A Blanket Chest
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Just thought I'd show a project planned for this winter if I can find some good walnut. The white oak is acclimating in the shop.
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Very nice design. Simple, but that allows the grain and figure of the wood to be the focus. Is that a rendering of a SU drawing or a real photo?
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Thank you. All of the pieces in the image are SketchUp models. It was rendered in Kerkythea.
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Wow I should really look into rendering.
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I love that rendering Dave. Remind us how you do the DOF again...
Great work.
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Hi Eric,
Sorry for the delay in responding to your question.
To create the shallow depth of field in Kerkythea, I went to the Camera settings and chose a large aperture--f/2.8 or 4 or so. I don't remember what it was for this rendering. One thing about doing this is that it really increases the render time. I think to get a smoother out-of-focusness you set the samples higher.
Hopefully the walnut will be out of the kiln in a week or so and now SWMBO has decided she wants maple for the contrasting wood instead of white oak (which I already have on hand)
Looks like we'll be adding some 8/4 hard maple to the load. -
@dave r said:
chose a large aperture--f/2.8 or 4 or so
This is where my photography skills come in handy.
When thinking about aperture don't try and remember that the lower the number the larger the hole etc... just think of it... the lower the number the less that is in sharp focus... want more to be in focus then raise the number.
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Yes. Having been a professional photographer from 1984 to 1999 as well as selling cameras and teaching photography, I'm very aware of that sort of thing. I wish that the focus distance in KT were referred to in terms of feet or meters. At least one doesn't have to worry about exposure reciprocity failure with long render times.
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I just downloaded Kerkythea and I think it is going to be an interesting learning curve.
The comment was not directed at you, just a general comment
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Very nice Dave.
Great looking model, textures and render
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Thank you Dylan.
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