After eight hours I have eventually produced something in Blender 3D that I dare post. I kept saving it as I went along. It was just as well it went belly up dozens of times.
I’m going up onto Rannock Moor tomorrow, then diving down to Kinross on Friday.
Have fun.
Well you've definitely managed more with blender and rendering than I ever have. I never bother with colours and textures as I just need the model for printing. I did try it once, but other than colouring the whole object a single colour I didn't manage to get very far.
ReplyDeleteMark, the biggest or one of the biggest problems is having to render all the colours and textures to see what you've done.
DeleteI just followed a tutorial here...I followed the bits of it I could understand.
The older I get the more each new learning curve hurts.
ReplyDeleteCongrats of managing to produce something. I have never had any success with that type of program.
John, I'll have to stick with it and try and do one a week.
DeleteSo, you've spent eight hours playing with your balls, I'm surprised you haven't gone blind?...What?...Nooo!..I meant from looking at the computer screen for all that time!..what did you thi....?
ReplyDelete8 out of 10 (get it?) for effort and perseverance Adrian, well done.
Safe travels..[;o)
Trevor, five out of ten. I only just realised that I forgot to spin the number ten ball on the 'Z' axis a bit and the big square lite could do woth swapping for a round one and moving a bit. I found it a bit complicated.
DeleteKick in the balls, yea, that hurts!!!!
ReplyDeleteHa...Ha, Bob.
DeleteAdrian, I think your right ball is better than your left ball. Surprised you didn't choose purple for both of them.
ReplyDeleteYP, I knew I should have created three balls. I just got fed up.
DeleteWell done, to have the balls to do it, far to complicated for me.
ReplyDeletepeter
Peter, I have just been following tutorials. The hardest thing is navigating the software.
DeleteInteresting Adrian that only men have so far commented on your balls.
ReplyDeletePS your Yorkshire is showing: it's Rannoch Moor. I'm missing Scotland already and I've only been down in England since Sunday.
Thanks Graham Rannoch...I knew it didn't look right.
DeleteAdrian, you're out all the time! No house like the rest of us. Ya , I know get out and see people , places and things.
ReplyDeleteRed, I've a few weeks of seeing people now. Perhaps that will straighten me out.
DeleteShouldn't be critical seeming as I wouldn't know where to start but I think it would look better without the light reflection on the balls...perhaps, but it's very clever.
ReplyDeleteDouglas, it would look better. Lights can be placed anywhere you like and can be any plane shape, intensity or colour. They are also invisible to the camera.....I think.
DeleteHi Adrian..."Dear me" men and there balls ...I loved Trevor's comment I think I'll go with that for fear I get in trouble here!! : )))
ReplyDeleteI think this hobby of your's is hmmmm...well I guess it is good you are moving on!!
Have a safe trip!!
Grace
Grace, I have always enjoyed simple Giff animations but this is a whole new world.
DeleteThose are nice balls! That's what she said. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry. It's an old joke now but couldn't resist.
You did great! Blender is hell. The only thing I've encountered that is more difficult is C++.
David, I just followed a tutorial....I followed the bits I could understand.
DeleteI wish Blender would auto save...it probably does but i've yet to find the command to ask it to.
Adrian, I have never used it but look under File/User Prefs/File
DeleteThanks David, I'll have a look. It's virtually a necessity to be able to step back and fast.
DeleteDavid, I found today that you can open a separate window in the editor that shows real time rendering. I've forgotten how I did it but do know i need a much bigger and better monitor.
DeleteHI Adrian Well I never. You got your balls out and on display. You are great for perservering with this, I could never do it, just too complicated. I have to agree with Douglas,those light patches are distracting but perhaps they need to be there to make it 3D. Drive carefully to yuor next destination.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I spent a day going over both the Wiki tutorials and making notes, the two minute tutorials which you'll find on Blender website are also pretty good. Then I watched a really comples animation tutorial. The speed these folk work at is amazing and gave me the confidence to have a go at the pool balls. It's a beginner job.The light isn't very satisfactory but down to me rather than the software. It doesn't work in real time but a quick render which though it looks very noisy gives one an idea. there is a toggle button between editable and render views.
DeleteIf you are interested then give it a whirl....it's all free. You will need a decent processor and a good lump of RAM. There doesn't seem any obvious way of dedicating scratch memory as used to be the case in Photoshop. If I can do it a bit then most folk should be able to manage.