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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic MLA I Programs' Pros, Cons, "Personalities" in the forum EDUCATION 11 years, 5 months ago
Have you looked into Louisiana State University. I am currently a 4th year undergrad and have loved it here. Our programs both undergrad and grad are very well respected and a top 5 program year after year. We have an extensive amount alumni, and all of our professors come from Cornell, Berkley, GSD, VTech. Travels abroad are also an integral…[Read more]
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic Are (or were) 3ds Max and Rhino a part of your LA curriculum? in the forum TECHNOLOGY 11 years, 6 months ago
i am a third year undergrad LA and i can say not many people in our studio use it. although we did have a class that taught us digital representation (sketchup, 3ds max, illustrator, photoshop, indesign). if you have your line work done correctly drawn, meaning closed splines in autocad, and everything in seperate layers, then you can build a…[Read more]
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic Rendering resources in the forum GRAPHICS 11 years, 10 months ago
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Drawing-Landscape-Architecture-Representation/dp/0470403977/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359138238&sr=8-2&keywords=brad+cantrell
heres the book we use in school. it teaches everything from setting up line-work quick perspectives, to diagrams. i love it and it has made my workflow much faster and efficient, while still ge…[Read more] -
Blair LeJeune replied to the topic Terrain Modeling in the forum TECHNOLOGY 12 years, 2 months ago
if your using 3ds, import your autocad lines into 3ds. then, hopefully, your topo lines are saved in different layers, but your click on each one and hit w, this allows you to move your line in any direction. on the bottom of the screen youll see 3 little boxes labeled x,y, and z, respectively. here you will set your height of topo line to your…[Read more]
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic History of LA degrees in the southeast in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years, 4 months ago
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic Switching to Mac (Is it worth it?) in the forum TECHNOLOGY 12 years, 4 months ago
i use both os systems, i use my Mac for all of the design suite and some sketchup and my desktop pc for modeling and CAD. but when it comes to CAD for Mac the interface is somewhat confusing and uncomfortable to use. some things dont seem to work as well as the pc version. it is nice though being able to switch between both platforms and knowing…[Read more]
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic 3-d plant material for Sketchup in the forum TECHNOLOGY 12 years, 5 months ago
Land F/X also has great plants, trees, etc. for your scene.
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Blair LeJeune replied to the topic Image quality when saving InDesign doc as PDF Interactive vs. PDF Print in the forum PORTFOLIO & RESUME 12 years, 6 months ago
Also if those solutions dont help, try clicking on the print overview button from the view toolbar. the first time i used InDesign my images were blurry but i knew i had imported 300dpi resolution. this should help hopefully