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    • soloS Offline
      solo
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      Click on 720p HD for best results

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • daleD Offline
        dale
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        Well, you gotta be pretty happy with that!

        My favorite part is the drug deal going down at 1:28 in the day segment. πŸ˜„
        Neighbourhoods ripe for re-development.

        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
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          lol, I need to request better prostitute animated models, and maybe a guy smoking and a few hobo models to complete the scene.

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
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            I've seen your town before. It's mind boggling what you put into it and this shows it off great! Now a car chase?

            MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
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              The beauty of LumenRT is it's easy, it can even take simple scenes without doing much to it and transform it into something reasonable fast.

              Here is a basic scene, no time was taken to build it, it does not even have pavements or street markings and signs, flat materials, truly basic scene.

              Basic model

              Throw in some LRT models, an LRT background.

              Basic model with LRT components

              Export to draft mode (1 minute 22 seconds)

              Daytime

              Turn on night and switch on lights.

              Night time

              http://www.solos-art.com

              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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              • PixeroP Offline
                Pixero
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                Solo, these detailed scenes, are they your creations or available somewhere?
                Looks as if they are from a game.

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                • ElibjrE Offline
                  Elibjr
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                  Solo this is nice. I have always liked your work. Is it truly that quick though? I was going to buy this when this version came out but now after they raised the price, it is just out of my current reach! Interesting, when a company develops a great product for Sketchup and it does well... They then make it available to the world. When they do, they raise the price because "professionals" won't take it seriously if it is too low or they cannot "write it off" then the people who made it popular cannot afford it anymore. What is the deal. Does anybody else see this or am I truly way off here? For some reason Sketchup is still not taken seriously. πŸŽ‰ Anyway, these are very cool models. A little too much ambient light for me though.

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
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                    @pixero said:

                    Solo, these detailed scenes, are they your creations or available somewhere?
                    Looks as if they are from a game.

                    These scenes are a compilation of good photo matched models on the 3D warehouse, stuff I found on other free sites and stuff I made myself. When I see good models or make some thing decent enough I save it in a folder I call "photo building kit" I have whole buildings, bits of streets, telephone and electrical poles, trash bags, planks, fences, piping/plumbing and wires, etc.

                    Here is an example of a quick piece (not very good on close inspection, but the seemingly complexity with all the other junk laying around tricks the eye. The faΓ§ade comes from here: http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=70798&PHPSESSID=9mcfeh8rr5uea5tkbr31pgpv44

                    Then a little modeling to match the image, a little Photo-shop to remove stuff and add stuff to image, throw in some odds and ends and you have a scene.

                    SU model

                    And then to LRT (LumenRT) in lowest quality mode (draft)

                    LRT day

                    From beginning to end this entire scene took less than an hour, as I build up my collection of "stuff" the scenes get quicker to make.

                    LRT night

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                    • soloS Offline
                      solo
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                      Here is a quick animation of the above, using DOF effects (test)
                      Again click on 720 HD for best view.

                      http://www.solos-art.com

                      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                      • S Offline
                        sonder
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                        Pretty amazing, isn't it!.

                        I now use Lumen RT models with all my contractors. I make it a part of there bid package and we use them in the field as often as the drawings! It is remarkable how fast it is and provides a file that still keeps your model secure!

                        Thanks Nicholas and David for an amazing product. Once I dig my head out of my current projects, I'll runs some videos and stills.

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                          sonder
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                          @elibjr said:

                          Solo this is nice. I have always liked your work. Is it truly that quick though? I was going to buy this when this version came out but now after they raised the price, it is just out of my current reach! Interesting, when a company develops a great product for Sketchup and it does well... They then make it available to the world. When they do, they raise the price because "professionals" won't take it seriously if it is too low or they cannot "write it off" then the people who made it popular cannot afford it anymore. What is the deal. Does anybody else see this or am I truly way off here? For some reason Sketchup is still not taken seriously. πŸŽ‰ Anyway, these are very cool models. A little too much ambient light for me though.

                          Well, this version is literally 10 times better than version 3. They added point lights, more features galore. It is well worth the money especially considering the speed. Yes draft takes 5 minutes to export a live cube. The live cube is what I use with contractors and clients. Completely interactive.

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                            Rob D
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                            Hi Solo. I tried to look at your animation from page 1 in the thread, but the screencast.com link's dead. Please could you re-upload?I'd sure like to see it!

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                            • olisheaO Offline
                              olishea
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                              Wow pete these are amazing! you should make maps for GTA!

                              oli

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                              • soloS Offline
                                solo
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                                There is a new update version 4.1.

                                So far it's smooth and handles everything I can throw at it.

                                I used the fur plugin to add trees (LRT proxys)

                                lots of trees.jpg

                                trees stats.jpg

                                In LRT:

                                Sketchup_NoName.jpg

                                Sketchup_NoName_001.jpg

                                http://www.solos-art.com

                                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                • FrederikF Offline
                                  Frederik
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                                  That looks really great... πŸ‘

                                  Q: Why does the image appear as if Bloom has been added...?
                                  Is that just the LumenRT output for all renders...?

                                  Q: How do you feel quality is compared to the price...?
                                  (I understand the price is 795,00 USD...)

                                  Cheers
                                  Kim Frederik

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                                  • soloS Offline
                                    solo
                                    last edited by

                                    @frederik said:

                                    That looks really great... πŸ‘

                                    Q: Why does the image appear as if Bloom has been added...?
                                    Is that just the LumenRT output for all renders...?

                                    Q: How do you feel quality is compared to the price...?
                                    (I understand the price is 795,00 USD...)

                                    • The bloom seems to be around lights only, which can be switched off in live cube editor.

                                    • This is a hard question, like saying how is Vray or Thea compared to the price, so in answering I say that if you bought it for a hobby then you have way too much money to burn, however if you bought it as a tool then I can say it paid itself off on first job and gave me another option never before available to my clients. I cannot believe how easy it is to use and the results blow clients away as they can now navigate scenes of their project with animated cars, people and even trees blowing in the breeze, they can set the time of day resolution and capture their own renders or just walk around, or I could just record an animation and send to them in seconds.

                                    http://www.solos-art.com

                                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                    • FrederikF Offline
                                      Frederik
                                      last edited by

                                      Thanks, Pete... πŸ‘

                                      @solo said:

                                      • This is a hard question, like saying how is Vray or Thea compared to the price, so in answering I say that if you bought it for a hobby then you have way too much money to burn...

                                      πŸ˜† Although it's a bit difficult to answer, you summed it up quite well... πŸ‘

                                      Cheers
                                      Kim Frederik

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                                      • DanielD Offline
                                        Daniel
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                                        Pete, you mentioned clients love it 'cause they can navigate around in it; I'm assuming you are referring to the live cubes? Have you had any trouble with clients opening them? That was one of the options that first attracted me to the program. When I first got LumenRT and created live cubes, they wouldn't open on other computers as they didn't meet the required specs to do so.

                                        Have you tried importing VUE scenes into LumenRT? Have you tried the new rain feature in Vue? Sadly, I've been too busy to do no more than load the programs on my computer. 😞

                                        My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                        • soloS Offline
                                          solo
                                          last edited by

                                          @daniel said:

                                          Pete, you mentioned clients love it 'cause they can navigate around in it; I'm assuming you are referring to the live cubes? Have you had any trouble with clients opening them? That was one of the options that first attracted me to the program. When I first got LumenRT and created live cubes, they wouldn't open on other computers as they didn't meet the required specs to do so.

                                          Have you tried importing VUE scenes into LumenRT? Have you tried the new rain feature in Vue? Sadly, I've been too busy to do no more than load the programs on my computer. 😞

                                          I had issues in the beginning with live cubes crashing but that was sorted out a couple of updates ago, I have had clients remark that when opening it stuttered and that was because they had weak machines, I told them to reduce the resolution and it worked, I'd really love if there was a future version that could convert to a web based viewer, that would be just brilliant.

                                          Regarding Vue, I have fallen behind, I am still using Vue 9 inf, that is when I use it, I found it too slow to render for a production tool, I cannot comment on the new version as I have not tried it, however it's still an awesome tool.

                                          http://www.solos-art.com

                                          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                          • DanielD Offline
                                            Daniel
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                                            I've loaded Vue Inf. 11.5 on my new computer with the specs you recommended, and I loaded a fairly detailed SU model of a building and test rendered (no trees, ground, etc.) it at one of the higher settings - it took about 5 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised by the speed.

                                            My avatar is an anachronism.

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