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Awesome 3d blog

ben — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:28:34 +0000

I’ve been checking this blog out lately – if you are into 3d gaming and/or 3d video you will definitely want to read it. Such an exciting time for 3d enthusiasts and pros.

http://3dvision-blog.com/

Best Shot Stock Footage Site Relaunch Approaching

ben — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:38:41 +0000

Here is an ambitious project that is almost ready to launch. I can’t say too much about it yet but I’m finally going to be able to show off my Flash video sKiLz in a . . . → Read More: Best Shot Stock Footage Site Relaunch Approaching

Community Fun and Fitness Center Classes and Programs Website

ben — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:44:30 +0000

cfnfc.org web site

The cfnfc.org site has been completely redone in WordPress so we can take advantage of all the SEO features and CMS features of WordPress 3.0. The Atahualpa theme has again proven flexible enough to handle anything I can dream up. We have a nice slider on the front page (Smooth Slider plugin) where new donation based classes can be promoted. Google bot reads the content promoted in the slider so people can usually find the classes in the search engine the same day they are posted. Also we have some unique stuff in the sidebar like fun.perksforus.com, a super simple way to generate cash for cfnfc. Just shop from any of the stores on that page (Amazon, Newegg, etc), and as long as you start shopping from fun.perksforus.com a percentage of your purchase will automatically go to Community Fun and Fitness Center! It costs you nothing and there’s nothing extra you have to do. I love it, if only I could remember to use it every time I buy something online!

3d Modeling Lesson Plan: Day 1

ben — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:14:47 +0000

We will go through these lessons step by step on our first day of class.

To help students keep up with what will be a very fast paced class I created a wiki and some slide shows using Google docs. Currently it shows what I hope to cover on the first day. We’ll learn several methods of modeling a simple house in order to show how the same task can be accomplished in many different ways.

building maker Lesson 1 completed building

Beginner Modeling Class Plan Day 1 (Wiki)

Google SketchUp Slides for Day 1 (Slide show)

Google building maker Slides for Day 1 (Slide show)

New class: Learn Google Building Maker and Google SketchUp for Beginners

ben — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:54:12 +0000

3d model in progress of CFnFC created in SketchUp

I’m teaching a new class at Community Fun and Fitness Center for beginner 3d modelers. We will be learning Google SketchUp, a very accessible 3d modeling package especially suited for geo-modeling and low poly-count modeling of structures and items for games. We will also be learning Google building maker, an online application for adding buildings to Google Earth.

Our focus during this beginner oriented class will be getting some buildings of our own accepted into Google Earth. We will learn create accurate models of houses and upload our own house (textured with our own photos) to Google Earth for the world to see.

The class plan so far has been posted on my private wiki benorona.com/wiki (look under classes).

“Serial Thrillers” Site (re)Launch

ben — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:49:28 +0000

I’m excited the new WordPress conversion is finally ready and the site has been published!

Serial Thrillers Home

Not only that but Serial Thrillers has a hit single breaking through nation wide!

Listen to the song “So Beautiful” here (and it really is a beautiful track): http://www.iheartradio.com/new2/featured/f/2937?psid=6117

Many site upgrades still on the way for Serial Thrillers, such as a better Photo and Video section, better player for the Music page, etc…

3d Stereo Video: How Does it Work?

ben — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:14:30 +0000

3D Video Rig (Canon Optura 300s with 2 inches optical separation)

Here is an old article I posted that is becoming more relevant as all the new 3d TV’s and video games and 3D BluRay’s hit the market. Yes!!!

The Short Version

I have a pair of cameras mounted side-by-side and connected so they can be triggered simultaneously. This results in two nearly identical photos, taken from a few inches apart. I merge the two photos using a special color formula, so that when viewed through the glasses, the left eye can only see the photo from the left camera while the right eye can only see the photo from the right camera. This provides your eyes with the illusion of actually “being there”. Your brain does the rest!

Read original article

My Custom Widgets

ben — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:30:09 +0000

It was easier than I thought to port my code into a WordPress plugin using this nifty plug-in. I can put HTML, php or javascript right into a widget without any hassle. It took about 5 minutes to get my photos plugin working as a WordPress widget.

Highly recommended if you are trying to put PHP code into a WordPress page: My Custom Widgets

“Serial Thrillers” Web Site Upgrade to WordPress

ben — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:13:53 +0000

Here is an exciting project I am working on for Paul Ortolano of Serial Thrillers (current single “So Beautiful” on the air nationwide). I built the web site using a Dreamweaver template and inserted my own php code to wedge a CMS into the pages. The CMS works by reading a standard wordpress.com blog feed. This makes it easy to edit and there is no database to manage and the site is totally portable.

Serial Thrillers Web Site

But there are limitations to this design so now I’m converting the site into a WordPress.org site with its own database and a customized version of the Atahualpa theme so Serial Thrillers can take full advantage of the SEO optimizations and capabilities available to the WordPress CMS. The challenge will be to port all the functionality from the old site into the WordPress site without actually editing the WordPress theme code. If I can do that Paul will still be able to get theme security and functionality updates without losing my custom functions.

Fortunately, Atahualpa lets you put your own code inserts in the settings section (HTML/CSS inserts) <- also supports PHP code. The possibilities seem endless with that kind of flexibility. I did run into a problem inserting images between the menu items since the built in navigation menu is a “List” of links. But if I really wanted I could hide their menu and put my own in its place using some jQuery code in the “Body End” insert section. So far I’ve found a work-around for every limitation I’ve run into.

Next task will be porting some of the multimedia functions, e.g. video playback, audio samples, lyric pop-ups, etc. over to WordPress code. Maybe I’ll try turning some into WordPress plugins.

Web site upgrade in progress

ben — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:31:55 +0000

Please stand by as I get all the new pieces in place…