Archive for April, 2010
Autodesk® Homestyler™
Apr 14th
Autodesk Project Dragonfly We’re excited to announce that Project Dragonfly has a new name – Autodesk® Homestyler™!
It’s been updated with many new features and a new Facebook fan page, where we’ll be posting all of our Autodesk Homestyler news and updates going forward. Just visit our new Fan Page by clicking the link below…
100′s of new professional photos
Apr 8th
Nor-Son has updated its Idea Gallery with 100′s of new professional photos and several new categories to draw inspiration… http://www.nor-sonideagallery.com/
Z-Depth
Apr 2nd
Below you’ll see a Z-Depth pass, yet another trick that allows you to do some post production work on your illustration. The Z-Depth pass allows you to quickly mimic a cameras depth-of-field lens trick. Gaussian blur in post allows you, while using the z-depth channel, to control the blur from light to dark. Doing this allows you to have a foreground, which is important for your composition, but it will not overpower your illustrations focal point.
Ambient Occlusion
Apr 2nd
Ambient = Dark
Diffuses = Light
An Ambient Occlusion pass returns a gray scale image with intersecting geometry darker. This technique allows you to do some post production using layer manipulation. Revit 2011 has some built in Ambient Occlusion capabilities so be on a lookout in the next release.
The below image was created via a script and I use this technique on almost all of my work. It gives your illustration a more realistic feel. This is also how I create the museum board stills and animation.
