In need of a help

Gaieus · 8 Mar 2012, 21:22

I could only get shadows darker a bit in PP. Do you mean that you would like to renderit darker?

harnstein · 8 Mar 2012, 21:23

It depends on the render engine you use.

Give as much as precise information as possible and you will be helped

Probably it's the color mapping.

dmhmaestro · 19 Mar 2012, 09:52

yes, i would like to render it darker, i mean i could play with photoshop but if i can kill two birds with one stone ...

i have this new idea ... i would like to film my project, lets say a house , and make some kind of orbit around house that will be the guide for camera , and make some sort of .gif file , and present my house in that manner ... if you understand ... is there any program for that ? thank you

harnstein · 19 Mar 2012, 11:01

At least i cannot help you with your question before as it would be just a shot in the dark as long as i don't know your render engine.

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For your actual question- sure, there are programs and solutions for almost everything out there.
I'm not much using animation rendering in SU.
There are some free and some commercial plugins which aid you creating animations in SU and therefor render them after.
Just search the plugins index, you'll find a lot.

You can even use the native SU pages to get a nice animation if you set some scenes and turn the scene delay down to 0.

I don't know if it's possible to set a camera target in SU.
You can set a camera to follow a path and there is also a way to make a turntable animation, which could fit your need as well.

For creating an animated gif just search google, there are many.
If you have photoshop, use this.

You can think about creating a thread of how to create your animation, but please make sure you clearly point out what shall be the goal
and use the search function before- as this probably has been treated here in the forums before.
And try to use a clear discription title (eg. "Turntable Animation" or whatever).

dmhmaestro · 22 Mar 2012, 18:20

thank you for a longy reply but you didnt answer me specific ... which plugin could i use ? the turntable idea is also great but i cant find that

i want something like this

but if possible i would like to have render animation ... what do i need ?

dmhmaestro · 22 Mar 2012, 21:41

here is what i made, now i would like to have it render, slower and without stops ... is that possible AND HOW ?

Gaieus · 23 Mar 2012, 07:37

Open the Model info window (Window menu) and the first tab is animation settings. Crank up the scene transitions settings to something higher to make it slower and set scene delay to 0 second so that it won't stop when it gets to the scene.

dmhmaestro · 24 Mar 2012, 13:54

thanks guys ... so this is what ive come up with

can it be rendered somehow ? that would be awesome

Gaieus · 24 Mar 2012, 16:37

What would you like to render it in?

(As an aside; there's some awful Z-fighting in the parking lot. There must be coplanar faces there - they will be as awful in a render as it looks now so you should do something with it).

dmhmaestro · 28 Mar 2012, 19:28

@gaieus said:

What would you like to render it in?

(As an aside; there's some awful Z-fighting in the parking lot. There must be coplanar faces there - they will be as awful in a render as it looks now so you should do something with it).

i see ! im going to fix that tnx ...

for the rendering, i would like just regular render like this for example
http://i41.tinypic.com/2yugbyr.jpg

is it possible ?i need some program maybe ?
the animation function is great easy and smooth !

Gaieus · 29 Mar 2012, 08:47

Well, yes, you need some additional program to start playing with photorealistic rendering. There are lots of them - some work inside SU and easier to handle others are standalone studios - some are free then others cost something affordable and there are some expensive ones, too.

Which "category" would you be interested in?

dmhmaestro · 29 Mar 2012, 09:00

i would like it free
and not to complicated obviously ...

i have an idea, i will make real life tumbler, i have idea to make this 24 sides polygon and then stick pictures of house , every frame on different side of polygon, and then install motor in the middle to rotate the whole construction so when its turned on it will rotate and from one perspective you will see house 360 degrees ... this is offtopic but i wanted to share that hought

http://i41.tinypic.com/1088xfo.jpg

so about program ?

this is latest what i come up with , its a bit doll but its nice

andybot · 29 Mar 2012, 11:31

try maxwell free version

dmhmaestro · 23 Apr 2012, 22:55

hey!
i downloaded the maxwell and its great program, good quality, for free version...i bet full vers. is awesome

but yet i didnt get my answer
i want video animation rendered ... is my need so hard to achieve ?
it would be like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdgqcbHjoeI&feature=g-upl&context=G2904b49AUAAAAAAABAA
but in better and rendered quality

andybot · 23 Apr 2012, 23:21

oh right - don't know why I missed that. Yeah , maxwell is not geared for animation for sure. I'd recommend twilight, but it's not free. It'll do a good job with what you are looking for though.

dmhmaestro · 24 Apr 2012, 00:13

@andybot said:

:? oh right - don't know why I missed that. Yeah , maxwell is not geared for animation for sure. I'd recommend twilight, but it's not free. It'll do a good job with what you are looking for though.

i bought and installed program... finally.
can you briefly help me ?

dmhmaestro · 24 Apr 2012, 00:36

im amazed by twilight... is so simple and straight to the point... ive managed to install some lights and i think i will handle the animation thing on my own . its awesome !

dmhmaestro · 25 Apr 2012, 20:05

can someone help me with maxwell animation ?

dmhmaestro · 7 May 2012, 21:20

i dont get it. why you dont want to help me ?

ive searched and there is no tutorial

andybot · 7 May 2012, 23:25

I don't know of anyone using Maxwell for animation. It's just not geared for that.