Super Important Announcement
I'm not one who's prone to exaggeration, but this may be the single most significant event in the history of the world! ...well, the 3D world anyway. We here at mission control have been working for quite some time in order to streamline our rapidly expanding catalog content and make it easier to find what you're looking for.
That day has finally arrived....but that's not even the best part!
The highlight of the new catalog is far and away the 'My Catalog' feature. It allows you to add objects from the SC catalog to your very own 'My Objects' and 'My Textures' categories, so that cowhide rug you're all so fond of can now be at your fingertips anytime! All you have to do is drag icons from the catalog down into your 'My Catalog'.
But that's not even the best part! (The suspense is killing you, isn't it?)
Ok, here it is: the best part is you get to upload your very own photos, textures and models. This bears repeating: they're your very own photos, textures and models.
Now, in just a few moments that ubiquitous generic puppy photo can go from looking like this:
To this (not just any dog - MY dog):
Even this (yep, that's MY Mom):
You get the idea, right? Ok so now let's do textures (this is seriously fun!). One of my latest scenes is a plan for the renovation of my bathroom. I took pictures of 3 tile samples to try out and presto!
Option 1 - classic white on white:
Option 2 - cool, beachy, calm:
Option 3 - man-glam!:
This'll take you a bit of practice to get your seams to line up and get your scale correct. I'll be posting new tutorials to the Designer's Den to help you out over the next little while and I'm always available for your questions and suggestions.
Models - some of you have 3D modeling skills, some of you have tried Sketchup (that's the Google object format). Now you can have your models in your own catalog.
Here's mine (don't laugh):
Not exactly Michaelangelo's David, but better than a kick in the teeth if I do say...
As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about this; I think it will add a new level of personalization and customization to SC and I can't wait to see the great scenes you're going to come up with.
Word of note: you may need to clear your browser cache if your scenes do not launch successfully.
Instructions for Internet Explorer:
1. Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
3. On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box , and then click OK.
5. Click OK.
Instructions for Firefox
That day has finally arrived....but that's not even the best part!
The highlight of the new catalog is far and away the 'My Catalog' feature. It allows you to add objects from the SC catalog to your very own 'My Objects' and 'My Textures' categories, so that cowhide rug you're all so fond of can now be at your fingertips anytime! All you have to do is drag icons from the catalog down into your 'My Catalog'.
But that's not even the best part! (The suspense is killing you, isn't it?)
Ok, here it is: the best part is you get to upload your very own photos, textures and models. This bears repeating: they're your very own photos, textures and models.
Now, in just a few moments that ubiquitous generic puppy photo can go from looking like this:
To this (not just any dog - MY dog):
Even this (yep, that's MY Mom):
You get the idea, right? Ok so now let's do textures (this is seriously fun!). One of my latest scenes is a plan for the renovation of my bathroom. I took pictures of 3 tile samples to try out and presto!
Option 1 - classic white on white:
Option 2 - cool, beachy, calm:
Option 3 - man-glam!:
This'll take you a bit of practice to get your seams to line up and get your scale correct. I'll be posting new tutorials to the Designer's Den to help you out over the next little while and I'm always available for your questions and suggestions.
Models - some of you have 3D modeling skills, some of you have tried Sketchup (that's the Google object format). Now you can have your models in your own catalog.
Here's mine (don't laugh):
Not exactly Michaelangelo's David, but better than a kick in the teeth if I do say...
As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about this; I think it will add a new level of personalization and customization to SC and I can't wait to see the great scenes you're going to come up with.
Word of note: you may need to clear your browser cache if your scenes do not launch successfully.
Instructions for Internet Explorer:
1. Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
3. On the General tab, click Delete Files under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box , and then click OK.
5. Click OK.
Instructions for Firefox
posted by Michael Sanders at
10:58 AM
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