LightUp WIP

sepo · 18 May 2009, 09:02

Still from WIP project. I need to add trees and some other bits. No postprocessing of any kind.
I am very impressed with this software. It took only 4min to calculate in this case.After that I I can extract any number of stills or have animation or just move in real time.

silver_shadow · 18 May 2009, 09:05

i really like it, nicely done Sepo

lucifer1101 · 18 May 2009, 10:45

the driveways stood out quite well, where did you get the idea for that?

i love the design but it could still use a little bit of work..

sepo · 18 May 2009, 11:36

Thanks guys. The ramps were quite pain to model as the terrain is accurate , made from survey. Yes, need to add lake behind and a lot of trees, couple of cars etc. Wonder how all this will bloom in file size.

kwistenbiebel · 18 May 2009, 11:41

Great stuff Sid!

It is indeed remarkable that it only needs to calculate light once and you can produce an infinite number of images after that.
This kind of 'real time' rendering definitely is going to be the future.

olishea · 18 May 2009, 11:57

nice work sepo. ive seen light up in use and it looks amazing. definitely the way forward. real time rendering cant be too far off now. again, nice work...im guessing this is three houses you posted on suplugins?

sepo · 18 May 2009, 13:42

Cheers Chris.
Yes Oli this is the update on thehouses. Here is Podium render(done earlier) which sold it to clients.

olishea · 18 May 2009, 15:39

is that radial gradient in background or lighting effects? looks nice

Roger · 18 May 2009, 16:08

Where can I find out more about lightup?

tbd · 18 May 2009, 16:11

Official site - http://www.light-up.co.uk/

sepo · 18 May 2009, 16:52

Oli, it is vignetting.

teofas · 18 May 2009, 16:57

nice done sepo, i like the second image the architecture is good i like it!

Richard · 18 May 2009, 16:59

Hope you keep us posted with updates mate!

BTW can you get a bit more light out of the images straight from rendering?

sepo · 18 May 2009, 17:00

Thanks Teo. I will have to try it in Vray as well.

sepo · 18 May 2009, 17:04

Richard I think your screen is wee dark . I was looking your very nice Maxwell render in the forum but to me looks brightness is bit too strong and not enough contrast. Saying that you are in sunny Ozz and I am in UK.
The LightUp image will depend on HDR image you are using. The Second Podium I like the strong contrast. Mind you it maybe not be to everyone taste.

Richard · 18 May 2009, 17:19

@sepo said:

Richard I think your screen is wee dark . I was looking your very nice Maxwell render in the forum but to me looks brightness is bit too strong and not enough contrast. Saying that you are in sunny Ozz and I am in UK.

Mate I think in part you are a bit right! I edited that on my Laptop and just cant seem to get the brightness to match my desktop monitor! Well I can get part of it to match but as soon as you lift or lower your eyeline it is either over or under exposed! Dam HP crap screens!!!

sepo · 20 May 2009, 20:12

LightUp 1.5 WIP...Great improvemnet to 1.4

sepo · 20 May 2009, 20:16

No post process

Richard · 21 May 2009, 01:14

Man I'm impressed!

Question - in the last images is the HDRI the only lighting? Pretty good if it is!

Well done mate!

sepo · 21 May 2009, 07:25

Thanks Richard. It is AO and HDR only lighting . I am very impressed with LightUp as well.Simple to setup and you can create animations, move in rendered environment in real time regardless how big is the SU file and also extract number of images. Here is just another image trying bumps and specular(Onyx tree). LightUp handles transparent .png well and no need for alpha to have correct shadows.