Blackbird Wallpaper

[Cyclops]

I'd just like say a BIG personal thank you for the wallpaper, it really is brill.

Just put it on my flat sreen and its stunning.

You certainly do have a gifted talent, well done. :bow:

Many thanks

Buzz.

If you asked Ben nicely I`m sure he would put some grass on the floor for you Allan

 

[Allan1]

Bloody hell

You try to be nice and what do you get - the pi$$ ripped.

Ah well, nothing new there is there!

Remind me to give your bad leg a kick next time I see ya Cyclops

Buzz

 

[ianrobbo1]

Cycleclips is on form tonight!! :bow: just looked at two posts tonight, and both had me "chuckling" over his "whitty repartee", :bow:

 

[Fat Bert]

Slobbo

Shame it was posted in the afternoon!

Bad back affecting your eyesight as well or perhaps you can't see ALL of the screen over ya fat belly !






































































































Who says fishing is boring?

 

[ianrobbo1]

Anyone that's ever done it, or watched it, or been spoken to about it.

Everyone in fact. The rest are in denial.

I "CONCUR"

btw bertie, youve fecked up again, you pointed out the "time posted" icon, so all one has to do is compare your drivel, to the time "its supposed to have been posted", basic mistake, slack jowls, go back to Gyppos "fishing for beginners" introductory class, :f and next time LISTEN to whats being said, :bang:
stupid boy

 

[Frans]

It's stunning :yo: , pity about the colour :xm

 

[Allan1]

Ben

I'm facinated as to how you did this, what software do you use, what machine etc, please tell.

I've been sitting here for days now marvelling at the reflections in the chrome and off the shiny floor - brill, BUT... why can you see the screen through the nearside mirror of the left hand bird?.

Not picking - just curious?.

Buzz

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

I'm facinated as to how you did this, what software do you use, what machine etc, please tell.

Software is Maxon's Cinema 4D & I use a G5 MAC

BUT... why can you see the screen through the nearside mirror of the left hand bird?.
Not picking - just curious?.

Your looking through the clear screen and seeing some of the mirror thats behind it.

 

[ianrobbo1]

while your on Ben, thanks for the screen saver, :bow: and the help you've given over the years to us on site,!! :bow: Avatars, oiler pipe, etc,
you and yours have a "good un" :beer:

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

while your on Ben, thanks for the screen saver, :bow: and the help you've given over the years to us on site,!! :bow: Avatars, oiler pipe, etc,
you and yours have a "good un" :beer:

Aww :blush: ....
Cheers dude, you have a good'un and all..Yeah?

 

[Allan1]

And more..

Software is Maxon's Cinema 4D & I use a G5 MAC



Your looking through the clear screen and seeing some of the mirror thats behind it.

Ben, yep, you're right, silly me.

Just been to the Maxon site and some of the stuff people do is incredible http://www.maxon.net/pages/gallery/pix/honda_rc211v.jpg :bow:
Are you self taught with this or is it your core income. I have to admit to being totally blown away by what folks like you and the others do. Is this software used in the development of games such as Medal of Honor?

Allan

 

[Fat Bert]

Allan~~~

Apparently Tom Jones used this software on his Xmas "Best of" Xmas Album cover
















First piccie / track?


Green green grass of Home !!







Keys.......missed gear.......crunch.........gone

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

Are you self taught with this or is it your core income. I have to admit to being totally blown away by what folks like you and the others do. Is this software used in the development of games such as Medal of Honor?
Allan

Yup, self taught. It's not my core income but I do a small bit of work in 3D for the company but most of my work is image manipulation,high end retouching & design.
Games developers are mostly PC users and prefer PC 3D software like Studio Max and the suchlike. I think Maxons software is used more for film animation than gaming but I'm sure someone uses the same program that I use to do some aspect of game design.

 

[Allan1]

Yup, self taught. It's not my core income but I do a small bit of work in 3D for the company but most of my work is image manipulation,high end retouching & design.
Games developers are mostly PC users and prefer PC 3D software like Studio Max and the suchlike. I think Maxons software is used more for film animation than gaming but I'm sure someone uses the same program that I use to do some aspect of game design.

So how do you do a picture of the Bird for instance, is it a photo that is converted into 3d or do you draw it from scratch?. How do you get the reflections?

Buzz

 

[Murt]

Just a THANKS to Ben for the wallpaper.

My kids have now seen it, and even they think its fantastic !
( now that IS a good sign, nothing impresses them.)

All the best.

Murt
:bow:

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

So how do you do a picture of the Bird for instance, is it a photo that is converted into 3d or do you draw it from scratch?. How do you get the reflections?

Buzz

I wouldn't know where to start when describing all the different ways to produce models in 3D but lets just say that ya can't take a picture,press a button & suddenly have a 3D model.
The 3D picture of the Blackbirds is created in a 3D enviroment.I can move round the bikes,go underneath them and even travel inside them.I can also move the bikes around,and rotate them any way I want. It's a virtual enviroment and if it could all be created from a photograph, everyone would be doing it and no one would take any interest in it.

Creating something, absolutely anything, a modeler has to start with absolutely nothing,blank interface,squat,zilch.

Now, you can either place a series of points and connect them. this will,with a lot of time, eventually produce a mesh and if youve a good eye and sence of proportion, will have created the desired shape/shapes to form an object.

You can also use shapes from the programs default collection of object/shapes. These are called 'simples' as they are just that-simple shapes such as squares,cylinders,triangles & circles. You can take these 'simples' and push and pull/distort them to make a required object.

When building , the two methods mentioned above will be used in conjunction with each other to build a model from the ground up.Building a vehicle or piece of furniture, landscape or whatever, is all done piece by piece and then all slotted together to make the final model.

All models are made of polygons. If you are creating a computer game,you want to use as little polygons as possible as a model with lots of them slows the runtime down.thats why the models in the games are very simple in structural detail. The detail you do see is from the image mapping.

'Image mapping' - covering a model in an image by wrapping round the mesh.
It's like putting a skin on something. Think of it as making a flush fitting body suit(with no details on it at all) but before you put it on,you lay it out flat and draw pockets , zips, buttons and all the details as well as colours.
So when ya put it on- from a glance it looks like you are wearing a suit and not a plain body stocking. You can then add textures to this-to add ruffles and bumps- this is texture mapping and can be done using 'bump maps'

To make reflections - your not making the model or part of model reflective but telling the program what area of colour or image map to make reflective.This is done by using a properties dialogue box.


I probably haven't explained this very well - you really have to some 3D software to try in order to understand.

 

[Fat Bert]

Nice Ben~~~~~

yet you still haven't managed to master drinking and phoning at the same time [particularly in the early morning :} :} :} ]

respect to ya Mister - have a good Xmas with the extended famiuly

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

have a good Xmas with the extended famiuly

Cheers mate. You & yours too....Yeah?
And if I don't have to come to work tomorraz (I bet I do) then I'll catch ya after the break.

 

[Fat Bert]

Yeah right!! LOL

..... then I'll catch ya after the break.

in ya dreams - you're a slooooooow southern pooftah [remember?] so I'll be looking in my mirrors throughout 2005!!

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

in ya dreams - you're a slooooooow southern pooftah [remember?] so I'll be looking in my mirrors throughout 2005!!

Bwahahahahahahaha.....
You come to a REAL track day and then we'll see who's seeing who in wing mirrors. ,,,/,