Create 3D like a Superhero at Daz 3D

Chipp Walters' Create 3D like a Superhero is now available at Daz 3D.

Create 3D like a Superhero

Chipp Walters' book Create 3D like a Superhero is now available from e-on software's website. Its a full color, 120 page comic book covering creating photo realistic 3D scenes using Vue.

Vue 7: From the Ground Up Review

Paula Sanders has posted a useful review of Ami and Vladimir Chopine's Vue book Vue 7: From the Ground Up Review.

Vue 7 - Beyond the Basics Reviewed

Digital Image Magazine has a review of Richard Schrand's Vue 7 - Beyond the Basics Reviewed.

Vue 7: From The Ground Up - Now Shipping

Ami and Vladimir Chopine's book Vue 7: From The Ground Up is now shipping from Amazon

Vue 7: From the Ground Up

Ami and Vladimir Chopine's new book about Vue, Vue 7: From the Ground Up, is now available for preorder at Amazon. More information about book at http://www.vuefromgroundup.com.

Vue 6 Revealed - The Missing Links

The link for downloading files supporting the book Vue 6 Revealed doesn't work. Fortunately the files are also available from the links at the bottom of the book's page on the Thomson Course Technology web site.

ActiveRendering review of Vue 6 Revealed

A new review in German of Vue 6 Revealed is available at ActiveRendering

Vue 6 Revealed - Reviewed

Vue 6 Revealed is a straightforward introduction to the most recent version of Vue. Its approach is to provide step-by-step guides to using the tools. There are chapters carefully covering all the features that have been in Vue going back to before the first version I used (Vue 3) including terrains, lighting, materials, atmospheres and solid growth plants. Many new features in Vue 6 are also covered in a clear and concise way including hypertextures, ecosystem painting, metaclouds, spectral atmospheres and ventilators.

It doesn’t cover everything: advanced features such as python scripting and the function editor are barely mentioned if they appear at all. It also focuses heavily on technique avoiding less concrete tasks that wouldn’t fit the step-by-step approach such as composition, lighting design, realistic texture creation etc. You’ll need to pick up other books to learn how to put the art into your pictures – this is very much a guide on how to use the tools not how to create a landscape. However if it were it would be at least twice as thick and far more expensive.

If you’re looking for an introduction to using Vue or an alternative to the manual this is really worth considering.