Render package options?

solo · 29 Nov 2012, 17:52

Just took a look at the example you posted, firstly I'd work on the materials, getting better quality seamless materials will help when rendering, I pretty much left your model as is, just added pavement and road and some tree proxy's, used HDRI lighting and background, 5 minutes setup and 10 minutes render, all within SU (not studio) no post processing.

pbacot · 29 Nov 2012, 18:33

Pete,

That's impressive Pete. (of course these are YOUR times ) Is this with the Thea "soon to be released" plugin? I can't wait.

Did you modify the window material?

Peter

Al Hart · 29 Nov 2012, 18:49

@toynlet said:

Hi Guys

Apologise if this is posted in the wrong section but I thought asking people who use different packages and regularly produce high quality photorealistic renders would be the best to ask for a bit of advice!
Steve

There are some sample SketchUp renderings, from various rendering packages, on this site:

Sample Models and Renderings | SketchUp Rendering

Examples of SketchUp rendering from different plugins and tips to get started.

SketchUp Rendering | Rendering (sketchuprendering.com)

I think my main observation of them is that all the packages can product good renderings one the user spends a little time learning how t set things up.

Stinkie · 29 Nov 2012, 20:12

Pete, looks good. Bsd?

solo · 29 Nov 2012, 20:31

@unknownuser said:

Pete, looks good. Bsd?

TR1 (unbiased), I tested BSD and it rendered in 2 min 46

Stinkie · 29 Nov 2012, 20:34

Not bad, not bad at all. I assume you downsampled the image?

solo · 29 Nov 2012, 20:43

@unknownuser said:

Not bad, not bad at all. I assume you downsampled the image?

I set supersampling on 'normal', I did a quick video of the interactive BSD engine.

Let me upload it to someplace and post in this reply when done.

Here it is, It's in this wide format as I recorded over two monitors (both 27 inches)

So take into account I am rendering at a huge ratio of 1870x850 (my SU ratio)

Dropbox - 404

(dl.dropbox.com)

Stinkie · 29 Nov 2012, 21:21

Cool vid. Thanks for that.
My assumption was you made your image smaller in post, thus compressing the noise.

jpalm32 · 29 Nov 2012, 23:20

Twilight will give great results at very reasonable price. Learning curve can be applied to Thea!

solo · 30 Nov 2012, 05:51

@jpalm32 said:

Twilight will give great results at very reasonable price. Learning curve can be applied to Thea!

Absolutely, Twilight is another great option.

The new Thea4SU is very simple to use by the way.

Stinkie · 30 Nov 2012, 06:26

@solo said:

@jpalm32 said:

Twilight will give great results at very reasonable price. Learning curve can be applied to Thea!

Ah, yes. Forgot about that one. Good choice for a beginner. Easy to use, cheap, nice forum. And there's a tutorial on Lynda.com .

toynlet · 30 Nov 2012, 08:59

Thankyou to everyone for their input!
Even more research for me and hopefully an opportunity to use some of these packages.
Steve

jo-ke · 1 Dec 2012, 11:34

@solo said:

all within SU (not studio) no post processing.

Is there now a thea- SU integrated- version (comparable to twilight) without export like Kerkythea?

Sounds interessting!

solo · 1 Dec 2012, 13:15

@jo-ke said:

@solo said:

all within SU (not studio) no post processing.

Is there now a thea- SU integrated- version (comparable to twilight) without export like Kerkythea?

Sounds interessting!

Yup,it's amazing, not yet available as it's still in beta, hopefully some time this month.

jo-ke · 1 Dec 2012, 14:01

Wow!

This are really good news!

Can't wait to try it...

kilgo · 3 Dec 2012, 18:10

Here's one from Podium.

kilgo · 3 Dec 2012, 19:47

another one...You can see by the render info (bottom of image) adding the trees extended its time from 4min to 20 min.

majid · 3 Dec 2012, 23:30

I gave a try using KT, + KT free trees, instancing them around the model.
background fit image + distance blue light ( to simulate blues shadows)
that is all
4 min 37 sec!