Compositing Tutorial for an Electron Microscope effect

Published by Kernon on January 13th, 2008 in 3D News

Olaf Arnold has created a compositing tutorial demonstrating how he achieved an electron microscope effect, in Blender, for an image rendered in Kerkythea.

View the tutorial.

Update:

Olaf has posted the models, node editor and Kerkythea material file. He writes:

1.) microCOSMOS2.blend: all the models are included into this file.
2.) microCOSMOS2.composite.blend: the composite node editor setup with all images included.
3.) microCOSM_Emit_example.xml: an Example file of the SEM Material, open and render it with Kerkythea 2007

Get the file here [24.1MB RAR].

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17 Responses to “Compositing Tutorial for an Electron Microscope effect”

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1 Brammie22 Jan 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am

Hey, that's a cool render he made!
Let's try the tutorial now ;-)
2 Chris Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:07 am

The electron microscope effect pops up quiet a few times from time to time doesn't it?
3 Olaf Arnold Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:56 am

Hi,

i have uploaded the files to reproduce this Effect to my Website.
It is a rar compressed file with the following files in it:

1.) microCOSMOS2.blend: all the models are included into this file.
2.) microCOSMOS2.composite.blend: the composite node editor setup with all images included.
3.) microCOSM_Emit_example.xml: an Example file of the SEM Material, open and render it with Kerkythea 2007

Here´s the link to the RAR Archive:

http://www.blenderuniverse.de/Videotutorial/Viruses_Macro.rar

Maybe you can come up with something better than I have done :), have fun.

To the author of the article: can you please update the article? Thank you…
4 Olaf Arnold Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:59 am

Sorry Link to file is:

http://www.blenderuniverse.de/Videotutorials/Viruses_Macro.rar

Bye, Olaf.
5 Shazam3d Jan 13th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

Good job, one of the tutorials in English more understandable that I have seen, thanks to Olaf for the tutorial and speak slowly and clearly.

Best regards.
6 Bart Jan 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

@Olaf: Updated, thanks!
7 Blend3d Jan 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

Very well done Olaf, Thank you
8 Lokidg Jan 13th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Great job !!! I will make some test !!!
9 Dalai Felinto Jan 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

I'm just missing the final JPG file.
The video resolution isn't so good.

Great tutorial!
10 miroslav_karpis Jan 13th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

this is fantastic - million thanks for sharing….excelent
11 Olaf Jan 13th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

Hello Dalai Felinto,

the final PNG will be generated, if you change something in the
node editor or another simple solution: Press the button "Use Nodes"
twice and the final Render (Backdrop) will be generated…

Bye, Olaf.
12 Byron Kindig Jan 14th, 2008 at 5:01 am

Thank you Olaf,
You were very clear in your explaination of the use of nodes. I have had a difficult time understanding other tutorials about nodes, but this was very clear. I am going to try it.
13 Marcus Jan 14th, 2008 at 7:31 am

Nice tutorial, sometimes it would have been nice to have more comments on what you are doing and why.

The links on Blenderuniverse.de react very slowly, the Car Tire Tut Old Version page 2 is not working and the new one isn't ready
plus
the Chrome Videotutorial link doens't work.
Would be nice to have that fixed and to have a Videotut on the Tire Tut.
14 Ros Jan 14th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Excellent Olaf! When I'm looking this video tutorial i found answer for my problem - how to create proper texture on microbial objects! Im'm also using a lot of microworld,so thank you very, very much for inspiring us! Model is excellent. Im interseting r u doing this project for yourself or some University? Thanks again.
15 aaron Feb 10th, 2008 at 12:41 am

good tutorial!
i have a question though, i can't figure out how to move the backdrop picture while im working, so i can only view the bottom half of my picture. In the tutorial at appears as if you are using middle mouse button, but that does not work for me. Is that what im supposed to be pressing?
16 aaron Feb 10th, 2008 at 12:45 am

nevermind, its shift + middle mouse button.