Simple Mel Loop Example

Here is an example of a simple "for each" loop:

string $mySel[] = `ls -sl`;

//print $mySel;

for ($each in $mySel){

float $posX = rand(-1.5,1.5);

float $posY = rand(-1.5,1.5);

float $posZ = rand(-1.5,1.5);

float $scaleX = rand(-1,1);

float $scaleY = rand(-1,1);

float $scaleZ = rand(-1,1);

float $rotX = rand(0,360);

float $rotY = rand(0,360);

float $rotZ = rand(0,360);

select -r $each;

move -r $posX $posY $posZ;

scale $scaleX $scaleY $scaleZ;

rotate $rotX $rotY $rotZ;

}

select $mySel;

Mental Ray & Lighting - useful links

Hello Class, I just wanted to share a few useful resources for your lighting and MR needs:


http://3dlight.blogspot.com/
http://mentalraytips.blogspot.com/
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=21 (CGtalk, lighting forums)
http://www.lamrug.org/index.html (more for mental ray info)
http://www.mymentalray.com/lighting.html (mental ray)
http://www.3drender.com/index.html (jeremy birn)

Learning Material Assignment - Modeling

Digital tutors has a modeling tutorial that covers the modeling tools that we reviewed in class.
Take the time to go over this video series to revisit these techniques. The video is located here:
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?pid=2691&autoplay=1

Featured Artist - Sandeep Menon, Designer @ Blue Sky Studios

http://sandeepdesign.blogspot.com/
Sandeep is a buddy of mine from work, and he works in our design department. At Blue Sky, Sandeep specializes in environment design.

Featured Artist: Jeremy Vickery

personal website: http://www.jermilex.com/Welcome.html
interview: http://www.cgchannel.com/2011/12/qa-jeremy-vickery-pixar-lighting-guru/
Jeremy Vickery is a lighting supervisor at Pixar. His work is inspirational, and is a great source of reference. His scenes have a simplistic yet sophisticated approach. They feel very stylized and rich in composition, lighting and color. The forms and shapes used in his models are mostly simplified forms, that create a sense of caricature in his scenes.

Welcome everyone!

Hello everyone,This weekend I finally received all of your emails and blogs, and linked them all to my blog. You are encouraged to grab the links from my sidebar, and interchange the links among your blogs. You can add a sidebar under your blog's settings/layout, and then choose an area to add a gadget. I will be checking your blogs, and hope to see that done soon.

Use this blog as a progress diary, and as a means to learn from your fellow classmates.

Also, remember that week 2's homework is to create concept art for your 3D scene, and to begin modeling it.

Good luck,

~Ilan