http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog Adventures in Three Dimensions Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:49:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First steps: 3D rich internet applications - more details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=67 DXStudio terrain fly-through - more details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=63 Maya polygonal modelling: Leaping salmon - more details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=57 Emergency escape rehearsal: More details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=49 "Vega Prime: Helicopter fly-through" - more details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=44 Assault Manoeuvre : more details soon... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=40 Here's a link to my first Google Earth API hack... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=29 Background   SideFX Houdini Master is a complete set of 3D tools in one package - modelling, animation, compositing, effects, dynamic simulation, character construction, texturing, shading and rendering. There is a free variant of Houdini available for non-commercial use, a copy of which was used to create the digital asset described in ... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=28 After using the terrain displacement plugin to create ground impact effects on the Cave Troll project, it became apparent that although in principle it was doing the job I was asking of it, there were a lots of aspects that could be improved. Perhaps the most significant was the ... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=27 The terrain displacement plugin was used in anger for the first time on a short film entitled The Cave Troll. The piece was a collaborative effort by team of MSc/MA Computer Animation students, which involved combining live footage shot on location at Winspit Caves , on the south coast of ... http://spencerdrayton.co.uk/blog/?p=26