2014年01月28日
Reflections 2
I had a chance to talk with Yana and Mizuki, famous photographers about reflections. I was happy to know that Yana used the same way as I did to shoot water reflection.
I order to set water reflection, go to World→Environment Editor→Water Presets→New Preset→Reflection, then set all three numbers for Reflection Wavelet Scale to zero, set Fresnel Scale, Reflect Scale Above and Reflect Scale Below to zero, set Blur Multiplier to 0.5, and finally adjust Fresnel Offset to suitable value around 0.5. If the result is satisfactory, save it under a new name (ex., mirror). The settings will return to default by closing the window. If the window is an obstacle, minimize it. To use the setting, go to World→Environment Editor→Water Presets→Edit Preset, and select ‘mirror’.
Note that this setting is only visible to you, wavelet is not eliminated completely, and shadows are not included in the mirror image. The church on the right is now in a shadow of mountain, but that in the image is getting the sun.
I order to set water reflection, go to World→Environment Editor→Water Presets→New Preset→Reflection, then set all three numbers for Reflection Wavelet Scale to zero, set Fresnel Scale, Reflect Scale Above and Reflect Scale Below to zero, set Blur Multiplier to 0.5, and finally adjust Fresnel Offset to suitable value around 0.5. If the result is satisfactory, save it under a new name (ex., mirror). The settings will return to default by closing the window. If the window is an obstacle, minimize it. To use the setting, go to World→Environment Editor→Water Presets→Edit Preset, and select ‘mirror’.
Note that this setting is only visible to you, wavelet is not eliminated completely, and shadows are not included in the mirror image. The church on the right is now in a shadow of mountain, but that in the image is getting the sun.
2014年01月25日
Photo contest
For a change participated in a photo contest held at Edo SIM. The theme was Hot Spa. This one was my favorite picture. These oil drums were also ‘hot spa’ but I did not use this one because this might not be suitable for spa. Another reason was that I retouched the kinked line of the edge of igloo.
Node was acceptable, so I thought I could do too
Only one work each, so I submitted like this. No retouch, as shot, with black skin that I used in my blog several times. The pose is the one at the spa. It was joy to shoot ever changing steams and pose.
Node was acceptable, so I thought I could do too
Only one work each, so I submitted like this. No retouch, as shot, with black skin that I used in my blog several times. The pose is the one at the spa. It was joy to shoot ever changing steams and pose.
2014年01月10日
Cool Background
Coralreef has set a three-dimensional background around her private SIM. In the case of other SIMs that I have reported before, there was background with twelve-SIM-size around three SIMs, which does not exist anymore. Coralreef’s one is blended into the real SIM smoothly and it is hard to find the border.
Ambient SIM: http://temisirbu.slmame.com/e1044895.html
There is a chapel. My bad habit is to get the urge to stand on this kind of tip…
It is joyful to shoot SSs since the scenery is cool. It is good that the background can react the lighting change properly. Recent movies might be using three dimensional CG instead of old painted backgrounds.
For a change, I tried various poses. Since these are not composite, there are not so many poses that match the foot position. Coralreef’s SIM is open for public.
Took a boat ride around the church. Paddling by oneself. There are turning animation. The move is leisurely and it is possible to paddle while chatting, it should be good for a couple…
It seems that it can keep paddling into the long canal but this is the SIM border. Coralreef did a nice job in selecting water surface setting that made difficult to notice the border. Her SIM is open for public. There is an amusement park too.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anie%20Coamenel/98/104/21
Ambient SIM: http://temisirbu.slmame.com/e1044895.html
There is a chapel. My bad habit is to get the urge to stand on this kind of tip…
It is joyful to shoot SSs since the scenery is cool. It is good that the background can react the lighting change properly. Recent movies might be using three dimensional CG instead of old painted backgrounds.
For a change, I tried various poses. Since these are not composite, there are not so many poses that match the foot position. Coralreef’s SIM is open for public.
Took a boat ride around the church. Paddling by oneself. There are turning animation. The move is leisurely and it is possible to paddle while chatting, it should be good for a couple…
It seems that it can keep paddling into the long canal but this is the SIM border. Coralreef did a nice job in selecting water surface setting that made difficult to notice the border. Her SIM is open for public. There is an amusement park too.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anie%20Coamenel/98/104/21
2013年08月13日
Underwater camera
The dance theme at Baba on 10th was Carnival again. Not so many participants and some of them left early and it was not so charged up, so I was playing shooting SSs.
This is a normal shot. Surroundings were derendered as usual.
Linden land cannot be derendered but it is possible to erase it by sinking camera in it.
If the camera was sunk far below, it enters into water under the land.
Further sinking will increase the distortion. This phenomenon will not be seen in RL.
This was taken before, looking up a person standing in a swimming pool. Many strange faces were taken.
These are normal shots. Only one of them is female. Can you point out?
This is a normal shot. Surroundings were derendered as usual.
Linden land cannot be derendered but it is possible to erase it by sinking camera in it.
If the camera was sunk far below, it enters into water under the land.
Further sinking will increase the distortion. This phenomenon will not be seen in RL.
This was taken before, looking up a person standing in a swimming pool. Many strange faces were taken.
These are normal shots. Only one of them is female. Can you point out?
2013年01月13日
New Year’s Day
It is said that a service for Phoenix viewer had been terminated. I may have to switch to Firestorm. It is a pain to go out from the accustomed viewer. There is a mode similar to the old Phoenix in the Firestorm, so I would practice by using this for a while. This is the New Year’s Day at Baba meeting area. The house was small and it was hard to set camera position to see peoples coming in and out. The derender function is convenient in this situation.
The house was erased in the right picture. Linked parts will be erased in a lot, so this house was erased by one crick. The shelf of gods and drawers were not linked. It was lucky that the tatami mat was not linked otherwise we had to sit on the snow directly.
It is possible to pull the camera back by erasing the house. This is good when there are some obstacles in front. It is a bit unhandy that all objects should be erased one by one if they were not linked. Never erase someone’s house to peep in!
In order to put the erased objects back, touch Phoenix-Asset Blacklist and crick the object, ‘Remove’, then change your group to other one. The ‘Asset Blacklist’ is located under the ‘World’ in Firestorm. The item list can be sorted by date. The below shows the process when the house was coming back. If you put all objects back, touch the ‘Rerender all objects’ at the bottom right. This hose seems to be made by sculp.
The house was erased in the right picture. Linked parts will be erased in a lot, so this house was erased by one crick. The shelf of gods and drawers were not linked. It was lucky that the tatami mat was not linked otherwise we had to sit on the snow directly.
It is possible to pull the camera back by erasing the house. This is good when there are some obstacles in front. It is a bit unhandy that all objects should be erased one by one if they were not linked. Never erase someone’s house to peep in!
In order to put the erased objects back, touch Phoenix-Asset Blacklist and crick the object, ‘Remove’, then change your group to other one. The ‘Asset Blacklist’ is located under the ‘World’ in Firestorm. The item list can be sorted by date. The below shows the process when the house was coming back. If you put all objects back, touch the ‘Rerender all objects’ at the bottom right. This hose seems to be made by sculp.
2012年12月23日
Makeup 2
The theme of the weekly dance party at Baba was Christmas. But there were a few attendants and only girls at the last. So I was shooting myself while dancing. The theme for the dance will be still Christmas. Please join!
Baba meeting area: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Baba%20Twins/221/47/21
This is the skin that I started last week. I took pictures from different angles. I though this make up is a bit harsh but I was acclimated to it soon. The differences in these pictures are only eye movement and camera angle, but there are some expressions. The shape was made myself at the beginning. I like this one but after looking at many overseas beauties, my mouth looks too small. I wish it could be considered exotic…
There is a face-HUD that provides several expressions that I introduced before using Na’vi. With my face, all faces are too strange to use actually. Please note that these are not made for Na’vi but for human.
Baba meeting area: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Baba%20Twins/221/47/21
This is the skin that I started last week. I took pictures from different angles. I though this make up is a bit harsh but I was acclimated to it soon. The differences in these pictures are only eye movement and camera angle, but there are some expressions. The shape was made myself at the beginning. I like this one but after looking at many overseas beauties, my mouth looks too small. I wish it could be considered exotic…
There is a face-HUD that provides several expressions that I introduced before using Na’vi. With my face, all faces are too strange to use actually. Please note that these are not made for Na’vi but for human.
2012年12月17日
Makeup
The man who I went together at the first time said, “Shape change is equivalent to vanity surgeries. You should not often change the shape that you selected once.” So I have been using the same shape that I made myself for five years (there were some minor change though). I think makeup (skin) is free to change, and tried more than five hundreds demos, but it was hard to find suitable one for my shape. The left is that I have used since the beginning. The raccoon type eye shadow is a bit humorous. The right is for a pretentious cutie started one year ago.
The left is for somewhat serious situation, and the right is for suntan bikini or exotic clothing. It seems that nobody has cared my makeup at all, or looked at my face…
Recently I had a change of mind and switched to a bit harsh makeup. All but the first two skins are free. Skin change does have more effect than small cosmetic surgery. But it is impossible to do this kind of strong eye line in RL.
The left is for somewhat serious situation, and the right is for suntan bikini or exotic clothing. It seems that nobody has cared my makeup at all, or looked at my face…
Recently I had a change of mind and switched to a bit harsh makeup. All but the first two skins are free. Skin change does have more effect than small cosmetic surgery. But it is impossible to do this kind of strong eye line in RL.
2012年05月25日
Annular eclipse
Have you seen the annular eclipse? Fortunately it was a chance to see it from the rift in the clouds, but a glass I purchased was too dark then I saw the ring cearly by the naked eye instantly. Too dark glasses are not good for eyes… This was from the roof of Temi's Teahouse. When I saw a real one at California when young, it was finer ring. This was not modified with Photoshop but taken with a dark ball set in front of the sun.
2012年05月08日
Egritcher
I liked the Magrit-bug, so I tried to make similar one like a mix of Magrit and Escher, could be Egritcher. But I found it very difficult. Technically it is not so complicated, but I was not able to come up with good ideas. Ended up with a mess, and lost the way.
This is the stage before I put in elephants. If you do not see any unnaturalness, I might have done a good job.
At first, I tried to copy the Magrit, but this forest itself had a bug that brings far trees in front, so this one resulted in just a disorder. There are only two portion modified in the Magrit work but it creates mysterious beautiful balance.
So I gave up imitating the artist and took a normal picture in the forest. This one is a forest of elf, next to Alice's tea party at Baba. When I was standing still for shooting pictures, Kazumi the owner came in and was surprised.
This is the stage before I put in elephants. If you do not see any unnaturalness, I might have done a good job.
At first, I tried to copy the Magrit, but this forest itself had a bug that brings far trees in front, so this one resulted in just a disorder. There are only two portion modified in the Magrit work but it creates mysterious beautiful balance.
So I gave up imitating the artist and took a normal picture in the forest. This one is a forest of elf, next to Alice's tea party at Baba. When I was standing still for shooting pictures, Kazumi the owner came in and was surprised.
2012年04月26日
Shadow
Visited Gland Place that was introduced by Yana. "The world of Yana" is a cool blog introducing many beautiful spots. This place is said to be the most beautiful square in the world. I practiced shooting shadows
The world of Yana: http://yana.slmame.com/
This is sunset setting that I am using often. It is good to get shades but the coloring becomes monotonous. The shade is not depicted when buildings are made with texture only.
Gland Place: http://slurl.com/secondlife/La%20Baule/160/60/252
From top of the city hall, sitting next to the statue of Michelle. This tower should be 96m in height but this one has only 67m.
Went down to the place in the shadow. This square will be covered entirely with numerous flower petals, in August every two years. It will be held this year!
The shadow is unexpectedly clear. The sunshine and shadow touch the heart of a traveler… To get the shadow, Edit-Preferences-Graphics, then check on Lighting & Shadows.
The world of Yana: http://yana.slmame.com/
This is sunset setting that I am using often. It is good to get shades but the coloring becomes monotonous. The shade is not depicted when buildings are made with texture only.
Gland Place: http://slurl.com/secondlife/La%20Baule/160/60/252
From top of the city hall, sitting next to the statue of Michelle. This tower should be 96m in height but this one has only 67m.
Went down to the place in the shadow. This square will be covered entirely with numerous flower petals, in August every two years. It will be held this year!
The shadow is unexpectedly clear. The sunshine and shadow touch the heart of a traveler… To get the shadow, Edit-Preferences-Graphics, then check on Lighting & Shadows.
