Thanks, Scott. I know this can improve a lot and I thank you for your suggestions. I made these new videos slow because my client got headaches from my older, faster videos made 5 years ago in Artlantis 4.5, but it seems I exaggerated. Most of the furniture was brought over from the original 5-year old ArchiCAD models. I've been trying to replace most of it with better stuff from the 3D warehouse, but time is limited. Same excuse for the rest. 😳 Still, there's a couple weeks left until these videos will be shown to the general public, so I might have time to improve them if no other project fills my plate.

jsteacy, I prefer to use the "image sequence" export function from LightUp. I then used VideoMach 4 and the XviD codec to convert this .tga sequence to a video small enough to upload to YouTube (around 300 MB, quantizer 2.00).

I thought this would make a cool Wicker chair. Done in Max/Vray. Quadrified the SU mesh with a plugin called Wrapit for Max and then converted the quad edges to a renderable shape (spline). Quick three light studio setup.

Oli_Chairs_Wicker.jpg

Regarding Octane, readers should take note that it is graphics-processor dependent (nVidia CUDA.)

I found out, on the nVidia forum, that my Quadro FX 1500M is NOT a CUDA-compatible graphics card. DARN!

The newest Dell Precision laptops contain CUDA-compatible nVidia processors, and that's where the price differences play in. The top-of-the-line contains 320 CUDA processors! No wonder it's so fast.

More info on the Quadro FX Mobile processors:
nVidia Quadro FX Mobile Products

-Taff

Hi all,

Today the exhibition opened. I made some simple clay renders (only spherical backgrounds and a very subtle overlay) for two buildings/blocks. After this I will retire the project until Autumn/Fall when it is travelling to Berlin. I may export some further ones then. Here are some reduced pieces. Note that there is no environment, no nothing - they (for some reason) deliberately wanted them so "pure". Another note; when I do such a simple mass building, I generally put something dark behinfd the window so that you cannot see though the building (I did this with some above, rendered buildings. Here this is missing but partly deliberately as from some viewpoints it seemed to add some interesting effects (but then I may have been mistaken)

Series #1

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Series #2

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One more thing (to those architectural visualization minded): I tried to takle care of the two-point perspective like verticals this time (although it is not true two pint perspective everywhere).

And of course, thanks for the previous tips and critiques.

Okay sorry for taking so long here is the latest render:
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I added a short intro movie a few days ago. I had someone give the site a whole new design. It's looking good! This is the finished package. I have ideas for more movies but it is time now to promote it.

You have to forgive me, I did not mean to sound too critical. Everyone has their own style, I tend to overstate things 😆

Would love to see a floor plan of this project.

FoXar , very nice render , can you share your visopt or show your vray setting , juste to see your nice interior render setting , thanks

nice combination and natur of SU

Great start, but I agree with Marcus (aka d12dozr) in the points mentioned...
In particulat the very strong bump on the floor...
You'll soon learn that it actually doesn't take much to make really great looking and photo realistic renders...
Details in your model and correct material set-up is - in my personal experience - the most important part... 😉

The background (outside the window) looks weird and another high resolution hdri- or IBL image can change A LOT in the final render...

I've taken the liberty to make a quick tone-mapping and white balance adjustment using Adobe Lightroom - hope you don't mind...

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Yes looks dam close.

Thanks for the short tutorial.

Hi Scott,

You're absolutely right. I guess it's like having a Ferrari and only testing it in first gear. With that in mind I've gone away and played a bit more with various scenes and have come up with the attached. I think these are a lot better representation of the quality of the render engine. I'd be the first to point out that I'm not the best at this in the world but I think it shows what an average user can create quickly and easily.

Thanks for your reply.

Puck

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Hi Guys,

I know this is an old post but just came across it and thought I'd have a crack at it.

Arion render, 45 mins with about 10 mins setup.

Feedback is always appreciated.

Regards,

Puck

Car on airfield.jpg

Nice....very nice.....good start....kee going and please post some more 👍

All, thanks for the kind words. I hope to post some workflow / process stuff on how I tweak textures, light and render my different passes and combine them for animations. Stay tuned.

Fantastic image and a really good style you have created. Some very good skill demonstrated there.

Hi Rick
Apologies...I should have scrolled across to see the full extent of your image before commenting above.
Composition: Good frame proportion although I would still stick to 2 point perspective and get a bit more foreground in if possible.
Render: I hear what you say about client requests...you just gotta go with it. If they are happy then it's a job well done.
Entourage: Still think it would be great to add life here and there.
All the best

@solo said:

I did a project recently that included a similar view, I used Thea and a panorama as image based lighting (hdri), (renders were not good enough however and did not get the job)

WTF! Mate what do you mean, firstly that is a stunning render and second - did you do that much work with the aim of getting the job? Christ who beat you to the punch? Stack studio or someone like that? Man we ARE all screwed!

Awesome model and render! 😎

This looks like it could be a cool modeling design challenge. I love airships.

Not that I would enter. .. I suck at this, but I like this guy.