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Mar 17
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Slow Week?

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Not many updates this week as I have been called away from work to look after my Dad who fell off the roof while chasing squirrels.

Next weeks got some interesting posts coming up though – we have a series of posts on Fantasy Architecture with drawings for a Geography Class to be made into 3D Models and put into Google Earth. The drawings arrived in A3 format and we have a A3 Scanner arriving Monday.

We are also thinking of a ‘How To’ series to put together a series of tutorials on how to do the things we put on the blog. If there are any tutorials you would like see then please post a comment and we will start writing….

Mar 15
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SketchUp Acquired by Google

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SketchUp is without doubt one of our favorite pieces of software, software which now displays a ‘from Google’ logo on their homepage.

Google has acquired SketchUp after they worked together on the plugin for Google Earth. With the aim of making the easy to use 3D modelling software available to a wider group of users it seems to link in well with the expansion of Google Earth.

There are some nagging doubts in the back of my mind but personally I’m all for the wider intergration of easy to use software. Googles Picasa is a prime example of this – software which gets the job done in a way so simple you wonder why it hasn’t been down before.

So how long before we see a SketchUp Lite version aimed at Google Earth users? – We bet within the next few months.

Mar 09
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Digital Earths – Rendering

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JC Francois’s site NoirExtreme was a life saver when i found i had to step into give a lecture to the British Council on Global Warming.

This obviously requires a highly polished visualisation of the earth linking data relevant to climate change and thus demonstrating how new technologies cna be used to inform the public. Its a no brainer to use Google Earth but for a intro movie 3D Max can produce a more professional output.

Francois has a tutorial on creating a digital earth complete with lens flare – allowing a intro movie to be rendered overnight in time for the mornings talk.

Google Earth is impressive but for pure visualisation you cant beat a good rendering in 3DMax.

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