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    • shuraS
      shura
      last edited by

      Thanks for sharing Pilou, Chaoscope is really beautiful!

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      • GaieusG
        Gaieus
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        @al hart said:

        You might be able to get a similar effect by making the object white, using a parallel projection, turning off all lighting, turning off edges, and adding fog. Then the amount of fog should represent the distance from the camera plane, and product the bump map.

        I have made reasonable displacement maps like this actually. Best is to use hidden line face style (to get rid of face shading completely) and hide all edges in the style panel.

        You may want to exaggerate the geometry a little bit to get the desired effect with the fog but grouping the whole thing and scaling along the Z axis makes it easy.

        Gai...

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        • pilouP
          pilou
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          Chaoscope
          The more easiest program : 3 keys F3,F4 ESCAPE 😎
          Maybe a day it will gives the 3D Export 😒
          Usefull for make crazzy background ☀

          Click image if scroll bar
          chaos.jpg

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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            notareal
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            @unknownuser said:

            What is MeshMan?

            MeshMan is a 3D modeling tool. It loads and manipulates 3D mesh geometry in a few useful ways. It supports multiple subdivision schemes for smoothing a mesh, decimation for thinning a mesh, transforms for rotating, scaling, or translating a mesh, can tessellate a mesh into triangles, and supports a few other minor manipulations.

            The primary file format MeshMan works with is the OFF format, a simple format for storing 3D data. For more information on the OFF format, see the pages for my RoffView OFF viewing program and the related OFF Tools page. MeshMan works only with the most basic type of OFF files and does not load the texture coordinates that RoffView can handle. This is because handling that extra data is beyond the scope of MeshMan's manipulations. MeshMan can also open simple OBJ files, and can export to several other formats, including STL and PLY.

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            • BurkhardB
              Burkhard
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              @zacchia said:

              sure this is very helpful if you work with a lot of files:
              http://www.mootools.com/plugins/us/index.asp
              You can see all files as small tumbnails. It reads different files and you can also save them as different. Also convert files with batch command or polygon reduce with batch command and much more is possilbe. I could not be without it!

              Skp files are only for 32 bit available 😠

              http://www.ia-plus.de

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                valerostudio
                last edited by

                http://www.artrage.com/Hands down one of the best 'painting' programs out there. The Ipad app is amazing and super cheap and the desktop versions are much much cheaper than Corel Painter and Artrage has all of the same functionalities.

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                • Mike LuceyM
                  Mike Lucey
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                  Thanks for the headsup on Artrage. I did not know it was now available for the iPad. Must check it out AND yes the iPad Apps are great value for money. This seems to be a GOOD trend. I imagine an app like Artrage would rock on the rumoured iPadHD 👍

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                    bjornkn
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                    A program I've been using for many years, but still not often mentioned is Xara http://xara.com
                    It comes in different versions, and is a very fast and nice vector drawing program as well as capable of doing a lot of bitmap editing as well. Great for materials as well as all kinds of images, brochures, pdfs, Flash animations etc.
                    And it is also excellent for making great web sites, which looks pretty much identical in all browsers - which is not an easy task to do by hand 😄

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                    • EscapeArtistE
                      EscapeArtist
                      last edited by

                      Don't know if this has been mentioned already:

                      https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/algoakekcdmbbikdjgjdahbfihboglmi?hl=en-US

                      For Chrome. 3DTin.

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                        3eighty
                        last edited by

                        @zacchia said:

                        sure this is very helpful if you work with a lot of files:
                        http://www.mootools.com/plugins/us/index.asp
                        You can see all files as small tumbnails. It reads different files and you can also save them as different. Also convert files with batch command or polygon reduce with batch command and much more is possilbe. I could not be without it!

                        Is there a free version someplace?

                        (edited by solo as free copy sounded suspect, I'm sure you meant version)

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                          Pg09
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                          Hello!
                          Is there a free panorama maker that i could use for my photos?

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                            Jim
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                            @pg09 said:

                            Hello!
                            Is there a free panorama maker that i could use for my photos?

                            Hugin?

                            Hi

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                            • utilerU
                              utiler
                              last edited by

                              @bjornkn said:

                              A program I've been using for many years, but still not often mentioned is Xara http://xara.com
                              It comes in different versions, and is a very fast and nice vector drawing program as well as capable of doing a lot of bitmap editing as well. Great for materials as well as all kinds of images, brochures, pdfs, Flash animations etc.
                              And it is also excellent for making great web sites, which looks pretty much identical in all browsers - which is not an easy task to do by hand 😄

                              Ditto!!! Very powerful app!!

                              Just Curious...

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                                Pg09
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                                @jim said:

                                @pg09 said:

                                Hello!
                                Is there a free panorama maker that i could use for my photos?

                                Hugin?

                                Nice, gonna try it.

                                Thank you!

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                                  RichardCherry
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                                  Here is an app that I use quite frequently:
                                  Wood Workshop (Freeware) by Spiral Graphics
                                  http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.htm

                                  It's not only great for creating wood textures it is also great for creating stone patterns as well. It has lot of flexibility and is quite powerful for freeware.

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                                  • tridemT
                                    tridem
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                                    😮 that's great! I believe to have already saw and then forgot it, in the past. thanks 👍

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                                    • mitcorbM
                                      mitcorb
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                                      I just visited the Spiralgraphics link that Richard Cherry suggested above and noted that there was a link to another app called Genetica with a Free, Pro, and Studio version. Genetica is similar, but with extended capabilities for those not familiar. I suggest checking it out. I would guess free capability with resolution up to 3000 x3000 would be ok with folks?

                                      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                        JMdesigns
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                                        Great info

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                                        • mitcorbM
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          @utiler:
                                          Great find! Amazing extension for GIMP and also open source.

                                          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                          • utilerU
                                            utiler
                                            last edited by

                                            GPS looks pretty good!

                                            GIMP Paint Studio..... watch out Artrage!

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                                            Just Curious...

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