Thomas An. started this collection and I continue it.
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Nothing much here yet.
This post will be used as a repository of stuff (sort of a bookmarks thingy)
Vray - GETTING STARTED
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Official V-Ray Documentation www.spot3d.com
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V-Ray for Rhino Wiki www.asgvis.com/vfrhino/help.htm
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VfR user materials and test scene
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=890 -
Vray user tutorials (a must
) www.asgvis.com/VfRtw/bin/view/VfR/UserTutorials -
www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/VI/Week14/Critical_VRay_Settings_Part_I.pdf
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Other Sources
www.aversis.be/extra_tutorials/00.htm
www.tirad.com/plugins/max/vray.htm
www.spot3d.com/vray/help/VRayHelp150beta -
V-Ray Help in Italian
www.vray.it - PostTECHNIQUES / EXPERIMENTS
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Virtual Reality in mov format
www.asgvis.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1479 -
Dispersion (with Vray)
www.myweb.tiscali.co.uk/elvis/dispersion.html -
render objects invisible for camera
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=3782 -
Trees: generators and usage
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=401 -
Grass
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=566 -
Texturing
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=2380.0 -
Jewelry
www.gemvisiononline.comIMAGE GALLERIES
www.chaosgroup.com/gallery
www.cgarchitect.com/gallery/galleryList.asp?searchSoftware=VRay&Submit=Go&searchChecked=5
www.3dluvr.com/grid/gallery.htm
www.myweb.cableone.net/amylenhart/gallery.html
www.richardrosenman.comGENERAL
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General CG references
www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm -
Photography concepts:
www.dpreview.com/learn/?/glossary/ -
Lighting concepts:
www.erco.com/guide_v2/guide_2/en/en_index_guide_2.htm
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Color tempreature chart:
www.velocityfactor.com/Scripts/Spectrum.html
www.mediacollege.com/lighting/colour/colour-temperature.html
www.neon-lighting.com/articles/kelvin_colors.htm
www.truesun.com/crikelvin.htm -
Kelvin and RGB:
www.flash.lakeheadu.ca/~rgirardi/kw_rgb.html
www.planetpixelemporium.com/tutorialpages/light.html
www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=151
www.graphicsnews.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=153
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Resolution Explained:
www.fotofinish.com/resources/centers/photo/resolution.htm#printimage -
Color conversion formulas
www.easyrgb.com/math.html
www.forret.com/tools/color.asp?DEFINITIONS
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Alpha Channel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha\_channel
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Camera Cosine:
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Hyperfocal Distance:
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BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function):
www.graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bcbudge/ecs298_2004/BRDF.ppt
www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/measurements/reflectance/
www.math.nist.gov/~FHunt/appearance/index.html
www.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/software/curet/index.php -
BSDF (Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function):
www.graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/~bcbudge/ecs298_2004/General_BSDFs_BSSDFs.ppt
www.graphics.stanford.edu/papers/veach_thesis/
www.integra.jp/eng/products/specter/polarized_bsdf.pdfCAMERA TERMINOLOGY
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F-Stop, Apperture, Diaphragm:
www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Exposure/Aperture_01.htm
Each step halves the amount of light. Large apperture decreases the DOF (blurrier image)
Typical stops (from large to small): f/1.4 f/2 f/2.8 f/4 f/5.6 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 f/45 f/64 -
Lens (focal length):
www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Optical/Focal_Length_01.htm -
<20mm = Super wide angle
24 to 35 = Wide angle
50mm = Normal lens (human eye)
80-300 = Telephoto lens
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Shutterspeed:
www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Exposure/Shutterspeed_01.htmSCIENCE
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Online physics reference:
www.hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.htm -
Periodic table of chemical elements
www.webelements.com/ -
Database of optical indices:
www.sopra-sa.com/more/database.asp -
Dielectrics (abbe, ND numbers):
www.edmundoptics.com/techsupport/DisplayArticle.cfm?articleid=259
www.hoyaoptics.com/specialty_glass/optical.htm
www.renderaid.com/infoDetail~p~d~id~1027~sid~1005~f~Resource.aspx -
Real life prisms and dispersion:
www.rit.edu/~andpph/photofile-c/prism-DSCN5016.jpg
www.rit.edu/~andpph/exhibit-spectrum.html
www.kgg.org.uk/spectrumh.html
www.digital-depictions.com/images/dispers01.jpg -
Human Vision:
www.olympusmicro.com/primer/lightandcolor/humanvisionintro.html
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_system
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Light:
www.olympusmicro.com/primer/lightandcolor/
www.tvtechnology.com/features/Tech-Corner/f-rh-color.shtmlUTILITIES
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Image Hosting (Use these services to post your images into the forum)
www.666kb.com ⦠very easy to use
www.imageshack.us
www.imageuploader.net
www.photobucket.com
www.xs.to
www.putfile.com
www.imageknockout.com -
File Hosting
www.rapidshare.de
www.megaupload.com
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Panorama tools
www.webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ (PanoTools)
www.panoshow.com/panocube.htm (PanoCube)
www.autopano.net (images to panorama - easy done) -
Denoising software
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www.tinyurl.com/e2g5r (PaintShop Pro 9 Menu: Adjust --> PhotoFix --> DigitalCameraNoiseRemoval)
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www.neatimage.com (Neat Image) - Recommended
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www.picturecode.com (NoiseNinja)
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www.imagenomic.com/detailsstandalone.asp (NoiseWare)
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Seamless texture generator www.texturemaker.com
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Image Browser/converter with HDR support www.xnview.com
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Compression Utilitie www.7zip.org (Highest compression ratio, Open source, Highly recommended)
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3D file and image browser www.mootools.com
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Rhino file image preview at Windows exlorer, Mootools 3D browser www.rhinocenter.fi/tools.php
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Video capture tool for tutorials
Objects and Scenes (free)
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very large archive www.archive3d.net
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Stanford 3d Scanning repository
www.graphics.stanford.edu/data/3Dscanrep/ -
Cornell box specifications
www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/box/ -
Japanese culture models
www.archibase.net/articles/1156.html
www.3dchaya.com/ -
Furniture
www.ultra3d.com./ -
Miscellaneous
www.george.3dbeast.com/page2.html
www.honda.co.jp/WebPlamo/Rhino scripts and tools
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Camera allignment for architecture renderings
news2.mcneel.com/scripts/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=article&group=rhino&item=240905&utag= -
set focus of DOF and show focused plane
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=782 -
Render Queue
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=443 -
Render selected
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=417 -
Rotate and render script for IM cache calculation
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=162 -
mesh texture manipulation without RCM tool
news2.mcneel.com/scripts/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=article&group=rhino&item=237469&utag= -
Add UV coordinates to objects without UV
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=904 -
Batch render of Rhino files
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=927 -
Billboard script for allignment of 2D textured planes to the camera
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=416 -
Show reflection vector of a surface point
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=1061OTHER LINKS
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NCS->RGB converter
www.polykat.de/index2.htm -
all around colors
www.easyrgb.com/index.htm -
Color tools link collection
www.charneira.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.htmlGamma correction
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many infos around calibration
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Monitorkalibrierung
www.simpelfilter.de/farbmanagement/monitorkalib.htmlHDRI
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software
www.hdrlabs.com great resource for infos and textures
www.hdrshop.com -
textures
www.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=665 HDRI links
www.spectralogue.com/textures/index.php?path=50 (free highres)
www.aversis.be/hdri/index.htm
www.lightworks-user.com/hdri_starter_collection.htm
www.hdri-locations.com (commercial)
www.maxzoom.de (commercial)
www.doschdesign.com (great highquality commercial collections)
www.debevec.org/Probes/
www.realtexture.de/
www.sachform.de (commercial and free sample files)
www.dbki.org/hdr/index.html
www.paralumino.com/