Vue D'Esprit Tutorials 3DLinks.com is offering artist/writers the opportunity to place tutorials inside the 3DLinks site. This could be an excellent opportunity for you to get your tutorial in front of a wider audience, promote your talents and web site, and contribute to the 3D community. The tutorial pages would naturally give the writer FULL credit, links to the your web site, email, and copyright notices as applicable. Please contact Mark Van Buren, vanburen@3dlinks.com if interested. Vue to ZBrush Importing Vue D'Esprit 4 Terrains into ZBrush 1.23 Realistic Natural Scenery - Vue d'Esprit 2 As you will see from this tutorial, Vue D'Esprit is remarkably easy to use, and packed full of incredible features. Amazingly realistic vegetation are, together with soft shadows and blurred reflections, just some of those features that make for incomparable picture quality. Happy virtual trip! Boolean Objects Create a boolean object in this tutorial using the difference option. Breaking Glass Shatter glass or break up monoliths and pick up the pieces, too! Carnation from a bunny clump Caverns There are numerous ways to build caves and caverns for a scene, Change the colors of your bonny clumps Classic Studio Lighting When setting up your lighting, particularly for still life and indoor scenes, give your images an extra edge by understanding classic studio lighting setups. Color of Light Here is a reference aid for shifting your light hues to perform more realistically for your Vue d'Esprit scenes. Create a Half Moon Create a River crossing Terrain Create a Pond in middle of a Landscape Create a Texture There are many ways to create textures, this is the basic one. CREATE A FIRETREE WITH SNOW ON IT. Create a Material from Scratch Create a Naked Tree Create a nice bush (for a hedge i.e.) CREATE A TREE IN EARLY SPRING Create completely new plants in VUE Money Can grow on trees! Dreams of Vue Many Vue D'Esprit tutorials in German. Elaborate Decor Get very decorative without maxing out on polygons. Faked caustics with Vue d' Esprit 2 Glowing Material in Vue 4 In Vue 4, you can make glow any object and even a plant. Leaning Technique By leaning two or more Vue trees together as one, entirely new species can be created! Magic Color Changes Change an image material's colors without opening a paint program. MAKE THE TRUNK OF ANY TREE INVISIBLE Material Scale Moonlight through a Window Motion Blur in Vue d'Esprit 3.1 Mover 2 for Vue d'Esprit The new Mover 2 Plugin for Vue d'Esprit is a very nice addition to an excellent landscape generator program Multiple Technique By combining two or more Vue trees together as one, entirely new, fascinating species can be created! New Plants Create a dry bush and just map it with the material from other plants. Quick and easy. One Branch Don't need the whole tree? PlantStudio Plants Materials - Single Layer PlantStudio Plants Materials- Multiple Layers Pouring Water Using the terrain tools, you can create a number of useful objects that are otherwise difficult to procure. Pouring or flowing water is an element that will be helpful for you over and over again. The effect is actually very easy to achieve! Primitive Interiors Rainbow with Vue d' Esprit 2 Rotating Technique By rotating two or more Vue trees together as one, entirely new, very rustic species can be created! Seascape Creation in Vue d'Esprit Spraying Water Using the terrain tools, you can create a number of useful objects that are otherwise difficult to procure. Spraying water, such as the spouting of a whale or the splash of a fountain, is an element that will be helpful for you over and over again. The effect is actually very easy to achieve! Stacking Technique By stacking two or more trees on top of each other, entirely new species are at your fingertips! Stretching Technique By stretching, reshaping and merging two or more Vue trees together as one, entirely new, fascinating species can be created! Trees for 4 seasons You have a Winter Pear Tree ? Then create a tree for 4 seasons with it. Use More than 2 materials on 1 terrain VUE D'ESPRIT 4 for Dummies Basic introductory lesson for new users of Vue D'Esprit 4 - in English, German and French. Water Making a scene with Vue d' Esprit 2 allowing you to see above and below water. Waterfalls Water Splash You can create any kind of watersplashes. It is easy but needs a bit attention.