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Basic 3D Mixed Media
By  Ulises Rosas Garcia
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Hi there!.
In this little article I will describe one of the many
ways to create an epic space image using mixed media, in this pic, we
will use the Vue DīEspirit, Universe, Illusion and Photoshop programs,
remeber that this is a basic pic, not too complicated, if you want to
use more complicated settings, then e-mail me and I will do a more
complex FARP... I really hope that this will help you in your own
space works!!!
VUE DīESPIRIT SYSTEM
We will start this pic with Vue DīEspirit, first, create a simple
new document with the default night atmosphere in Vue, we will change
the parameters of the atmosphere later...
Now create a water plane in the program, you can find it in the
left side bar...
Then change the main stats of the water in the Aspect dialog box, (
right side of the bar), you can choose between many water textures,
only remember that one water with high refratction and deep will
be fine...
As you can see, I use Methane as material for the water...
letīs check how the image going, remember that you can render in
the main camara view, only press F9...
Now is time to change the atmosphere parameters, there are so many
clouds that we donīt want there, so press F3 for Sky and Clouds
control menu, change the Thickness near horizon to 0%, for zero clouds,
then change in Fog and Haze settings in Fog, the Uniform fog
thickness to 490, (for blue halo), remember that fog color must be
a dark blue...
Time for decisions!!!, we want some constructions in this
planet, (I always liked the sea planets!!!), so we need
some random constructions, you can create them in any other
program, but here I will choose the predeterminated structures of
Vue, so press Ctrl+L and we will choose that suspension bridge,
it will look great in the final composition!...
now put this mesh in the correct place, you can choose between many
different compositions and places for the bridge, I choose one of
distant plane, remember to select a new material for the bridge, we
donīt want meshes without materials here!
letīs check the general view of the camera, thinking in that we need
some free space to put more things in the sky, I change the perspective
in this way:
Nice image, isnīt it???, now time to shift to another program, render
the image in 640*480 jpg format, and then go to Universe!!!
UNIVERSE SETTINGS
Welcome to Universe!!!, here we will add a few touches to the main
rendered image, letīs see... first import your image into Universe:
put a Lens Flare in the background, use this settigns, it will be
useful when we add the special effects to the pic...
now add a Star Cluster into the Flare, we want to simulate a
Star Explosion, like a Supernova, put so many as you want, only
not too much or it will be look like fireworks...
we are now ready to use Illusion, save your image as jpg and
turn to Illusion!!!
ILLUSION SETTINGS
Welcome to Illusion!!!, import your image and look at all the marvelous
effects that we can make here!, before to start, remember to have
checked the Show Particles button...
use the April00 library and choose Red&Blue and 03_Space Explosion,
put the main center of the pixels in the Flare that we make in
Universe, check in the animation check box for a number that suits to
both effects, as you can see, I used 18 as main number, so both effects
will look good and donīt interfere one with another...
maybe you can add more effects to the Supernova, but remember that
if there are so many effects the pic will lose the Star effect and
it will be look like an airplane has exploded in the sky... so letīs
it be as it is and turn to the last program!!!, save the image as
single block and go to Photoshop!!!
PHOTOSHOP SETTINGS
we are now in Photoshop, open the main image and letīs check the
color and all these stuff first... change the Brightness/Contrast
+10 and +5 each one, then change the Color Balance, as itīs showing here:
and itīs done!!!, remember: this is a fast and not so complicated
way to create a Supernova, there are other ways, but are a bit
complicated... anyway, I have done this in 20 minutes, you can
expend more time searching for better ways to recreate the same
pic with the same tools, hope that this introductory farp help
you to create more complicated images, and be ready, because in
the next farp I will use mixed media to create a complex pic using
Poser, Bryce, Illusion, Photoshop and ZBrush!!!
FARP Article Guestbook
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 18 Jun 2003 |  Michael James Liljenberg | An excellent start to what I hope will be a strong collection of tutorails on 3d art programs.
- the editors | |
| 31 Jul 2003 |  Anonymous | And i wondered how yall cold get any better | |
| 4 Aug 2003 | the daemon <mrc_thdmn@hot...com&g | By using the lens flare, it causes the black to become lighter. With the rays of light ending suddenly and the black lightened, you can see a box...not good! Use the blur tool to kill this box. Also, for a little more touch of realism, the rays should be longer in some parts...like when they are more vertical instead of diagonal, and then taper off as the rays go more diagonal. Otherwise, nice article! | |
| 9 Aug 2003 |  Katie Burns | really nice.. i couldn't do that if i tried... anyways, yeah, the box thing i noticed, and shouldn't there be a reflection from the light in the water?? I'm not really one to give some const. crit (if that's what you want to call it), but it's kinda obvious (since you put so much work into this picture... | |
| 12 Aug 2003 | Toni | Im curious, how do u get the editor? I mean, do u have to download it? Or do u have it already in ur computer?
Nice pic, anyways. i wouldnt be able to do that, even if i were tought like a navy seal. lol. | |
| 1 Sep 2003 | sdfgsdf | fggfgdsf | |
| 20 Sep 2003 | ChaseRobertson | For real how did you get those programs?I really like the pic and hope to make my own someday and i know i could do it if i tried a few times! Please tell me where those programs come from. Thanx | |
| 29 Sep 2003 | Incognito | Bryce and Poser:
http://www.curiouslabs.com/
3D-studio max:
http://www.discreet.com/ | |
| 15 Oct 2003 | liz | OMG! THIS IS S O COOL!!! how d'u all DO this??! i absolutley LOVE all these fairy/fantasy drawings but i cant do them myself- its frustrating! lovin this, tres muchos!!  liz | |
| 31 Dec 2003 | Fred | Hey.. nice effect.. but how can i get a night atmosphere?' i noticed i cant import JPG.. files... only ATM... anyone can send me one by email ??? please??' only need a night one ... thanks | |
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