Bigt
We are excited to present a new series of interviews featuring
members of the Renderosity Cartoonist Team. Each week these
outstanding artists put the "giggles" in our funny bones,
and the "thrills and chills" in our adventurous spirits.
This week's cartoonist is the Renderosity Comic's Team Founder Bigt
[Tony Sellars].
- onOne
Software - Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 and pxl
SmartScale
Paula reviews two programs from onOne Software — Genuine
Fractals Print Pro 4.1 and pxl SmartScale 1.0. Both programs are
Photoshop only plug-ins and are supported by Photoshop CS and CS2.
Read on as Paula explores the advantages of using these programs to
refine and enhance image enlargements.
- December 2005
AOM - jstro
Congratulations to jstro [Jon Strother] for being awarded
Renderosity's AOM [Artist Of the Month] for December, 2005. We
invite you to read his AOM interview ...
- Ballistic
Publishing's Exposé 4
"Exposé 4 published by Ballistic Publishing is the
latest in a series of computer graphic image showcase publications.
Daniel Wade and Paul Hellard came together to produce this fine
record of the best of the best of digital images."
- 2004 Holiday
Giveaway
This is the time of year for giving and once again the Holiday
Spirit has touched the MarketPlace Merchants. Renderosity is very
excited to sponsor the 4th Annual Holiday Giveaway. Available thru
1/3/05!
- January 2006
AOM - j-art
Congratulations to j-art [Uwe Jarling] for being awarded
Renderosity's AOM [Artist Of the Month] for January 2006. We invite
you to read his AOM interview...
- Graphic Tales
from the Road: An Interview with Rudy Sarzo
The journey continues as with another Graphic Tale from the Road as
we explore the "Dual Expression of the Creative Mind"
with infamous bass player: Rudy Sarzo! who has played with Ozzy
Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen and is now a
member of the multi-platinum Heavy Metal group DIO...
- Issue 4
Content Announced!
Renderosity magazine announces issue 4 content!
- Freestuff
artist cybia
We continue our monthly series of Getting To Know Renderosity's
Free Stuff Artists. This month's featured Free Stuff Contributor is
Stephen Upham, who is better known on Renderosity as
cybia.