Rutra opened this issue on Jan 18, 2009 · 61 posts
Rutra posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 4:18 AM
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!
Rutra posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 5:40 AM
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:
jgmart posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 6:27 AM
Excellent Artur - Thanks very much for making and sharing these. I learned a lot!
spedler posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 6:29 AM
Yes, really good tutorials. Please do some more!
Steve
Thelby posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 6:57 AM
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.
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be Politically Incorrect,
Then have Politically
Correct-Incorrectness!!!
sirenia posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 7:19 AM
I sure like this tutorial, i hope you will make some more in the future :-)
Society failed to tolerate me...
... and i have failed to tolerate society
Rutra posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 9:17 AM
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.
silverblade33 posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 9:40 AM
Dern, oh well, you could host them on YouTube, or maybe talk to Vladimir of GeekAtPlay and ask to collaborate? :)
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Free tutorials, Vue & Bryce materials, Bryce Skies, models,
D&D items, stories.
Tutorials on Poser imports
to Vue/Bryce, Postwork, Vue rendering/lighting, etc etc!
ArtPearl posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:05 AM
Excellent! I like it, more please:)
"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,
or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not
wish to paint, the things which already have an
existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/
alexcoppo posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:09 AM
Wow., the pantheon of Vue/Hex tutors has another star.
Thanks a lot!!!
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Cherryman posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:17 AM
Very Nice,... But... hmmm wasn't you supposed to dedicate this weekend to create a terragen look a like? ;-)
Rutra posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:20 AM
Quote - "Very Nice,... But... hmmm wasn't you supposed to dedicate this weekend to create a terragen look a like? ;-)"
I did that too. I will post in the other thread soon.
I do multitasking. :-)
Cherryman posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:34 AM
Quote - Quote - "Very Nice,... But... hmmm wasn't you supposed to dedicate this weekend to create a terragen look a like? ;-)"
I...
I do multitasking. :-)
Aha! And I was under the impression that you are male ! ;-)
ArtPearl posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:41 AM
Cherryman - not all male are useless, at least not all of the time:)
(PS -I say that even though I'm not male)
"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,
or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not
wish to paint, the things which already have an
existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/
Cherryman posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 10:45 AM
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! ;-)
Rutra posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 11:02 AM
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!).
Mari-Anne posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 12:55 PM
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.
dlk30341 posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 12:59 PM
Just watched all of them here & no problems. Thanks for those, well done :)
fivecat posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 1:09 PM
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!
Mazak posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 1:13 PM
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
FrankT posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 2:14 PM
That's an amazing set of tutorials Artur - thanks very much !
Angelsinger posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 2:36 PM
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**!**!
gillbrooks posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 4:58 PM
I came in too late....
All I got was
This content is currently unavailable. Please contact the content owner for more information.
Gill
chrispoole posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 5:12 PM
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
Paula Sanders posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 6:21 PM
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.
nruddock posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 6:48 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/video/videos.php?cat=2
You could always put it in Renderosity's video tutorial section (if it can meet the requirments or be made to do so).
chrispoole posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 7:15 PM
Yep! same resulting message here as well.
Looks like a combination of Screencast, Rendo, youtube or ShareCG.
Peggy_Walters posted Sun, 18 January 2009 at 9:32 PM
Cornucopia has a new classroom page and will host the tutorials. Just drop an e-mail to classroom@cornucopia3d.com
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Rutra posted Mon, 19 January 2009 at 12:37 AM
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.
ShawnDriscoll posted Mon, 19 January 2009 at 1:01 AM
Maybe PDF's that describe the process?
alexcoppo posted Mon, 19 January 2009 at 2:00 AM
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!
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Izaro posted Mon, 19 January 2009 at 12:08 PM
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.
Mari-Anne posted Tue, 20 January 2009 at 11:03 AM
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!
Burpee posted Tue, 20 January 2009 at 1:37 PM
Can't wait to view them when they are back online.
Ailig68 posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 9:17 AM
Aaa.... I am late..damned....:) that was I was dreaming about...Rutra's tutorials :) make DVD....I'll buy it! :)
Mari-Anne posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 9:27 AM
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!
Izaro posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 11:33 AM
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!)
Rutra posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 1:01 PM
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
FrankT posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 1:24 PM
Excellent !! I'm glad to see these tutorials back - they are very very good. I'm just off to watch them again :)
MyCat posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 2:33 PM
Thank you Artur and Angelsinger. Now I could watch the last two parts.
Izaro posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 2:36 PM
Excellent: Thank you Artur & Angelsinger. I look forward to viewing them tomorrow! (too late tonight...)
Mari-Anne posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 2:55 PM
Wonderful! I was so happy to see the return of the Tutorials with a capital T! Thank you to Artur & Angelsinger.
Ailig68 posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 3:36 PM
Great! Finally I unveil some hidden Vue secrets...thanx a lot Arthur...
Rutra posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 3:49 PM
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.
Mari-Anne posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 4:07 PM
Quote - .......
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?
Rutra posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 4:12 PM
The folder where that material is located is called "Material layers" and it's one of the default Vue folders (at least in Infinite).
Mari-Anne posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 4:14 PM
Got it - thank you!
gillbrooks posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 5:38 PM
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 
Gill
Rutra posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 5:48 PM
Thanks Gill, you're too kind. :-)
Paula Sanders posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 6:09 PM
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
Burpee posted Thu, 22 January 2009 at 6:10 PM
Me too...I love hearing the voice of people I know online. Your accent is very appealing.
Paula Sanders posted Fri, 23 January 2009 at 3:27 PM
I looked at them all today. They were great. Thank you so much.
chrispoole posted Tue, 27 January 2009 at 3:33 AM
Many thanks for these Artur, watched them last night and they are wonderfully produced. It's great to see your methods which are very informative and the clarity of both sound and vision are first class.
Look forward to anymore you have time to produce.
Chris
chippwalters posted Wed, 28 January 2009 at 3:23 AM
Rutra posted Wed, 28 January 2009 at 1:32 PM
Thanks everyone!
I'm really glad you liked it. :-)
Miska7 posted Wed, 28 January 2009 at 2:32 PM
Excellent tutorials Artur! I just watched the first tutorial and will watch the rest of them soon. The video and sound were very good. It is nice to see how this scene was set up. You are very organized. I know i can learn some new things. When your bored maybe you can start a series on the function editor lol. Great job!
lightning2911 posted Thu, 29 January 2009 at 6:38 AM
Dear Artur,
I just watched your tutorials ... and they are great! Your voice is very pleasant to listen too. Sound quality is great and the content is presented very clearly.
I dont want to take away of any careful planning you have put into this, but for me the impression was that you just switched on some record button and told some friend a little about this and that in a very relaxed yet clear way and still managed to create this professional tutorial.
You have talent for explaining things! And compared to other commercial tutorials I have seen so far you should not be too shy to accept donations or even a price for the excellent quality.
I am looking forward to any new tutorials you might want to produce.
All the best
Chris
ArtPearl posted Fri, 30 January 2009 at 2:15 PM
Attached Link: Cornucopia classroom
Just FYI - The tuts are now available on cornucopia3d - see link. If you havnt watched yet - well worth doing so!"I paint that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,
or from an unconscious drive. I photograph the things that I do not
wish to paint, the things which already have an
existence."
Man Ray, modernist painter
http://artpearl.redbubble.com/
Elfdaughter posted Sat, 31 January 2009 at 10:25 AM
Rutra - thank you so much! Your English is excellent, and you go through everything so clearly. It's given me a lot of help and inspiration!
craftycurate posted Tue, 03 February 2009 at 10:56 PM
Artur ... excellent tutorials - I learned some more helpful tips about features I've never thought of using.
They are well paced, and clear, and your voice works well for a teaching setting - and your English is excellent!
Thanks
Richard
2ni posted Wed, 04 February 2009 at 12:23 PM
Very interesting, thanks a lot.