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Vue 7

by Ami Chopine, Vladimir Chopine

November 2012

Intermediate to advanced

336 pages

8h 13m

English

Routledge

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At First SightThe Coordinate SystemUnits of MeasurementsOn Top of the WorldThe Left SideThe Right SideGizmo Manipulation ToolsPopup MenuTutorial 1: A Simple Snowman
The Laws of Digital NatureThe Four Parts of Every SceneBasic Render SettingsPolygon CountsSaving Your WorkTutorial 2: Singularity
Terrain TypesInfinite Procedural TerrainsTerrain EditorTerrain Editor ToolbarsPaint TabErode TabEffects TabEditing Heightfield TerrainsImporting TerrainsOptionsAdding Functions to Heightfield TerrainsEditing Procedural TerrainsExporting TerrainsTutorial 3: A Desert Landscape

Water Surface OptionsMetawatersTutorial 4: Rocky Shores
Plant EditorMaking Your Own PlantsTutorial 5: New Beginnings
Infinite PlanesAlpha PlanesPrimitive ObjectsBakingSmart Drop and AlignmentScattering and Replicating ObjectsTutorial 6: Little Flying Machine
ImportingImporting Poser ObjectsPoser IntegrationExportingTutorial 7: Running
Basic Material EditorAdvanced Material EditorSimple MaterialsMultilayered MaterialsMixed MaterialsVolumetric MaterialsTutorial 8: Cookies and Milk
FiltersHow Functions WorkFunctions in VueFunction EditorFunction NodesCreating FunctionsMetaNodesObject GraphingTutorial 9: Library Courtyard at Dawn
EcoSystemEcoSystem PainterTutorial 10: Cityscape
Atmosphere ModelsAtmosphere EditorEnvironment MappingTutorial 11: First Dawn on Zephyr Colony
Cloud LayersCloud TabsCloud MaterialsMetaCloudsTutorial 12: Cloud Precipice
Controlling PlanetsTutorial 13: Moon over the Delta
Atmospheric WindCloud AnimationWind on PlantsWind on WaterVentilatorsTutorial 14: The Dangers of Being Tiny
Types of LightsLight ControlsLight EditorTutorial 15: Warm Grotto
Scene Information BarAdvanced Camera OptionsCreating and Managing CamerasBackdropsTutorial 16: Ant Close-up
Animation Properties TabAnimation WizardAnimation ToolboxAnimation TimelineMoving Objects through TimePathsTutorial 17: Dragonfly
Render OptionsRendering AnimationsMultichannel RendersNetwork RenderingOutsource RenderingTutorial 18: Tree and Field
Running a Python ScriptAnatomy of a Python ScriptTutorial 19: Jumpstart Python
Synchronization
A. ResourcesB. WorkflowC. ScalingD. Quality ChecklistE. Postproduction

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CHAPTER 10

Populating Your World

As you can imagine, it could get tedious placing a plant or a rock one by one into your scene. Vue's EcoSystem is the solution to this problem. Accessed through the Advanced Material Editor, the EcoSystem is a material layer, with selected objects placed randomly wherever the material is. You can create a forest of trees in seconds. The EcoSystem has the Paint tool, where instead of an automatic scattered distribution, you paint single or several instances over an area. The Paint tool is also available outside of the EcoSystem, in the top toolbar. When you use it that way, it doesn't apply on a material but directly ...