quick announcement – i’m releasing version 0.3 of the deformer code. primary changes: 1) should now apply cleanly to recent linden viewer code, 2) deformation tables are computed in the background on another thread, so no frame stalls. enjoy. EDIT: version 0.3.2 fixes several issues detailed in the comments.
003
yet more nutty topics in my ongoing series on computational art. this time we switch to virtual “skin” and look at rendering. files available here. previous sessions 001 and 002.
blending into the background
i had a pretty positive response to my node last week – so here’s another. qChameleon lets you steal the coloring of your neighbors. PS: take my class to learn how to make your own nodes.
feeling displaced
as a part of the class i teach – i wrote a maya node which is fairly useful to the unwashed masses. so here you go: qDisplacement.
crimes against humanity: tailoring
a lot of people have asked me what i think of the new TPV policy. honestly – it’s hard to know what to think – because it’s hard to know what the heck the policy is. the only thing that is certain is that the rule as written doesn’t begin to describe what the rule […]
may i get these clothes pressed?
i’m headed out on vacation next week but i want to get another release of the deformer code out for testing. it has a fix for the problem of “crumpling.” (thanks to Elie Spot for helping me debug the problem.) it turns out that looking at the closest vertex isn’t enough – we need to […]
god?
Charlar – i’d like to explain to you why your statements were out of line. one, of course, is your needlessly abrasive and combative tone. Â (my name is Qarl, by the way.) Â and two is the whole “looking a gift horse in the mouth.” but perhaps the most disturbing thing is the fact that you […]
thank you, back
recently – a very kind soul sent me a chunk of money to say thank you for my deformer work. it means a lot to me – to know my work is so valued, and respected. to say thank you back – i’m releasing my alignment tool under LL’s contributor agreement, so they may include […]
the weather outside is frightful
this year for christmas i gave my wife a special present: a snowglobe with a tiny copy of our home inside. she loves it. i love it. everyone loves it. so here’s how you can make one for yourself: 1) order a custom snowglobe kit. ebay has a bunch to choose from. try to find […]