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If you enjoy my free tutorials, please consider my $19.95 art how-to ebook, Art Head Start, for novice and intermediate artists.
It covers creating Vue materials (textures) from scratch, as well as how to modify Vue's built-in materials. Use of the Function Editor and Filter Editor are shown, as well as how to add custom texture images to a material.
This free 5 part Flash video series, with voice narration, can be viewed from this page, or downloaded. The largest of the 5 parts is 82MB, so you might not want to download.
This tutorial applies to both Vue 5 Esprit and Vue 5 Infinite and later versions. It was created in Vue 5 Infinite.
Read_Me_First - Written part of tutorial and full details in PDF format
Extras - Download the 2 models and 2 custom texture images, in Zip format
Video 1 - Setting up the scene and understanding the model
Video 2 - Creating a new material, using the Function Editor and FIlter Editor
Video 3 - Customizing a Vue supplied material
Video 4 - Customizing a Vue "high tech" material and using a texture image
Video 5 - Applying a text "decal"
If you want to download the whole materials tutorial:
Read_Me_First - Written part of tutorial and full details in PDF format
Extras - 4MB Download the 2 models and 2 custom texture images, in Zip format
Video 1 - 26.5MB Setting up the scene and understanding the model
Video 2 - 46.5MB Creating a new material, the Function Editor and FIlter Editor
Video 3 - 32MB Customizing a Vue supplied material
Video 4 - 82MB Customizing a Vue "high tech" material and using a texture image
Video 5 - 15MB Applying a text "decal"
1. You might want to start with the sound turned down a bit. The mouse click sound effect is too loud.
2. This tutorial will not run inside the Vue 'Help' System. However, by running this video in one window and Vue in another you should be able to switch back and forth, following along in your own copy of VUE.
3. In the video I make 2 comments about materials I'm using being ones I paid for. Actually all the materials (except the 2 texture images I made) come with Vue 5.
4. This is my first video. I'm very interested in comments which will help me produce a better video tutorial next time.
Please email comments to jimcoe@art-head-start.com
This video tutorial © jim coe 2006. You may use this 6 part video tutorial and the included models for your own private instruction without cost. You may not upload it, sell it, give it away, add it to any product or collection or store it on a networked personal computer or personal web server for public file sharing, without written permission from the author.
However, Internet sharing by bone fide 3D art portals (e.g. Cornucopia 3D, Renderosity, 3D Commune) is encouraged.
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Wishing you a creative future!
