Posted on May 20, 2008

• While waiting for this last multiscreen image to render, I decided I would tackle a job that I have been meaning to do for a long time. Ever since I started posting my images formatted to fit the iPhone I have had Blackberry (and other handset) users asking me if I would post images formatted for their screens. Well, if you check the galleries you will notice that I have added three new available resolutions for images going back to 2003.

  You can now download 320 x 240, 240 x 260, and 240 x 160 images for use with your Blackberries and all other handsets that support these resolutions. I have also added iPhone wallpapers for the 2004 and 2003 galleries.

  You can either download the images you like individually from the gallery links or you can download zip file collections of the size you need from my downloads page.

  Hope these work for everyone who can use them. I plan on adding mobile versions of all of my new images as they are released. If you have any comments, questions or want to request a different resolution please feel free to post below. No technical questions about your handset though please, I can barely work my own cell phone!

Posted on May 19, 2008

• I’ve added the dual and triple screen version of “Cloud Terrace” (day). It took 32 hours to render so I expect it to be that long before I have the night version posted. It will probably be ready Wednesday morning.

  On a technical note: I’m glad I upgraded my RAM to 16GB. My old 8GB setup would allow Vue scenes to use around 6GB of RAM before crashing. This scene required close to 9GB to render. I would imagine the new limit to be around 13-14GB and I’m sure I will be testing that in the future. This scene contains 240 billion polys.

Posted on May 16, 2008

• I’ve added a nighttime version of “Cloud Terrace” to the gallery this morning. I know that some of you have been waiting for the multi-monitor “Cloud Terrace” but if I was going to do a multi-screen version of each then I had to create the night scene first. It should now be pretty simple to create multi-screen versions and I hope to have them up ASAP.

  I have a feeling that this will be one of those images that will look too dark on some monitors. If you are looking at this one in a bright room you might not see the details in the shadows. I did try brightening the image but I just didn’t like how it looked. Please feel free to edit it to your liking on your own machine though.

Posted on May 11, 2008

• I’ve added my newest render, “Cloud Terrace“, to the gallery this evening. I’ve been tinkering with it for the past couple days and, while there are one or two things I may yet change, I think it’s ready for showing. I hope you enjoy it!

Posted on May 6, 2008

• Once again I’ve paused the animation render to work on a new still image. I was a little slow getting started because I caught whatever bug my son brought home with him from preschool last week. Ian brought it home, then Jason got it, then me. We’re all on the mend now thought and I hope to have a new render up in the next couple of days.
• I’d posted a picture of my workspace on Facebook last month, but some of you without Facebook accounts asked that I post it here. I’ve posted the pictures here if you are interested. Please pardon the mess!