http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE

Now *that* is what I think of when I think of 3D modeling.  And apparently 
from comments it's pretty easy.  I'll have to see if I can use the .obj's it 
outputs in my current projects.

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Am 23.05.2010 21:36, schrieb Darren New:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE
>
> Now *that* is what I think of when I think of 3D modeling. And
> apparently from comments it's pretty easy. I'll have to see if I can use
> the .obj's it outputs in my current projects.

That's awesome! I just gave it a try - looks and feels like great fun.

I haven't figured out however how to change the topology of an object 
(create genuine holes in an object for instance, instead of just 
depressions) - except for exporting to .obj, modifying the topology in 
e.g. Wings3d, and re-importing.

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clipka wrote:
> Am 23.05.2010 21:36, schrieb Darren New:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE
>>
>> Now *that* is what I think of when I think of 3D modeling. And
>> apparently from comments it's pretty easy. I'll have to see if I can use
>> the .obj's it outputs in my current projects.
> 
> That's awesome! I just gave it a try - looks and feels like great fun.
> 
> I haven't figured out however how to change the topology of an object 
> (create genuine holes in an object for instance, instead of just 
> depressions) - except for exporting to .obj, modifying the topology in 
> e.g. Wings3d, and re-importing.

Oh! Wings can import Obj!  And export fbx.  Most awesome. *Now* I have 
incentive to actually try it out.

I still want a 3D input mechanism instead of something flat, tho. Specs and 
gloves, guys, specs and gloves.

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clipka wrote:
> That's awesome! I just gave it a try - looks and feels like great fun.

BTW, I also saw video-demos of a program called "CrazyBump" (CrazyBump.com) 
that makes bumpmaps. I saw a few different formus where people were saying 
it's great. It's not startling amazing or anything, but if you need 
bumpmaps, it's something I hadn't heard of before that looks good.

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Am 24.05.2010 00:13, schrieb Darren New:

> I still want a 3D input mechanism instead of something flat, tho. Specs
> and gloves, guys, specs and gloves.

Still waiting for the genuine haptic-feedback 3d touchscreen :-P

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Am 24.05.2010 01:06, schrieb Darren New:
> clipka wrote:
>> That's awesome! I just gave it a try - looks and feels like great fun.
>
> BTW, I also saw video-demos of a program called "CrazyBump"
> (CrazyBump.com) that makes bumpmaps. I saw a few different formus where
> people were saying it's great. It's not startling amazing or anything,
> but if you need bumpmaps, it's something I hadn't heard of before that
> looks good.

Sculptris does that, too. Though I'm not sure yet whether I like the 
interface for that nor not.

However, texture painting is simple & straightforward in Sculptris.

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Darren New escreveu:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE

most impressive to me is the "drawing" tool, which seems to really 
"draw" new polygons, rather than simply expand the existing ones until 
some areas are very dense and empty and others lacking detail.  Like in 
Blender sculpting.

Sculpting is great for generating finely detailed models, but for 
animation it also needs finely crafted topology with proper edge loops 
in the proper places in the final mesh.  Most sculpting tools generate 
messy topology with dense meshes, including commercial ones like ZBrush. 
  Which is why they all provide retopology tools, to assist one in 
generating a new clean mesh on top of the current convoluted one.  It's 
still very time-consuming, though. I guess the holy grail for such 
sculpting tools is to provide a clean mesh or automatic retopology.

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nemesis escreveu:
> Darren New escreveu:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE
> 
> most impressive to me is the "drawing" tool, which seems to really 
> "draw" new polygons, rather than simply expand the existing ones until 
> some areas are very dense and empty and others lacking detail.  Like in 
> Blender sculpting.
> 
> Sculpting is great for generating finely detailed models, but for 
> animation it also needs finely crafted topology with proper edge loops 
> in the proper places in the final mesh.  Most sculpting tools generate 
> messy topology with dense meshes, including commercial ones like ZBrush. 
>  Which is why they all provide retopology tools, to assist one in 
> generating a new clean mesh on top of the current convoluted one.  It's 
> still very time-consuming, though. I guess the holy grail for such 
> sculpting tools is to provide a clean mesh or automatic retopology.

damn sweet interface...

BTW, the guy seems to be one of those multifunctional young geniuses:

http://www.drpetter.se/projects.html

ranges from raytracers, games and console emulators to painting, 3D 
painting, animation and music synthethizers... almost a Da Vinci! :D

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nemesis escreveu:
> Darren New escreveu:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE
> 
> most impressive to me is the "drawing" tool, which seems to really 
> "draw" new polygons, rather than simply expand the existing ones until 
> some areas are very dense and empty and others lacking detail.  Like in 
> Blender sculpting.
> 
> Sculpting is great for generating finely detailed models, but for 
> animation it also needs finely crafted topology with proper edge loops 
> in the proper places in the final mesh.  Most sculpting tools generate 
> messy topology with dense meshes, including commercial ones like ZBrush. 
>  Which is why they all provide retopology tools, to assist one in 
> generating a new clean mesh on top of the current convoluted one.  It's 
> still very time-consuming, though. I guess the holy grail for such 
> sculpting tools is to provide a clean mesh or automatic retopology.

oh well:
http://www.blendernation.com/unlimited-clay-soon-in-blender/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blendernation+(BlenderNation)

the cuban guy behind Blender volumetrics is at Blender sculpting again, 
this time with Sculptris and dynamic tesselation as a model rather than 
the voxel model of 3DCoat!  That can only be good news, specially for 
Linux folks. :)

Damn, that alone should be reason enough to drop the embargo on the 
island... :D

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nemesis escreveu:
> nemesis escreveu:
>> Darren New escreveu:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DNRg6pdNeE
>>
>> most impressive to me is the "drawing" tool, which seems to really 
>> "draw" new polygons, rather than simply expand the existing ones until 
>> some areas are very dense and empty and others lacking detail.  Like 
>> in Blender sculpting.
>>
>> Sculpting is great for generating finely detailed models, but for 
>> animation it also needs finely crafted topology with proper edge loops 
>> in the proper places in the final mesh.  Most sculpting tools generate 
>> messy topology with dense meshes, including commercial ones like 
>> ZBrush.  Which is why they all provide retopology tools, to assist one 
>> in generating a new clean mesh on top of the current convoluted one.  
>> It's still very time-consuming, though. I guess the holy grail for 
>> such sculpting tools is to provide a clean mesh or automatic retopology.
> 
> oh well:
>
http://www.blendernation.com/unlimited-clay-soon-in-blender/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blendernation+(BlenderNation)

> 
> 
> the cuban guy behind Blender volumetrics is at Blender sculpting again, 
> this time with Sculptris and dynamic tesselation as a model rather than 
> the voxel model of 3DCoat!  That can only be good news, specially for 
> Linux folks. :)
> 
> Damn, that alone should be reason enough to drop the embargo on the 
> island... :D

bwahaha, too much fun!

http://i49.tinypic.com/21l7byb.jpg

always wanted to do something like this in Blender all in sculpting, but 
it'd require a base mesh one way or the other.

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