Hi! 

In the last months I received several requests to make tutorials about some of my images. I just completed now a series of clips on one of the images that received more requests, "sic transit gloria mundi", link here:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1782571

So, below you can find the links for the tutorials. The video clips are fairly big but I don't have control over this because I'm recording this with Jing, a free tool from www.screencast.com, and there's no possibility to increase the video compression in the free version. So, a good bandwidth is advisable to watch these videos.

Another thing that some might not like is that the videos are limited to around 5 minutes each. This is another limit of Jing. 

English is not my native language, so please apologize for any mistake during the videos.  

A word of warning: these videos do assume a certain level of knowledge in Vue.

Chapter 1 – The ground cover
http://www.screencast.com/t/b8xC15fgzfD 

Chapter 2 - The road
http://www.screencast.com/t/t1BXd4mc2R 

Chapter 3, parts a to d - Practical workflow of how to build the road
Part a: http://www.screencast.com/t/wlbdLEh4
Part b: http://www.screencast.com/t/W49vA5hjlX
Part c: http://www.screencast.com/t/wH2K1RA8b
Part d: http://www.screen/yo439mW81cast.com/tf 

Chapter 4 - The light.
http://www.screencast.com/t/ah4GmIi0

Thanks for watching!

Sorry, just realized that part d of chapter 3 has an error in the link and I can't edit the post anymore.
The correct link is this one:

http://www.screencast.com/t/yo439mW81f

Excellent Artur -  Thanks very much for making and sharing these.  I learned a lot! 

Yes, really good tutorials. Please do some more!

Nice addition Artur. One question, why not put them in the Video Tutorials here at Renderosity?
They need more Vid Tuts and these would serve well in there.

I sure like this tutorial, i hope you will make some more in the future :-)

Well, I'm sorry to say that my bandwidth limit in Screencast was just exceeded. I wasn't counting on such success...

I will try to upload the videos in Renderosity video center.

Dern, oh well, you could host them on YouTube, or maybe talk to Vladimir of GeekAtPlay and ask to collaborate? :)

Excellent! I like it, more please:)

Wow., the pantheon of Vue/Hex tutors has another star.

Thanks a lot!!!

Very Nice,... But... hmmm wasn't you supposed to dedicate this weekend to create a terragen look a like?  ;-)

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I did that too. I will post in the other thread soon.
I do multitasking. :-)

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I...
I do multitasking. :-)

Aha!  And I was under the impression that you are male !  ;-)

Cherryman - not all male are useless, at least not all of the time:)
(PS -I say that even though I'm not male)

Quote - Cherryman - not all male are useless, at least not all of the time:)
(PS -I say that even though I'm not male)

Well.. Then there is still hope for Me!  ;-)

Can someone please check and give me some feedback if the videos are still watchable? Screencast tells me that my bandwidth is exceeded and that users can not see it anymore, but I keep seeing the number of views continuously increasing (the first chapter has now 36 views and just 10 minutes ago it had 33).

(Cherryman: yes, I am male. Haha!).

Quote - Can someone please check and give me some feedback if the videos are still watchable? Screencast tells me that my bandwidth is exceeded and that users can not see it anymore, but I keep seeing the number of views continuously increasing (the first chapter has now 36 views and just 10 minutes ago it had 33).

(Cherryman: yes, I am male. Haha!).

I just watched the first chapter - Ground Cover - without any problems.

Just watched all of them here & no problems.  Thanks for those, well done :)

Quote - Can someone please check and give me some feedback if the videos are still watchable?

 I just watched the tutorials.  Fantastic, I learned so much about layering materials and using maps.  Thank you!

Thank you very much for the tutorials. The tutorials load fine. I also downloaded GeoControl demo, it looks very powerful and complicated. Something new to learn.

Mazak

That's an amazing set of tutorials Artur - thanks very much !

Well, I just finished watching Chapter 1. I must say, it's amazing: as I was following along, many things you showed seemed that they should be intuitively done -- yet those were the very things that have eluded me in the creation of my ecosystems!

And it made me reflect on the scores of tests I've done; I now understand a bit better why many of my landscapes struck me as being off. Looking forward to watching the rest of your tutorial!

THANKEES**!**!

I came in too late....
All I got was
This content is currently unavailable. Please contact the content owner for more information.

I haven't looked at them, but already know I can learn so much from such a master of Vue, many thanks in advance, I'm really looking forward to seeing them.

Chris

When I tried to watch the first one, this is what I got.

"This content is currently unavailable. Please contact the content owner for more information"

I clicked on all of them and got the same message.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/video/videos.php?cat=2

Yep! same resulting message here as well.

Looks like a combination of Screencast, Rendo, youtube or ShareCG.

Cornucopia has a new classroom page and will host the tutorials.  Just drop an e-mail to classroom@cornucopia3d.com

Sorry, but my bandwidth was definitely exceeded now and videos are blocked. I'm looking at alternative places now. I tried youtube but their compression is horrible and the videos become all blurred. I tried Renderosity but their resolution size is 640x480 and that's too low. Peggy, thanks for the info on C3D.

Thank you all for the interest in my videos! I will let you know as soon as I have another solution.

Maybe PDF's that describe the process?

Quote - I tried youtube but their compression is horrible and the videos become all blurred.

I have seen great videos in high quality (usually adding &fmt=18 to URL does the trick) and recently I have started seen videos in HD quality. Anyway, I think that the best option is to talk with GeekAtPlay people.

Bye and thanks again!

 Aaaaaaaaahhhhh, watched the first tutorial yesterday & thoroughly enjoyed it..............came back today and I find its too popular!

Looking forward to seeing them posted soon, and thank you very much.

Not wanting to sound impatient, however.........Rutra: how are ya' coming on getting a new home for your wonderful tutorial online? I got the chance to view the videos once, but in my case it's going to take several indepth viewings, I know.  They were absolutely great!

Can't wait to view them when they are back online.

Aaa.... I am late..damned....:) that was I was dreaming about...Rutra's tutorials :) make DVD....I'll buy it! :)

Quote - Aaa.... I am late..damned....:) that was I was dreaming about...Rutra's tutorials :) make DVD....I'll buy it! :)

That's a great idea.  I'll buy it too!

A possible link-up with GeekatPlay, .......... offering the same option:i.e. watch the tutorials one-by-one on the web site and/or support the author(s) by buying the download / DVD?

(I appreciate that this notion has already been mentioned at the beginning of the thread, but no harm in repeating it..........I hope!)

Many thanks for your support, I really appreciate it!

In the meantime, Geekatplay was very kind and offered me a space in their site. But my videos are not in an appropriate format, resolution, etc, to fit in their site, so I will make a new longer video, and I will take the time to add some extra information that I wasn't able to include in these short clips (namely, I will add more info on lighting and I will reproduce the workflow without using Geocontrol).

Until I produce that video to G@P, below you can find my original videos, now hosted in a space so kindly offered by Angelsinger. A Big Thank You goes to Angelsinger! :-)

Shawn, you proposed that I would write a PDF. I'm really sorry, but I really have no time. Making these video clips took me about 2 hours. If I would write a PDF, I would have to plan everything carefully (because there's no way I could pack everything in, so I would have to select), grab screenshots, write text, make the composition... That could easily take several days. I really have no time for this, sorry... :-(
Chapter 1 – The ground cover
http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-01.swf

Chapter 2 - The road
http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-02.swf

Chapter 3, parts a to d - Practical workflow of how to build the road
Part a: http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-03a.swf
Part b: http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-03b.swf
Part c: http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-03c.swf
Part d: http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-03d.swf

Chapter 4 - The light.
http://rutra.larashots.com/sic-transit-04.swf

Excellent !! I'm glad to see these tutorials back - they are very very good.  I'm just off to watch them again :)

Thank you Artur and Angelsinger. Now I could watch the last two parts.

 Excellent: Thank you Artur & Angelsinger. I look forward to viewing them tomorrow! (too late tonight...)

Wonderful!  I was so happy to see the return of the Tutorials with a capital T! Thank you to Artur & Angelsinger.

Great!  Finally I unveil some hidden Vue secrets...thanx a lot Arthur...

I'm really glad you find these useful.

By the way, I'm open to suggestions about the next one. :-)
If you're curious about any of my images and would like to know what's behind the stage, just let me know.

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If you're curious about any of my images and would like to know what's behind the stage, just let me know.

I'm wondering - do you remember where you got the Ploughed Land material (soil layer) or did you make it yourself?

The folder where that material is located is called "Material layers" and it's one of the default Vue folders (at least in Infinite).

Got it - thank you!

Thank you Artur and Angelsinger

I shall go through them tomorrow but I had a quick peek at part of the first one ....

English may not be your language but you speak it perfectly with a very lovely accent

Thanks Gill, you're too kind. :-)

Like Gill, I just had a chance to peak at your first one. Thank you so much. You have a lot of material packed into a short tutorial. Wonderful! Tomorrow or this weekend, I pan to go over them carefully.

Also, your English is excellent. Thanks again.

Paula

Me too...I love hearing the voice of people I know online.  Your accent is very appealing.