Training

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Realism in Vue sets the benchmark in digital nature, elevating the reader to new heights of natural 3D understanding and design.

Distilling more than 10,000 hours of renowned Vue expert Dax Pandhi's revolutionary experimentation, this 300+ page book is the de facto guide to achieving hyper-realistic renders in Vue.

320 Pages.

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Hold on for a mind tripping journey into the 3D world of Chipp Walters' and his MetaPeeps with this brand new, hot off the presses Graphic Manual. This fun and full color 120 page comic book will walk you through creating photo realistic 3D scenes using Vue or the included Vue Pioneer SE software.

This is not your father's typical comic! It has over 500 renders and illustrations printed on glossy paper with a rigid paper cover.

120 Pages.

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Maximize your knowledge of how to use rocks - both the classic rocks and the new rocks introduced in Vue 10

Learn the subtleties of changing the rock material for an entire EcoSystem and for multiple EcoSystems, to create that rich layering and varied yet distinct distribution found in nature.

Follow the creation of a rock-centric scene from scratch, based on techniques made famous in Realism in Vue.

Alter the profiles of HyperTerrains and terrains by adding rocks.

Learn to create giant hero rocks, made from a mixture of HyperTerrain and rocks, as your striking centerpiece.

Bonus for Vue 10.5 + users:

NOTE: This tutorial's principles can be used in Vue 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x. Only the new Vue 10.5 features at the end are for that specific version only. Sample files included. Video presented in full HD

QuadSpinner is offering an in-depth look at how to create dramatic rock using Hyper Textures and HyperBlobs. Pioneered by accomplished Vue master Dax Pandhi, these technologies - including HyperBlobs which were introduced in Vue 9 - represent the cutting edge of digital nature.

HyperWorlds is packed with step-by-step learning from Dax Pandhi and is the most advanced training on the subject

NOTE: HyperTextures section applies to both Vue 8 and 9, HyperBlobs applies to Vue 9 only. Sample files included. Video presented in full HD

QuadSpinner is offering you the chance to learn deeper aspects of creating scenes in Vue with renowned artist and trainer Dax Pandhi.

This first Master Class focuses on the Emerald EcoSystem.

This is one class you won't want to miss!

NOTE: These techniques are compatible with all editions of Vue 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, and Vue 9. Full scene included. Video presented in full HD

Materials are a critical element in 3D. The shape of any object is altered by the shape perception added by the material. In other words, you can make the best looking terrain or scene, but without quality materials it will lack dramatic visual appeal.

In this kick-off intermediate video, presenter Dax Pandhi will walk you through the process of creating your own artillery, beginning with rock.

NOTE: These techniques are compatible with all editions of Vue 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5. All materials made in the tutorial are included.

Materials are a critical element in 3D. The shape of any object is altered by the shape perception added by the material. In other words, you can make the best looking terrain or scene, but without quality materials it will lack dramatic visual appeal.

In this second video, presenter Dax Pandhi reveals an inspirational breakthrough from the forest: Trunks, Bark & Moss. Remember, it's all in the details!

NOTE: These techniques are compatible with all editions of Vue 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5. All materials made in the tutorial are included.

With this training material, you will:

NOTE: This technique can be used in Vue 6, 7 and 8.

Master complex structures such as realistic arches and crystal formations. You'll also witness first-hand that HyperTerrains can have angular hard lines, dispelling the myth that their surfaces are exclusively round and bulbous.

With this training material, you will:

NOTE: These techniques are compatible with all editions of Vue 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5. Video presented in full HD quality. All exercise files are also included

In this exclusive training for Vue 8:

This is the companion tutorial to QuadSpinner's "Realistic Procedural Terrains".

With this training material, you will:

With this training material, you will:

With this training material from Vue expert Dax Pandhi, you will:

This training material applies to Vue 8.5, Vue 8, Vue 7.5 and Vue 7.

This tutorial provides extensive training on e-on Vue xStream and Autodesk Maya 2011 integration.

In this tutorial you will:

Learn the basic workflow to integrate both the software. Learn how to exchange objects and deal with lights and shaders. Create the terrain, EcoSystem and environment in Vue. Integrate the scene created in Vue with Maya. Import pre-modeled car inside Vue integrated Maya scene. Rig and animate the car using Craft 4 Wheeler plugin. Render the scene with Maya Mental Ray and discuss Multi-Pass rendering. Create dust trail with Maya dynamics and render it out separately. Composite the dust over Vue render with After Effects CS5. and a lot more... NOTE: These techniques are compatible with Vue xStream versions 8.5 and 9. Video presented in HD (1280x720).

Topics covered in this training video:

Compatible training for all Vue 11 references. Includes examples scene files and content for Vue 11 and higher.

Run Time: approx. 1h55m

Vue 11 introduces some exciting new features to the Vue community; with What's New in Vue 11, you will learn to harness the full power of Vue and unlock your artistic potential.

Topics covered in this training video:

Compatible training for all Vue 11 references. Includes examples scene files and content for Vue 11 and higher.

Run Time: approx. 5h

Vue 10.5 introduces some exciting new features to the Vue community; with What's New in Vue 10.5, you will learn to harness the full power of Vue and unlock your artistic potential.

Topics covered in this training video:

Compatible training for Vue 10.5 xStream and Infinite. Includes examples scene files and content for Vue 10.5 and higher.

Run Time: approx. 3.5h

Explore various techniques with Vue Master Nicholas Pellegrino:

Compatible training for Vue 10 and 10.5 xStream, Infinite, Complete, Studio, and Esprit. Includes examples scene files and content for Vue 10 and higher.

Run Time: approx. 2.5h

Are you interested in increasing your familiarity with Vue?

Get up and running fast with the Vue 10 Crash Course from asileFX. Over 6 hours of training and technical insight from Vue master, Nicholas Pellegrino.

Explore techniques for terrain design, EcoSystem Generation, plant customization, atmospherics, and scene creation workflow.
Learn about UI: commands, workflow, panels, editors; EcoSystem: Layers, Painting, and Population; Object: Mesh Options, Transformations, Species, and Generators; Camera: Navigation, Advanced Features, and Management; Vue Units and Natural Element Scale; Terrain: object types, editors, painting, and sculpting; Customizing and Rendering Vegetation; Procedural Terrain Functions: design techniques, editing, rocky mountain fractals, terrain fractals, and graph dependent materials; Material; editing, layering, painting, and mixing; Atmospheric: lighting customization, cloud layers, and the atmosphere editor; Scene Creation: workflow, file size management, structure, and more...

Compatible training for Vue 10 xStream, Infinite, Complete, Studio, and Esprit. Includes examples scene files and content for Vue 10 and higher.

Run Time: approx. 6h

Carbon Scatter Essentials and Advanced Techniques includes 11 training lessons to help you get the grips with Carbon Scatter in approximately 6 and a half hours!

Learn to control Carbon Scatter's material editor, material types, painter, and the function editor.
Learn to colorize instances, change CS plant shaders, and optimize multi-pass outputs like depth, object buffers, and motion vector.
Learn to control advanced functions using native objects from your scenes to manipulate EcoSystem placement and density.
Setup advanced lighting to control ecosystem environments separately from the rest of the scene.
Create LOD ecosystem layers controlled by object positions in the scene.
Learn optimization techniques to improve population speed and system response.
Create dummy population objects to replace memory hungry geometry, by rendering altitude and slope texture maps of your scenes.
Create a metanode function to decay ecosystems near objects in the scene.
Plus many more techniques...

This training was produced with Carbon Scatter for Cinema 4D. Most of the techniques shown in this video will apply to other host applications, but could require alternative setups specific to your application of choice.

Run Time: approx. 6.5h

Learn to create complex procedural terrain functions, create a highly detailed rocky landscape, and design custom rock materials.

this training covers 3 main aspects: Rocky Landscapes, Rock Materials and Layered Strata Materials

Training for Vue 9 & Vue 9.5 Infinite, xStream, and Complete - Vue Studio and Espirit users will require the "Advanced Graph" module. (Available from Cornucopia3D.com).

Training produced with Vue 9.5 xStream - standalone. Included Vue scene files require Vue 9 and higher to load. Includes all project scenes from the training, plus more than a dozen bonus scenes. (Vue 9 or higher required).

Run Time: approx. 4h

Plant Design & EcoSystem Functions includes nearly 6 hours of training for Vue Infinite/xStream and Photoshop, instructed by Nicholas Pellegrino from asileFX. In this training you will learn to: customize Vue plant species, create custom texture maps in photoshop, and design ecosystem functions in vue, and a lot more...

Training produced with Vue 9.5 xStream (standalone) and Photoshop CS4 Extended. Alternate numeric entries are given to Vue users with Vue 8.5 and under throughout the training, in order to match the settings of Vue 9+. Included Vue scene files will require Vue 9 and higher to load.

Run Time: approx. 6h!

Getting Started with Vue 9 Vol.2 - Lighting & Atmospherics is a project based introduction to Vue 9 Infinite / xStream.

With this training material learn to customize atmospheres to fit your creative and design needs. Learn to modify and create your own custom atmospheres and infinite terrains. Explore the relations between infinite terrains, sea level, and atmospherics. Learn to create an improved "Randomization Seed" node and add more variations to infinite terrain functions. Learn about volumetric lighting and shadow control. Create lighting setups and reduce render times with "relighting." Understand clouds layers and how to control them. Learn about atmospheric density in relation to scene units and spherical scenes. Break apart vectors, limit node outputs, create custom vectors, publish parameters from the function editor into the terrain editor. Create and control numerous atmospheres, edit functions, create MetaNodes, reduce render times, and more...

Chapters and themes Covered in this training material:

Run Time: approx. 3h!

Getting Started with Vue 9 - Forest Creation is a project based introduction to Vue 9 Infinite / xStream. No previous knowledge of Vue required.

Run Time: 4h 05m!

Getting started with Vue 9 covers topics such as:

With this training material you will understand how to design and animate EcoSystems using advanced functions and graphs, learn to create real-world forest-growth along with precisely controlled distributions, discover how you can manage your scenes more efficiently and setup LOD ecosystem zones, optimize file sizes and system resources with LOD (level of detail zones), learn how to drastically reduce render times and system memory usage by learning to create pseudo vegetation with low-res SolidGrowth objects, and a lot more!

Chapters and themes Covered in this training material:

In this training, you will lean how to create complex procedural functions for generating science fiction style cities using procedural terrains & materials. Learn to modify altitude productions and create single building generators. Optimize scenes and dramatically reduce render times with several baking techniques. Explore scene lighting techniques and material controlled lights.

Users of Vue 7 and higher will also learn to create helpful MetaNodes and dependent function controllers. Nearly 8 hours of training, plus, all project scene files included. (Vue 8.4 or higher required for scene files and MetaNodes.)

NOTE: These techniques are suitable for Vue xStream / Infinite version 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5 and up. Alternate methods are shown for incompatible and/or versions prior to v8.5 throughout the training. Some key features may not be available for Vue version 5 and 6 users.

Amazing Plant Creation Techniques covers topics such as:

In over 8 hours of training, AsileFX will show you how to improve your sculpting workflow & techniques as well as fascinating terrain creation techniques for Vue 8 and higher.

In this training material, AsileFX covers topics such as:

NOTE: This training material also includes dozens of scene files, a companion reference guide (including additional techniques and technical references), filters, textures, tools, and more!
The Terrain Workshop Reference guide is provided in PDF and HTML formats with the option to display directly in the html training menu.

In this training, learn everything about atmospheric lighting and cloud creation in Vue Infinite and xStream.

In this training material, AsileFX covers topics such as:

NOTE: This training can be used with Vue versions 7 and up, and also with Ozone 4.

With this training material, you will:

Get optimal productivity when using dynamic EcoSystem population (also extremely useful for standard EcoSystem population ).

Learn scene setup techniques to improve system response and performances.

Learn how to use pre-viz plants and vegetation planning to speed up your scene creation process, and provide nearly instant previewing.

Learn a powerful technique to drastically increase render speeds by converting procedural terrains into a standard terrains. And so much more...

This training also includes 32 vegetation species variations!

Increase the power of Vue 7 with over 90 MetaNode tools and enhancements!

SnowFlake includes some very powerful tools for Vue 7, including: Advanced Sphere Zone, Camera Orbiter, Camera Master Controller, Dynamic Range Controller, 11 Terrain / Fractal or Noise Filters, Fractal / Terrain Mixer, Function Preview Scalar, Matte Painter and Matte Painter - 2Layer, Vector Lock - Vector Lock 3x3, and many more...

This is a veritable treasure trove of tools to augment your Vue creations!

Download the Full Reference Manual here!

Advanced Production Techniques for Vue 7 xStream and Vue 7 Infinite:

Learn to dynamically control and animate any extractable function operation in Vue 7 Infinite and xStream.

Learn how complex MetaNodes work and how to create them.

Then learn to use the node in a scene, and create a complex animation with a procedural terrain, and its mixed material.

With this training material you will learn the ins and outs of Vue xStream scene creation in LightWave 3D 9.

Learn techniques, creation workflow, time savers, solutions, general integration, and the technical aspects that power the xStream plug-in.

Chapters and themes Covered in this training material:

NOTE:This training can be used with Vue xStream version 7, 7.5, 8, & 8.5.

Warning: This training video is only available in French!

Cette vidéo de formation Vue 11 aborde en détail la création d'une scene de désert, un exercice apparemment simple mais qui demande de travailler en détails sur quelques éléments importants.

Cette vidéo aborde les themes suivants:

Création d'un terrain fractal Ajouter un effet d'érosion sous le logiciel tiers World machine (la map d'élévation est fournie avec la video, il n'est donc pas nécessaire de posséder le logiciel) Création de matières procédurales Distribution des matières grâce à la flow map crée sous worldmachine (2 flow map fournies) Travailler avec les EcoSystems de rochers (version Vue 10 ou supérieure conseillée) Création d'une atmosphère en GR (Global Radiosity) Ajouts ponctuels d'instances et de détails Réglage des paramètres de rendu Retouche rapide de la scène Vue " brute" sous Photoshop Cs6 Et bien plus encore...

NOTE: Ces techniques sont applicables à partir de Vue 10, toutefois les fichiers fournis ont été créés sous Vue 11.

L'archive inclus les fichiers de scenes (Vue 11) ainsi que les différentes maps. Elle ne contiens pas les divers plantes uilisées dans la video, ni le noeud ©Quadspinner MDK1 (ces éléments ont été remplacés dans le fichier scène fourni)

Durée de la formation: approx. 112 minutes

With over 5 hours of video, this training material provides an extensive training on Vue 9.

Notice: This training material is presented in French! The following description will therefore be diplayed in French.

Grâce à cette video, présentée par Jean Baptiste Verdier, artiste 2D/3D et Matte Painter, vous allez:

comprendre l'interface de Vue et apprendre à la configurer à votre guise, apprendre les principes fondamentaux de Vue: terrains, matières, atmosphères, plantes, etc dompter les terrains procéduraux et les diverses fractales, utiliser la technologie révolutionaire EcoSystem™, comprendre le systeme atmosphérique et créer vos propres atmosphères spectrales, apprendre a créer vos scenes marines (lacs et océans), décoder les subtilités du moteur de rendu pour accélerer vos temps de calculs, faire vos premiers pas en animation, et bien plus encore... NOTE: Un lecteur DVD est obligatoire pour lire la version physique, une connection internet est requise pour la première utilisation.