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      Fletch
      last edited by

      Another view I am looking at. DOF with F-number 4... may be too subtle.

      This is not an exercise for ultimate realism, but more for play. And it is to prove that this model could be handled in SU and Twilight Render with only 3Gb of RAM.

      I do realize this building exists, and as it is an extraordinary building, it is quite well-known... so if you've been inside the real space, you are blessed, but any rendering of the space could not really do it justice without a lot more modeling and texture work. 😆


      MezzanineStairway_prelim04.jpg

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        slimaczysko
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        Wow nice work...

        I've been there several times, is a great museum 😄

        Some of my works and photos... http://slimaczysko.digart.pl/digarty/

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          Fletch
          last edited by

          An update, and a new view.
          Click images for full view.
          Visit link to forum above to see higher-resolution.
          DOF is done with the render engine camera setting - F-number 2.8


          MezzanineStairway-post-web-scf.jpg


          Sue-Closeup-web-scf.jpg

          Fletch
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            artysmedia
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            I was waiting to see the las image to make a comment
            Will you put some dirty on the walls?
            Great museum 👍

            Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

            Blog: Artysmedia

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              Fletch
              last edited by

              Updated view, and changed the wall material. 😉


              Tracy-Closeup-postweb-LG-10.jpg

              Fletch
              Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                sepo
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                The last one is very convincing. 👍

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                  Fletch
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, Sepo. I was hoping you would like the stone block better. 😄 (I do too)
                  see full high-res image in original thread here.


                  HallFromStairs-post-SM.jpg

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                    Fletch
                    last edited by

                    Couldn't resist just one more.

                    http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=5685

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                      Fletch
                      last edited by

                      Here's my first experiment with a spherical image of this space.
                      ➡
                      http://pan0.net/data/users/panos/thumbnails/759/1516.jpg

                      screenshot:


                      spherical-thumb.jpg

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                        KarinaGM
                        last edited by

                        Impresive Fletch!!!! 👍
                        Are the skeletons also modeled in SU? Don't tell me they are! I won't believe you
                        The texturing and detailing is really nice. I haven't been there, but knowing the quality of your work, no doubt it is also accurate 😄

                        **"Aquel que sacrifica un poco de libertad por seguridad, no se merece ninguna y terminará perdiendo ambas"

                        -Benjamín Franklin.**

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                          Fletch
                          last edited by

                          😳 Thanks Karina.

                          Well, this building is actually not originally modelled in SU, it was modelled in Blender and painstakingly converted into a "component-driven" SketchUp model - mostly because it had many reversed face issues due to the conversion process from Blender file to .obj format.

                          Also, it's not actually that accurate of a model, in the sense that the real museum is so mind-blowingly complex. It has hundreds of fine terra cotta details including monkeys and birds, etc. Check the link at the beginning of this thread to find out more.

                          I hope to visit the building one day. I unfortunately missed it on my last trip to London.

                          The brick walls and diamond detail columns are a rough approximate of the "real thing".

                          Fletch
                          Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                            Speaker
                            last edited by

                            why do I see bar panorama when I click on the image? 😄

                            edit: works OK now

                            http://www.youtube.com/user/latvietis1234

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                              simon le bon
                              last edited by

                              @fletch said:

                              Couldn't resist just one more.

                              This one is probably my preferred 👍 👍 ☀

                              http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/thSue02-post-LG.jpg

                              It is a pleasure to see "the master in action" (Don't hesitate to give some more 😄 )

                              Re: at a first glance, the panorama won't work for me 😕

                              ++Simon

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                                notareal
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                                @simon le bon said:

                                Re: at a first glance, the panorama won't work for me 😕

                                ++Simon

                                Did first end in some pub 😕 But now it appears to work... some what wavy lines. Maybe some conversion problem?

                                Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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                                  Fletch
                                  last edited by

                                  Please click the little thumbnail images, not the screenshot! That should work. If not, you need to update your flash player in your web browser, or allow some of the scripts on pan0.net in your browser security settings.
                                  Just added a different panoramic view today... (slightly lower resolution)

                                  http://pan0.net/data/users/panos/thumbnails/759/1523.jpg

                                  Visit the first panoramic here:

                                  http://pan0.net/data/users/panos/thumbnails/759/1516.jpg

                                  Oh! the panoramic image of the Bar - that's the site's testpanoramic. If you see it fine, just click the "skip" button you should be able to see the image.

                                  Fletch
                                  Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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                                    KarinaGM
                                    last edited by

                                    Fletch, what do you use to make those panoramas?
                                    Do you render as panorama or do you use some software to make the conversion?
                                    And once it is done where do you make it interactive? in the pan0.net page?
                                    I've always wanted to prove something like that but I don't know how

                                    **"Aquel que sacrifica un poco de libertad por seguridad, no se merece ninguna y terminará perdiendo ambas"

                                    -Benjamín Franklin.**

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                                      artysmedia
                                      last edited by

                                      @fletch said:

                                      Visit the first panoramic here:

                                      http://pan0.net/data/users/panos/thumbnails/759/1516.jpg

                                      very impressive panoramic! 👍 👍

                                      Working with: Win7 64 bit OS - Core i5 - 2,27GHz and 8GB RAM

                                      Blog: Artysmedia

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                                        d12dozr
                                        last edited by

                                        Karina, the spherical image is made in Twilight, and is made interactive in pan0.net. Full instructions here: http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2322

                                        3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                        http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                        • simon le bonS Offline
                                          simon le bon
                                          last edited by

                                          This time that works,

                                          Very Nice 👍 👍

                                          http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/Sue02-post-LG_Pano.jpg

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          the spherical image is made in Twilight,
                                          ➡
                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          1. Set Camera type to Spherical
                                            I haven't found such a choice in Thea. What is the focal length for a Spherical image? In Thea we can go to 1mm!!

                                          ++simon

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                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            @simon le bon said:

                                            I haven't found such a choice in Thea. What is the focal length for a Spherical image? In Thea we can go to 1mm!!

                                            Simon, if you don't mind, I split the posts about the Thea panoramas off. You can find the new topic here:
                                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=34350

                                            Gai...

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