My Software Links

My formal training is in Photography. I began taking photographs at about the age of 15 or 16 when I purchased my first 35MM  Minolta SLR (SRT201). I was hooked. Today I am doing professional work in my spare time and I shoot mostly digital with some Medium format film work.  My love for photography evolved into a passion for creating 2D & 3D digital art.   My introduction into 2D and 3D computer software began in 1990 when I realized the computer could help me achieve some of the digital effects that were difficult to achieve on Film.

Then there were the many endless nights with coffee in one hand and the mouse in the other while I read software manuals and plugged away at the tutorials until I got something right.  So enough of the boring stuff about me, lets take a look at some of the 2D & 3D software that I use to create the images you see on my website.

Bryce and Carrara by DAZ 3D

My first contact with 3D design and animation software began with Fractual Design's Ray Dream Designer and MetaCreations Bryce 3D landscape creation software. Ray Dream Studio evolved into Carrara 3D and Bryce 3D is now DAZ Bryce 5 both software programs I still use today and are now available from DAZ 3D.

DAZ 3D is  the leading 3D software and 3D content companies on the WEB  

My 3D art Dragons Doom is featured on the DAZ 3D Bryce September 2005 gallery. The image Dragons Doom took weeks to create using Bryce 5.5 Daz studio and Poser 5

I think that Carrara 5 is the Swiss Army Knife of the 3D programs. Use it for modeling, landscape creation, animation and UV mapping. Has a fast render engine.

e-On Software

In 1999 I purchased my first copy of Vue d'Esprit 3 E-On Software's award wining 3D scenery generator. This software is truly awesome. Currently I using version 5 and e-On keeps making it better and better. Oh Vue 6 is on its way and I can't wait.

To see a quick video what this software can do, click the e-On Logo below.

Click here to see a short video 3D worlds and animation created with VUE 6	See a short video 3D worlds and animation created with Vue D' Esprite 5

E-Frontier's Poser

e-Frontiers Poser is a 3D figure creation software. Poser will allow me to integrate the human form into just about any of my projects. I started with Poser 3 and have since upgraded to Poser 6. It is a powerful program and will also let you animate any figure.

A work in progress come back soon....