Render this: SSS

dacad

Wow guys, great renders you're pulling out. I'm really liking this thread.
But can i ask for the ones using twilight to, instead saying the number of the preset, can you say the method of render?like photon mappping, ppt, mtp, bpt, etc etc etc. Just to compare results and see how diferent methods afect the materials in the final image. Thanks

avariant
Great material and render. Is that MLT?

Ecuadorian

Thanks, Sid.

DacaD, in Twilight, presets Easy 01-07 use Photon Mapping. Easy 08 use Progressive Path Tracing. Easy 09 is MLT. Easy 10 is BiPT-MLT.

I liked Remus' blue rubber dragon so much that here's my attempt to have an Aerogel dragon in Kerkythea:
Aerogel dragon.jpg

tallbridgeguy

I'm still having some trouble making a decent render in kerkythea. The dragon I tried looked great but I don't think it was sss.

I downloaded some sss materials from the KT website, coke, red, blue, yellow and gum. I am using the the three backlights and the front light suggested by Pete (with MLT) but I can't get the sss light changing direction thingy. Just a well lit dragon. (which I like and the software is free.)

Could someone post some KT settings for a sss dragon? It would be very helpful if the comparison settings were shown for Vray vs KT and the matching images to see how the two systems compare.

Great renders in this thread!

thanks!
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nomeradona

joining you here... using translucent material vray sketchup.. which the equivalent of SSS

Ecuadorian

TBG, I gave up trying to achieve SSS in Kerkythea, too; I do most of my renders in Twilight, which uses the same engine. My last blue dragon in Kerkythea is literally filled with air; it's just fog. Here are my settings. I scaled the dragon a lot (it is around 30m long) so the fog would become visible.
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d12dozr

My attempt on the dragon...Thanks for starting this thread, Pete, I've learned so much and the subjects are so fun that I'm really excited to render them ...oh, and the amazing images are an incentive as well

Twilight Render, White Wax Library material I think, #10 preset - I stopped cooking after 8 hours (this SSS is killing my poor laptop)

Say, is there a way to change the library colors in Twilight, or to I have to do that in Kerkythea?

Dragon SSS Test 8h Preset10.jpg

olishea

you can change templates but not library.....but im sure u can change library in kerkythea, maybe im wrong. and yes sss is very slow

solo

These are fun, and some excellent renders as well as some great learning.
We may not need SSS on a daily basis, but on the off chance we do, we now have learned how it can be achieved.
So we have covered studios, SSS, what next you ask....

Keep an eye out for the next learning challenge, one a little more relevant.

Ecuadorian

LED lighting?
Neon signs?
Water?
Vegetation? (Vue wins. End of thread)

jeff hammond

vegetation...
+1

clip maps
3d vs 2.5d vs 2d
rendered vs postpro
etc.

thomthom

@ecuadorian said:

LED lighting?

My vote goes to this. I've been trying to render LEDs many times, without luck. http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&p=157487

solo

Thomas, I promise to make that the next challenge, do you have a great model to share?
Or should I make one?

thomthom

hm... "great" ... meh!

I made a model of an LED. Attached that one - you can have a look.
And I also attached the space invader scene.

LED2.skp

Space Invader scene

jeff hammond

had this one going for about and hour.. had to stop it as i need the resources for something a tad more important

ice

jeff hammond

exported a jpg while setting that one up in SU.. thought it looked pretty good this way..

pav_3j

has anyone here rendered these in vray?

i have no idea how to achieve sss in it?
feel like a fool...again!

pav

d12dozr

That's neat Jeff - the ice turned out really good - it even looks "frosty" where its thinner in the mouth

d12dozr

pav, Nomeradona did here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=200104#p200104

stefanq

Too late for another set of dragons???
Modo renders:

tallbridgeguy

Thanks for the help Miguel, I believe it is a bit of a touchy subject to discuss the differences between rendering systems.

I'm sure KT can do sss but I can't. (I will keep trying.)

Since I am new to the rendering world and I have read on this forum that different systems have different advantages/disadvantages, can users tell when a system is unsuited for a particular task?

Not trying to start a fight but sometimes I think I need several rendering systems to get a "particular" look for a "particular" image.

But I could also just suck at rendering...

thanks Miguel for the help!

reddish drgon.jpg

pink dragon.jpg