Exploring heritage sites in 3D

Posted by Becky Horsfall in 3d, Blog Posts, Design Media, Digital, Heritage, Interactive on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 10:48 am | No Comments

With the recent launch of the iPhone 4S and reports that Apple have bought 3D mapping company, C3 Technologies, it is thought that the future of iOS Maps are likely to include a third-dimension. Now for the non-technical heads out there this means in the future maps on iPhone handsets are likely to be in 3D, transforming Apple’s basic Google Maps into something much more powerful, fun and engaging. If these reports are true then what does this mean for Google and how can heritage sites use this technology to engage a wider audience? Google Street View, Historic Centre of...

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A lick of paint for the chicken

Posted by Charlie Curnow in 3d, Audio, Blog Posts, Digital, Exhibition Design, Interpretation, Photography on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 5:10 pm | No Comments

I had a great meeting at St James Priory, Bristol earlier this week. We’re creating an interpretive exhibition, a web site and an audio trail for this stunning place, which is the oldest building in the city. The church is being carefully restored and it has been a privilege to see this work progressing under the watchful eye of the St James Project directors, the conservation architect and English Heritage. As I was leaving, the sun came out and I looked up and took this picture of the first signs of the church tower emerging from its cloak of scaffolding. The...

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SketchUp Plugins

Posted by Gavin Leech in 3d on Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 12:47 pm | No Comments

Rendering Software I have been a fan of Google SketchUp for some time now, and use it quite frequently. Building the model is sometimes the easiest bit, but then you get to the rendering part. There are many plug-ins available for SketchUp so I thought I’d show you what’s out there for you to use. The following software is available for Apple Mac and PC and work within SketchUp itself, there are other rendering packages available, but they work externally. Here are some of the ones available: IDX Renditioner Indigo Renderer LightUp for SketchUp SU Podium ...

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Sketching it Up…

Posted by Gavin Leech in 3d, Blog Posts, Design Media, Digital on Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 4:17 pm | No Comments
Sketching it Up…

Hello! I’m Gavin. I’m normally the quiet one of the Imagemakers team but this week I’ve been asked to do the blog. This is something that I’m not very familiar with so this is a first for me. What can I say about Google SketchUp? Well, It’s a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful design tool used for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D models. It was developed to combine the elegance and spontaneity of pencil sketching with the speed and flexibility of today’s digital media. When designing in SketchUp I can be very loose and very accurate. It’s easy to...

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