The A show (post your Thea images)

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 11:44

Thea biased.

NO PP

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 11:57

Thea relight, one render only, many light options.

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solo · 16 Mar 2010, 12:04

Built in vignetting option (amount according to your preference)

built in bloom option (amount according to your preference)

dedmin · 16 Mar 2010, 12:11

I downloaded the beta - seems awesome to me and pretty fast! And very good balance between quality, speed, price, possibilities and application integration! Plugin for SketchUP and Blender, 3DS and obj import, Linux version!

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 12:13

...and is available for Mac's too.

not forgetting the amazing solid exporter Tomasz created.

pmolson · 16 Mar 2010, 12:28

The only problem I detected in looking at all the images is that whoever was sitting next to that glass of whiskey was negligent and let the ice dilute what I am sure was first rate hooch.

Amazing renders.

p

sepo · 16 Mar 2010, 12:47

Great renders Pete. I hope it is easy to use as well.

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 12:50

Thanks Sid, like everything in life, if you take the time to learn it it becomes very easy.

The learning curve is slightly less than Vue or vray, more than Podium and Irender, IMO just right for the results one can achieve.

olishea · 16 Mar 2010, 12:57

nice work pete. downloaded beta.....

although i cant see much reason to go for thea over twilight apart from displacement, what do you think? is learning curve similar to twilight?

sepo · 16 Mar 2010, 13:04

Sounds good....I must try it.

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 13:05

@unknownuser said:

although i cant see much reason to go for thea over twilight apart from displacement, what do you think? is learning curve similar to twilight?

No, there are more variables, the learning curve is greater than Twilight, Twilight is very simple and powerful integrated render solution, Thea has many more options for you to tinker with, a material editor which IMO is second to none.

It will take some learning to get fluent with Thea, the results and speed of Thea is worth every second spent learning it however as IMO it's one of the fastest CPU based biased and unbiased engines around.

olishea · 16 Mar 2010, 14:19

thanks for the reply pete gonna give it a go

notareal · 16 Mar 2010, 14:35

There is Thea Render manual.pdf that comes with installation, it's good to browse trough specially when you to start to modify materials. SU2TH has a own separate manual - download that with the plugin.
SU2TH plugin do save material info inside the SU scene. I think that the best work flow is to set material with the SU2TH plugin. Then, with a simple scene, there is not much else to do in Thea than hit the render button.

D-space · 16 Mar 2010, 15:15

Thea beta? How can I miss this!
Awesome renders Solo!

EarthMover · 16 Mar 2010, 15:52

Great.....new toy. Now I'll get no work done today!

Awesome renders Pete. Some of your best stuff by far! I'd be curious to know the render times on the images posted.

solo · 16 Mar 2010, 16:26

Thanks.

Adam, I cannot remember them off hand, especially the unbiased ones, I will make a point of remembering the biased ones that I render from here on however.

Biased renders, no post processing at all.