Hypershot Renders

pugz1983

Some Hypershot Render tests. Very nice software. Only took 5 min to render images. Models are from 3D Warehouse. Still working on an architectural one with textures. But I think the Clay render is very good for 3 min of rendering.

By jet3ddesign at 2008-09-16

ScottPara

Pugz,

Having purchased and used Hypershot for a few months or so, I can say these are probably not renders but "previews" using the raytracer. Any render in hypershot takes far more than 5 minutes even on my 8 core Mac pro with 32gb. That being said they look good just a few things:

The mustang looks to be floating in the default gravel yard
Try using backgrounds other than the defaults
The porsche scenes environment light is far too bright. Bring the scene gamma up but make sure you check that it does not affect the background.
The boat seems to be above the water instead of in the water. Try bringing in the boat with a plane already at the height of the water. Then in Hypershot make the plane a water material. It will present much better.
The house render looks good other than you can see your studio set up behind the model.

A good start and believe me with some time you will be using hypershot more and more. We use it exclusively for all studio renders.

Scott

Mr S

Hi scottpara,

Just had a quick look at your website.
Some nice rendered shots. I notice you have used SU Podium, Vray and Artlantis Studio 2.
I didn't see any examples of Hypershot.
Do you have any to view?

As you seem to have experience of using all these renderers can you give some impressions of what you think of them?
Having taken a quick look at them myself, Vray seems to produce the best results (beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I know). and has a reputation for being fast.
But I also found it to have the most stark interface with a steep learning curve. For best results it also requires you to use its own optimised materials. For Sketchup, these seem to be in very short supply. There are suggestions for converting the vast material libraries available for 3DS MAX for use in SketchUp. For such an expensive program that seems pretty ridiculous!

SU Podium seems to be the most user friendly and well integrated option for use with SketchUp. The next version with its new features, sounds like it could make it a powerful tool.

I believe Artlantis Studio 2 requires you to export SketchUp files and then import them.
I have always thought this to be too much of a kludge. I prefer integrated solutions.
However, I suppose the results are more important.

I would be interested to hear your views.

Regards
Mr S