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      samprocess
      last edited by

      very cool thread, i'm also want to try some.
      😎

      http:i132.photobucket.comalbumsq28samprocessSamuisamuilogo30x300.jpg

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        remus
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        Yeah, just a big volume:
        water.png

        Made using jim's randomise TIN script followed by 2 SDSs.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          21D
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          this is my try....it's a simple box, with a flat rect. geo.
          sent to modo401....textured and rendered


          Modo 401 handels CAUSTICS now


          screengrab for some SPECS

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            solo
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            Excellent Modo 401 show piece, so how is the new Modo so far?

            Here is a faked caustic I did in December 2006, using Podium version 1.0.

            http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/286/2006121705520621m17sqo8.jpg

            http://www.solos-art.com

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              sepo
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              This brings some memories 😄

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                21D
                last edited by

                @solo said:

                Excellent Modo 401 show piece, so how is the new Modo so far?

                Well haven't played to much with it, only been test running it.....the "fur" ellement is just amazing...i'll see if i can post a sample of it used to creat a grass field.
                as you could see the caustics also looks good, even though i have a dual core machine, it renders pretty fast (see the caustics render screengrab), i am now going to try out the blurry refractions...
                but all in all, amazing.
                it's a bit more aimed now for archvis with all the presets that can be used,
                i am definitly going to learn how to use it, so i can add it to my archvis workflow.

                "I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."
                Le Corbusier

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                  majid
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                  @solo said:

                  ....

                  Here is a faked caustic I did in December 2006, using Podium version 1.0.

                  http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/286/2006121705520621m17sqo8.jpg

                  congrats Solo... it is an art work, out of podium!!! 👍

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                    dale
                    last edited by

                    Well not totally satisfied yet, but though I'd post the progression.
                    Kerkythea
                    Water Surface is thin glass, IOR 1.33, color changed to blueish, Perlin Noise Fresnel added

                    Rendered with Preset 09 Photon Caustics Medium


                    caustics 2.jpg

                    Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                      majid
                      last edited by

                      @dale said:

                      Well not totally satisfied yet, but though I'd post the progression.
                      Kerkythea
                      Water Surface is thin glass, IOR 1.33, color changed to blueish, Perlin Noise Fresnel added

                      Rendered with Preset 09 Photon Caustics Medium

                      if you are going to have a better result , maybe give a try over dielectric glass shader ... or maybe download waterpack I've prepared some while ago :
                      http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=fileinfo&id=86
                      also less bump over Z direction is needed...and the best result for true caustics would be reached , using preset no 20...
                      also u may have your camera , just below water surface 😉 ( give it a try 👍 )

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                        Richard
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                        Hey those modo images are amazing!

                        Maxwell - faked!

                        http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8108/typicalunitsdraftimage7.jpg

                        http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3204/70225399bt6.jpg

                        Maxwell night - faked! 5 min test render! Needed longer!

                        http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/485/pooltq6.jpg

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                          majid
                          last edited by

                          here are other renderes from differenr scene.. it seems that KT has good caustics handling , but the water material , doesn't let that the caustics be seen from top view ...


                          temp_bipt e.jpg


                          from below water view

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                            Fred
                            last edited by

                            I tried something to.

                            http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4258/waterf.png

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                              dale
                              last edited by

                              @majid said:

                              if you are going to have a better result , maybe give a try over dielectric glass shader ... or maybe download waterpack I've prepared some while ago :
                              http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=fileinfo&id=86
                              also less bump over Z direction is needed...and the best result for true caustics would be reached , using preset no 20...
                              also u may have your camera , just below water surface 😉 ( give it a try 👍 )

                              Thanks majid
                              I hope to get time to try this. I do have, and use your waterpack quite often, (thanks for that), but when I try these challenges I like to try to do them from scratch to try and understand some of the principles, and controls and their variables. It also makes me go through some of the tips, tricks, and tutorials on the Kerkythea forum site, from which I always learn.
                              Thanks for the help.

                              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                olishea
                                last edited by

                                solo....how did u fake the podium caustics?

                                oli

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  Oliver, it's done with a light and a caustic pattern overlaid onto a texture in PS, actually very simple. Now with blurred reflections and bump mapping it can be done even better.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

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                                    olishea
                                    last edited by

                                    thanks for the reply pete

                                    oli

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                                      dale
                                      last edited by

                                      another attempt


                                      caustics 5.jpg

                                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                        sepo
                                        last edited by

                                        Richard , that wood panel texture is great. Could you tell what it is? Arroway? Love that pool render. Nice, clean design.

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                                          Richard
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                                          @sepo said:

                                          Richard , that wood panel texture is great. Could you tell what it is? Arroway? Love that pool render. Nice, clean design.

                                          Thanks mate the design is one of my own! The texture for the timber panel? The one with the screws in I might have edited an arroway and rebuilt to rid the tiling, fix colour and bump, add screws etc. I get so anal the screws even have the head bumped and discoloration of the timber around the head along the grain and the decking a slight cupping in the bump!! My mother was german!

                                          http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5108/striptimberpanelling.jpg

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                                            sepo
                                            last edited by

                                            LOL...I am using one made from the photo taken from the project I designed (self referencing 😉 )

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