hi all - thanks for comments

pretty detailed discussion of technique here thanks to majid:

also thanks to tom for his tips on the advancement of the digital process found throughout his posts- he has an uncanny ability to precisely make things look imprecise 😃 certainly not replaceable by a button....

if anyone is interested it would be nice to take this discussion up again to refine the technique, give it a shot based on the previous posts and see what you can come up with- maybe we can work on it together

Now it just looks like the real thing, you could of just taken a photograph. Somehow I liked the spiffy version. Ooh but that pencil's SHARP (like your estimates?). Great work!

@unknownuser said:

So, i was happy to have achieved my goal and decided to share with those who helped me.

Congratulations on solving your problems with Sketchup, and thanks for sharing your success with the forum... 👍

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... 💚

Very nice.

Edson,
thank you for the quick answer!
I'm having the same dilemma as you. I'm looking for renderer that can produce nice renders, quick and fast.
Luckily, now i have little time around Xmas to learn more about KT which is the most impressive (and free!) rendering engine i met so far.
I'm pretty sure I will never master KT as the the guys over there in the KT Forums http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=70 but i hope to "develop" a "method" or a set of tools with I can create nice renders with just a few clicks, like you do with Podium.
At least this is my goal for the next few days/weeks 😄
So thanks again, I will check back here from time to time to see nice projects from you and others!

Merry Xmas!

A.

already one step ahead!

Very pretty, sir.

On the lighting--I don't know if you can control it: I think it looks more like a spoon than an egg. There's a sharpness at the edges. Perhaps I am perceiving it this way because there's no blurring from depth of field and the image looks like a close-up photo.

Hi matteo 😃 sorry for the late reply i capped my internet lasy week... =(

i am using a hdri in this image but for some reason it is out of focus... i have a lot of trouble using hdri images...

the render engine im using is Kerkythea.

thanks a lot for the help 😃

You're welcome, I learned allot from the forum, and it's nice to "give back", when you know the answer of a problem.

I just realized Vue could export images in Piranesi format. I thought I'd have some fun.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/1328/poolscenemarkerud0.jpg

looks great, Eric.

Well done sir! I love the signature on the side of the box truck. Nice touch.

Well light slider does not do anything...only dark slider does. I cannot detect any lighting (including sun) only GI.
Btw nice model and render as well. If you want some presets please come to Podium forum. We have released optimaLEM.xml this week.
As far as 2d clips we have released Podium Plants and Trees as alpha png so you should have good looking model in SU as well. No more need to have seperate clipmaps.

Wow...nice work! Defines the term "organic" modeling!

have not actually ever tried kerky.... i'm pretty limited in time/motivation to learn new programs....haha...and there's oh so many out there that i'd like to play with.

Thanks Boo, I'm sure there will be some changes so if I do get to render these again I will try to use the texture you provided!

Thanks everyone! Here is the render that was done in Kerky on render preset no. 17 and was done in about 2 hours. I definitely could've let it cook longer but I get impatient sometimes...

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9252/finalfromkerkycd9.jpg

By bubbalove at 2008-12-17

solo,
that's quite pretty, but i fear it is an option of vue infinite only - or at least you have to buy the plant plugin for vue d'esprit.

Since all elevation plans are made with sketchup, in a b&w style, these hedges suit well both programs. Time is my biggest enemy.

Anyway thank you for your tip, that's something I have to learn better.

@matteo said:

then, thanks rodrigo for asking about it.

Yor welcome Matteo.

@jackson said:

Sorry Ross, I'm hijacking really badly here, but it's funny that "solo" is perceived only in it's negative sense in Spanish and Italian- although it also essentially means "alone" in English, it is usually used in a positive sense, as in someone can attempt or achieve something "solo" rather than needing a team of people to assist them.

Back on topic (kind of) it's very impressive what Ross has achieved "solo"!

Jackson, I don`t see "solo" in negative sense, I see "solo" exactly like you say
@unknownuser said:

as in someone can attempt or achieve something "solo" rather than needing a team of people to assist them.
becouse most of the time, I work "solo" 😉

Best Regards

Thanks Fletch and Utiler 😄

For the moment, the West is enough to explore end to get used to, but visiting the cities on the East Coast is definitely on the wishlist for later on.
The move to WA is work inspired and it's always good to have some change once and a while isn't it?

Cheers and Merry Christmas,
Kwistenbiebel