impworks - Mark Caldwell's website
Welcome to impworks
Welcome to impworks, my personal web site. Here you can find some of my pictures, role playing games, wargames, articles and other writing. There are python scripts and tutorials for users of e-on software’s Vue which I make most of my pictures in. In the words sections you’ll find articles I’ve written for the Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers’ Journal Ragnarok, the role playing magazine Valkyrie and short stories for Astonishing Adventures Magazine. If you want to know more about me or wonder why this site is called impworks and not Mark Caldwell’s website the About section is the place to look. I’m a websites developer and in websites you can find a few of the websites I’ve worked on.
Latest from my blog
Rattus Banksius
September 1st, 2010
Two photographs this week both of the Rat painted in 2004 by Banksy as part of the Liverpool Biennial on the derelict White House pub on the corner of Duke Street and Berry Street. It's hard to tell now what the rat is holding as one of the original...
Fifth Vue Theatrical Lighting Rig Revised
August 31st, 2010
My latest revised theatrical lighting rig tutorial for Vue.
The Expendables
August 29th, 2010
Potted review: The Expendables is OK but a bit of a missed opportunity – was Stalone been eating Quiche while writing?
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September 3rd, 2010
What's new at impworks
Vue
I've been using e-on software's excellent Vue line of 3d software since Vue d'esprite 3. I'm currently using Vue 8.5 Infinite. I enjoy the ease with which I can produce pictures and the control Vue gives me over the results.
Vue Lighting Rig: Two Spots Slightly to the Side
This is the first of the theatrical rigs to use two spot lights instead of one. Each lamp is placed in line with the actor one slightly to the left and the other slightly to the right. With two lights there is now light to both sides of the...
Vue Lighting Rig: Single Spot In Front
This lighting rig is one I used a lot when I first did lighting for plays at school. We didn't have many lights and we had even fewer channels for controlling them on our lighting desk. A single spot light is aimed so it is pointing down from the front...
