Lovely clock, I always wanted to make a wooden clock.
Ross, the render is amazing. I have to learn that technique, I love grey renders

@unknownuser said:

Nick W wrote:
Kim, thanks for tips and for the encouragement.

You're very welcome.. 😄

@unknownuser said:

Nick W wrote:
I'm new at this, so any tidbits of basic information would be very helpful.

Well - I'm also learning new things regarding render techniques every day...
At the KT Forum, you can find many useful tips and tricks... And if you can't find an immediate answer to your question, you can post one and the users there will always try helping you...

@unknownuser said:

Nick W wrote:
I just used a standard glass material for the water (as you said in your tutorial), but didn't apply a bump map because I made the model itself bumpy. Does this answer your question?

First of all, I assume you're mixing me up with Fade..!? Rolling Eyes Wink
I've made the Getting Started tutorial, but not the water/pool video tutorials...
Any way - a glass material will be the right choice...

@unknownuser said:

Nick W wrote:
I have generally been using the Photonmap - Quick render setting, as anything with caustics or AA seems to take multiple hours to render. Is that normal or could it be on account of the many lights and large model?

Multiple hours is normal, especially given the information that you have used many lights (point-, spot- and mesh- lights)...
Also the choice of materials can increase the render time significantly, but it's something you'll learn along the way...

In my opinion, you should only use the Quick render preset for tests... When you're happy with the materials etc., change to a higher preset and let it run during the night, while you're asleep...
For a scene like this, I would use the MLT preset...
It will take several hours to clear up, but you don't need to let it run for all 10,000 passes. At around 200 passes I'm sure it will be very clear, and remaining noise can get removed by using a program like NeatImage...

@unknownuser said:

Nick W wrote:
I had amended the Global Illumination settings as you described in your tutorial, but I gather now that it doesn't matter if you don't use a render setting with caustics... I am gaining understanding every day!

You're absolutely right...
If you have done everything Fade has described in his video-tutorial, it's the render preset that will do the trick for you...

Cheers
Kim Frederik

Really nice work, Matt...and a lot of it!

I like it, but so much lovely detail to be missed 'cause the stone texture distracts (for me, anyway)...sorry, I don't have a fix: hoping someone else does, 'cause I have the same problem often.

My best and watching, Tom.

Yea, I agree Will03. It did come out pretty shiny but I didn't really wanna go back and do the rendering all over again just because of that. Thanks to all!

what a tease...

come on... give it up.

Thanks for sharing Andy, these are great. And to know your workflow is even more valuable.
Cheers.

Very nice. I like the blinds and the curtains in the windows

those are looking good, how long have you been using Indigo? looks like you have it figured out.

Will03

Here a few other links to read up about accurender, which will help with IRender

http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/AccuRenderHome.html

and

http://www.accustudio.com/ look in the forum area.

I would guess IRender is based on AR3

Richcat

over hyped gadget

The greatest Army invention ever

authentic Genuine issue Military dog tags custom imprinted embossed debossed made to order with p-38 p-51 can openers on a chains with silencers

Jim,

This is one of the new interfaces for the new exporter (there are several). It's actually "skinnable" so it comes with about a dozen different user interface skins that you can choose from, each with different features. Here are some samples:
http://www.hypercosm.com/products/teleporter/sketchup/pro/features/applet_skins/index.html

Here's how to apply new skins:
http://www.hypercosm.com/products/teleporter/sketchup/pro/features/applet_skins/how_to_use/index.html

There's also an online "skin repository" that we've started where you can download new skins:
http://www.hypercosm.com/download/skins/index.html

Since the skins are all just HTML and Javascript, any web developer could make new skins. In fact, if you kept the funtionality the same, you could just make new skins by changing the graphics and HTML of existing skins and you wouldn't need to even worry about the Javascript. Ideally, I'd like to see some artistically minded user interface designers building different types of new and improved user interfaces (and hopefully letting us upload them to our public online repository so others could use them).

As far as building exporters for the free version of SketchUp, I would certainly love to be able to do this, but unfortunately the free version of SketchUp doesn't support exporters (or importers) or any kind. So, we can't do much about that - you'll have to take that issue up with SketchUp!

Best,

-abe.

Abe Megahed
CTO, Hypercosm
megaheda@hypercosm.com
(608) 229-2829

Ground control to major Tom ....that red is really yummi;)

💚 i am a small timer around here! 😉 dont mind me! 😛

ooo yess its my intent

this its a restaurant an the idea its a sky green/blue

i love green skey 💚

oh wow!. I mean.... WOW!

Skp + Art-lantis R + Photoshop
Object: Ukraine, Borispol city - Detail Plan.
In Photoshop - Brush burn, overlay layers, LAB color for saturation & polar filter simulate.

p.s. - I'm educated elementary english. Sorry!

Posted by: Optimal

Tiara02.jpg

SystemBud02-1.jpg

yes per request of Gaieus in another thread, he said it was screwing up the forum views for people when the image was too large... over 800 wide... so to insert it, it will have to be under 800 pixels... sorry...

like I said, sometime in the near future we may have html... then we can have some fun...

I like the roof slate... when I was younger, 12 to be precise... I lived in a concrete roofing tile factory, yes lived in... but anyway, the shapes and styles of the roof remind me of that material...

this kind of stuff http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/roofingexhibit/asbestos4a.htm

Gully, I'm not going to try to make an engineer understand (proper) design, aesthetics and such - from experience it just won't work.

I don't want this thread to become a flame war so I'm going to close it. Sorry "jessalba" for closing your thread, I really like your attempt and the potential it has that can be developed.

Warren,

Thanks so much for the kind feedback. Helpful and much appreciated.

I was checking out DesignShare's 2007 new school design awards and found this school using curved green roofs which supports your comment about topography and viewing...and in this case, use.

In my blissful naivete I'm not so concerned about the drainage as the structural viability of the roof concept. I've played around some with analog models of triangulated irregular networks (TINs) and believe that a very light roof may be possible using a TIN framework overlaid/integrated with a layer of reinforced plastic foam. I have a project on the Open Architecture Network site that presents this concept in more detail. I think if the roof structural concept proved viable the drainage issues could be managed.

Following is an image of the layers I think would be necessary in a roof of this type. From the top down (vegetation, soil, rubber membrane, reinforced foam, interior membrane).

http://dws.editme.com/files/SeptOct2007/House%202.0%20-%20Draft%205.jpg

Thanks again,

Fred

Also you can insert an infinite plane in Kerky so that your model does not seem to be floating in open space.
Otherwise getting really nice, indeed.