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Fluid solving

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:52:20 +0000

An effect shot required fluid motions in a weight map so I implemented a basic fluid solver.
The video shows a 2D fluid solver realized as a weight map operator in XSI. The source density is injected by a distance map (see locator).
The vector field is influenced by a noise field.
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An Ocean for XSI…

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:12:18 +0000

Currently I am working on an implementation of Jerry Tessendorf’s algorithm for creating realistic looking ocean surfaces in XSI.

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KP_PostMaterial

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:38:20 +0000

Inspired by a paper about ilumination for cell animation I have written a plugin for XSI’s FX-Tree to map a texture onto a rendered image based on its normal map.
This way you can add or rather paint in light effects (especially rim lights) in post (see video below).
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KP_PointCacheReader for Maya

admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:49:04 +0000

The reader is now part of the KP_PointCache plugin.

KP_PointCacheTools 2.5 for XSI

admin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:44:00 +0000

The Point Caching Tools allow you to record complex object deformations to a cache file and reapply those deformations. You can even interchange these caches with 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini or Blender.
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Website references

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:51:42 +0000

I am pleased to announce a new worth seeing website www.lonniwong.de showing the portfolio of artist Lonni Wong.
Flash and PHP programming by me, design by Lonni Wong.

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KP_PointCache for Maya

admin — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:24:35 +0000

The KP_PointCache plugin for Maya features a command to record a pc2 cache file in Maya, a deformer to apply a cache file and a few mel scripts to easily record multiple caches at once.
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KP_CurveTools

admin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:39:05 +0000

With the KP_CurveTools plugin you can extrude objects (cubes) along multiple curves at once (figure A). The tool features several parameters to customize the extrusion (figure B) and has the option to create a new set of controls (figure C) for later animation of the extruded objects (subdivs, position along curve, thickness, etc.).

Figure A

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KP_PlotObjects

admin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:29:20 +0000

The tool works like “plot curve” but allows you to specify a bunch size to divide the work load.

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Render tests with Krakatoa Beta

admin — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:48:33 +0000

Just a few render tests I did with the Frantic Films Krakatoa Renderer (Beta 0.9.13).

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Wiry Character

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:01:28 +0000

The wiry character is a personal scripting project for procedural generation of curve-like solid meshes with animatable attributes.

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MeshSliceTool

admin — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:21:29 +0000

The MeshSliceTool allows you to slice a polygon mesh in a way, that the polgons nearest to a bone or another specified object get extracted to a new polygon object. So you no longer have to manually create slices of a character to allow animation in realtime for instance.

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SliderControls

admin — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:09:57 +0000

This XSI Add-On implements my version of the control sliders introduced in Jason Osipa’s great book “Stop Staring”.

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KP_Tools for XSI

admin — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:48:16 +0000

Set of commands implemented in C++ featuring MD5 hash and Zip support.
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KP_Tools for 3ds max

admin — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:09:15 +0000

First release of compiled 3ds max tools (currently only containing a max script extension featuring MD5 hash functions).

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