Videogame Development and 3D Art
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Sisu Render v0.6 for 3dsMax 2013
2012-04-17 11:42:00
I just updated SisuRender to version 0.6. I removed some unuseful code, fixed some bug at startup and some UI improvement. The two new usefull features are 3dsMax 2013 full compatibility MentalRay support In fact now is possible to use it inside the latest release of Autodesk 3ds Max and also is possible to take advantage of all the built-in features of the “free” mentalRay render engine.
2012-04-17 11:42:00
I just updated SisuRender to version 0.6. I removed some unuseful code, fixed some bug at startup and some UI improvement. The two new usefull features are 3dsMax 2013 full compatibility MentalRay support In fact now is possible to use it inside the latest release of Autodesk 3ds Max and also is possible to take advantage of all the built-in features of the “free” mentalRay render engine.
Modeling and texturing 3D spaceship for Mobile Game
2012-04-12 05:34:00
After a year from its recording I've decided to release entirely for free my video tutorial about Modeling and Texturing of a 3D spaceship for Mobile Games. For this special purpose I've recorded some new chapters, explaining the difference between a standard DX9 and DX11 shader and a mobile shader. The course is based on the spaceship I realized for SFEI in addition to the material I designed in UDK and explained at the View Conference (3D Again wrote an article about it). At the moment I'm working as a university teacher in the 3 biggest design universities in Milano (Domus Academy – Scuola Politecnica di Design – NABA) and this videotraining is a proof of all the passion I put in the instruction. Please note that the entire video training is without music and voice, first of
2012-04-12 05:34:00
After a year from its recording I've decided to release entirely for free my video tutorial about Modeling and Texturing of a 3D spaceship for Mobile Games. For this special purpose I've recorded some new chapters, explaining the difference between a standard DX9 and DX11 shader and a mobile shader. The course is based on the spaceship I realized for SFEI in addition to the material I designed in UDK and explained at the View Conference (3D Again wrote an article about it). At the moment I'm working as a university teacher in the 3 biggest design universities in Milano (Domus Academy – Scuola Politecnica di Design – NABA) and this videotraining is a proof of all the passion I put in the instruction. Please note that the entire video training is without music and voice, first of
My new 3ds Max Tool::Sisu Render
2012-03-20 10:15:00
I have almost finished my new script for Autodesk 3ds Max, it’s name is Sisu Render. Sisu is a tool for tenacious people that everyday have to fix thousand parameters inside VRay. Sisu render is the “one button” solution that imporve your render quality, your speed, the balance of the hardawre resources and your productivity. I got the idea of this tool when i was coming back after some amazing day spent with a special person in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Sisu there is a common word that expresses the moral will and the soul stregth in everyday difficult actions…I thought the name, Sisu Render, was somehow perfect for this new tool :) here are some screens of the tool in action, I still have to fix and refine some functionality but the biggest work has been done. The im
2012-03-20 10:15:00
I have almost finished my new script for Autodesk 3ds Max, it’s name is Sisu Render. Sisu is a tool for tenacious people that everyday have to fix thousand parameters inside VRay. Sisu render is the “one button” solution that imporve your render quality, your speed, the balance of the hardawre resources and your productivity. I got the idea of this tool when i was coming back after some amazing day spent with a special person in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Sisu there is a common word that expresses the moral will and the soul stregth in everyday difficult actions…I thought the name, Sisu Render, was somehow perfect for this new tool :) here are some screens of the tool in action, I still have to fix and refine some functionality but the biggest work has been done. The im
New web site lucaderiu.com
2012-03-06 11:42:00
After a long inactivity period i found some free time to upload a new version of my website. As always I use it just for my music creations and form it you can find 2 bonus tracks for my last two published albums: Nothing Inside and Musique Pour Iannis Xenakis. Enjoy!
2012-03-06 11:42:00
After a long inactivity period i found some free time to upload a new version of my website. As always I use it just for my music creations and form it you can find 2 bonus tracks for my last two published albums: Nothing Inside and Musique Pour Iannis Xenakis. Enjoy!
View Conference 2011–UDK materials
2011-10-05 04:38:00
The time has come for a new workshop at View Conference! After the success of the last one I did in October 2010, this time I'll focus more on hi-quality and functional shader creation inside Autodesk 3ds Max and Epic Games UDK.If you are professionally or personally interested in discovering more about it, you can’t miss my workshop. I wait for you as SFEI partner!Remember that your feedback is very useful for me, so at the end of the conference.. stop to say “hello” and let’s take an espresso!Here is my official program: Create cool and strategic materials with UDK Market is the best proof of Unreal Engine power, the engine developed by Epic Game, able to transform a videogame project into a commercial colossal.UDK actually represents the state of the art and the best way to appr
2011-10-05 04:38:00
The time has come for a new workshop at View Conference! After the success of the last one I did in October 2010, this time I'll focus more on hi-quality and functional shader creation inside Autodesk 3ds Max and Epic Games UDK.If you are professionally or personally interested in discovering more about it, you can’t miss my workshop. I wait for you as SFEI partner!Remember that your feedback is very useful for me, so at the end of the conference.. stop to say “hello” and let’s take an espresso!Here is my official program: Create cool and strategic materials with UDK Market is the best proof of Unreal Engine power, the engine developed by Epic Game, able to transform a videogame project into a commercial colossal.UDK actually represents the state of the art and the best way to appr
iPhone iPad iOS Magazine Reader
2011-07-05 04:41:00
Finally we finished it!! our magazine reader is now available for your magazine and publication. We worked a lot to provide you the state of the art magazine reader for iPhone and iPad devices, natively coded in XCode for performance issues. Now you can distribute your publications in the App Store without having to give high royalities to big publishers! It’s amazing and now is true! We are using it for our magazine “My Muse”, see more below or at the following link. Contact us right now for more information about it and start marking money from your publications today!
2011-07-05 04:41:00
Finally we finished it!! our magazine reader is now available for your magazine and publication. We worked a lot to provide you the state of the art magazine reader for iPhone and iPad devices, natively coded in XCode for performance issues. Now you can distribute your publications in the App Store without having to give high royalities to big publishers! It’s amazing and now is true! We are using it for our magazine “My Muse”, see more below or at the following link. Contact us right now for more information about it and start marking money from your publications today!
Kitty Scratch - New iPhone game by PlaySys
2010-10-05 15:37:00
Finally today we uploaded our new game for iPhone and iPod Touch. The name is Kitty Scratch and is a simple and funny 2D game in which you have to help a cat to scratch every furniture inside a home. The graphic is done by Elisa Cristantielli, a skilled artist, and the music is composed by me. The game is actually waiting for the approval from Apple, but when ready you’ll find it in the AppStore at 0,79€.
2010-10-05 15:37:00
Finally today we uploaded our new game for iPhone and iPod Touch. The name is Kitty Scratch and is a simple and funny 2D game in which you have to help a cat to scratch every furniture inside a home. The graphic is done by Elisa Cristantielli, a skilled artist, and the music is composed by me. The game is actually waiting for the approval from Apple, but when ready you’ll find it in the AppStore at 0,79€.
Nothing Inside - My new album is out
2010-10-05 15:23:00
YES! Finally my last album is out!!My new cd name is Nothing Inside, and is a full album with 11 great tracks. This is my 2nd solo project; the first one was wronGrown, but the style is changed a lot. Now my tracks are better composed and balanced, you can listen or dance them. The sound quality is more clear and the mood is less depressive than the previous one ;) I received lot of feedbacks from wronGrown, and crafted Nothing Inside with these suggestions in mind.You can listen a preview and buy the album (or some single track) from iTunes or Amazon. Let me hear your feedback, they will be really important for my next musical work.ENJOY IT!
2010-10-05 15:23:00
YES! Finally my last album is out!!My new cd name is Nothing Inside, and is a full album with 11 great tracks. This is my 2nd solo project; the first one was wronGrown, but the style is changed a lot. Now my tracks are better composed and balanced, you can listen or dance them. The sound quality is more clear and the mood is less depressive than the previous one ;) I received lot of feedbacks from wronGrown, and crafted Nothing Inside with these suggestions in mind.You can listen a preview and buy the album (or some single track) from iTunes or Amazon. Let me hear your feedback, they will be really important for my next musical work.ENJOY IT!
Project manager
2010-10-05 15:04:00
I got a proposal to work on a software as project manager. Actually, for obvious reasons, I can’t write about the software and the agency. I can only say that I should manage the development of a cool iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) and Android based application. The committee is a software house with some offices in Italy, and I’m really happy about this proposal. It’s a long time that I work at PlaySys, and a new project for a direct customer is really exciting. Plus this new experience can make my skills stronger in software development direction. I’ll be back soon with some news about this position.
2010-10-05 15:04:00
I got a proposal to work on a software as project manager. Actually, for obvious reasons, I can’t write about the software and the agency. I can only say that I should manage the development of a cool iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) and Android based application. The committee is a software house with some offices in Italy, and I’m really happy about this proposal. It’s a long time that I work at PlaySys, and a new project for a direct customer is really exciting. Plus this new experience can make my skills stronger in software development direction. I’ll be back soon with some news about this position.
P.UV.E. - A simple script
2010-06-07 14:22:00
There are really complex and really useful scripts, like TexTools, SolidRocks, RappaTools, SnowFlow, Batch Camera Render and lot other, and there are sometime simple scripts that can do a single operation, apparently stupid, in short time. This is the case of P.UV.E. a simple/stupid 200 kb script I wrote yesterday and that let me save lot of time (or at least, lot of click).The script simply extract a 2048x2048 UV texture from a selected object, it does nothing more and nothing less. It’s force is in the simplicity and in the quick accessibility. It is fired from a button on my UI and permits me to save an UV in 1 click respect the traditional method that requires 7 clicks. You can say that I’m lazy, and sometime it’s right, but when I have to manage about 250 UV per day, this become
2010-06-07 14:22:00
There are really complex and really useful scripts, like TexTools, SolidRocks, RappaTools, SnowFlow, Batch Camera Render and lot other, and there are sometime simple scripts that can do a single operation, apparently stupid, in short time. This is the case of P.UV.E. a simple/stupid 200 kb script I wrote yesterday and that let me save lot of time (or at least, lot of click).The script simply extract a 2048x2048 UV texture from a selected object, it does nothing more and nothing less. It’s force is in the simplicity and in the quick accessibility. It is fired from a button on my UI and permits me to save an UV in 1 click respect the traditional method that requires 7 clicks. You can say that I’m lazy, and sometime it’s right, but when I have to manage about 250 UV per day, this become