Dan Cole's Blog

Compilation of videos

Dan Cole — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:39:23 +0000

A simple post showing a compilation of video that are being hosted for posts here on in so I can get the embed code

Thanks to the Video press upgrade and Plugin.

This is my final post

Dan Cole — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:05:02 +0000

Hey all,

This is my final post here on my WordPress.com blog as I am now self hosting using wordpress.org.

I am still continuing to use this space as I have upgraded this account too Videopress and am using the video press plugin.

Check out my updated college blog and hopefuly soon I will update the site itself

http://dancolestudios.co.uk/college_blog

Tweaking HDR

Dan Cole — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:30:05 +0000

So with the initial image completed from the previous post

Making of a box #5

Dan Cole — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:18:43 +0000

show final

Making of the box #4

Dan Cole — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:18:08 +0000

material and stuff + initial animation

new house continued

Dan Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:26 +0000

house into photoshop. explain photoshop. link initial house

Arch Viz

Dan Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:00 +0000

After material testing and lighting testing a started to model several buildings.

To start with a tested simple building modifiers as well as experimented with clay and wire materials so I could show my works in progress.

I then modelled a house and tried an ambient occlusion render

I continued to model buildings..

.. and added the clay and wire materials I had learned as well as ambient occlusion:

I am currently setting up the materials and lighting for this project.

I am also starting to model another building

Work so far

Dan Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:21:37 +0000

My goal is to enter the CG Arch Viz industry, creating work which aids architects get designs and plans through the various stages of a building planning process.

Using Studio Max I have been doing a vast amount of modelling, material and lighting test renders.

I started out with the default Scanline renderer

I have progressed from working with the default Scanline renderer and onto Mental Ray and again did everal test renders of materials and lighting.

Since then I have purchased a VRay licence and working with that as my primary render.

I have continued working with tutorials and books to learn what I have and can’t wait to see what I will produce with the continuing months of learning.

HDR continued

Dan Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:21:12 +0000

After my 2 posts regarding HDR: Incorporating HDR and Incorporating HDR 2 I decided to go ahead and make some (or at least attempt to make some) HDR images of my own.

Using a tripod mounted Cannon D5 MKII, I started making some snaps of the design studio I work in.

Having used digital camera rarely it took me a while to get used to the setting to be able to change the ISO and aperture.

To create an HDR image first I needed to take a series of photos with different apertures so then I can composite them together.

One of the new features with in Photoshop CS5 is the mini Bridge which allows you to easily navigate to files on your computer. With the 3 images selected you can composite them to make an HDR image using the HDR Pro feature.

Once it has finished compositing you end up with a basic HDR image, the true power within HDR images though lies with the extra ordinary amount of possibilities with the techniques.

shown the scene

Dan Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:17:02 +0000

show scene with camera pan