[WIP] villa Skanör, Sweden

novena · 13 Nov 2012, 10:23

hi Bryan, thanks for your comment!

novena · 13 Nov 2012, 11:05

hi guys!
here comes an update...
this is how the images are looking after planting trees, bushes, etc...

the free version of Maxwell standalone plugin for SU does not include an alpha channel (or at least I don't know if it does), I did an experiment to generate my own alpha channel with a simple method:
1- set environment to sky dome and customized its color to magenta,
2- changed then environment to image based,
3- in 'image based channels' set active sky to 'sky dome', the background channel must be changed to 'active sky', and disabled the rest of channels (reflection, refraction and illumination),
4- started rendering... and this is how the image should look like:

5- then in photoshop use the magic wand tool to select the sky and use the selection as mask to merge a sky plate...
hope you find this useful

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novena · 16 Nov 2012, 22:10

hi guys,
here comes some progress with a night time scene...
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Bryan K · 20 Nov 2012, 02:11

Wow.

pilou · 20 Nov 2012, 02:23

Very clean result!

pbacot · 20 Nov 2012, 03:14

The night ambient light is so real! If the sky had a tiny bit of clouds or mist, it'd be even more realistic. Great picture.

Does remind me of Sweden--as seen in films

sh00ks · 21 Nov 2012, 10:06

Nice renders and usage of a free plugin!

Love the night-shots

My only point of critisism would be the 'hard' edges in your model:
You get more realistic looking renders by rounding/beveling the corners. Not much, but just a bit.
Now al the corners look like sharpened knives, if you understand what I mean
When rounding the corners a bit, you get a more realistic transition of lightfall and reflections in corners, what gives a more even build up in colour-changes

If you want, I can make some examples to show in renders what I mean

novena · 21 Nov 2012, 22:46

hi guys!

Bryan thanks a lot man, you leave allways a positive

Pilou merci beaucoup, for leaving a comment!

Peter, I appreciate your comment, the ambient light is just done with maxwells physical sky, when the image is finished I will add a sky in post production

sh00ks thanks for commenting... it is amazing the results this plugin can give!
yes I understand what you mean and agree with you about the corners, but I dont know a way to fillet/chamfer them within sketchup (im not an expert with SU), I would appreciate a lot if you could show me how to do it in a quick and efficient way (any plugin or tutorial?)...

thanks again to all...
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cotty · 22 Nov 2012, 06:20

@novena said:

yes I understand what you mean and agree with you about the corners, but I dont know a way to fillet/chamfer them within sketchup (im not an expert with SU), I would appreciate a lot if you could show me how to do it in a quick and efficient way (any plugin or tutorial?)...
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The usual one would be RoundCorners (Fredo6)

novena · 22 Nov 2012, 20:24

cotty thanks so much for the heads up to roundcorners plugin!!! it is perfect...
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novena · 13 Dec 2012, 08:47

hi guys! after a pause with this project, I'm back on the track with some interior views, here comes a little progress...
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novena · 14 Dec 2012, 08:56

a little update, I'm feeling this view almost finished...

pieterv · 20 Jan 2013, 13:09

Very nice!! I love the way the stairs integrate in the interior!

novena · 20 Jan 2013, 19:47

Pieterv
thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!!!
you can watch the finished images at the gallery thread:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=48954

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