Ceramic house

[Richard]

Wow Massimo! Mate that is some seriously good stuff there mate! Not just from a rendering point, but some outstanding camera work! I'm truly IMPRESSED!

[massimo]

Thanks guys.

@unknownuser said:

but out of curiosity, could you tell us the average time it took to render? (and of course the original resolution and rendering power of your machine)

@unknownuser said:

What is the original size of the image? How long THEA rendering a single image?

The images were rendered at 1500X1043 px for 5-7 hrs each (depending on the scene) on my old i7 with 6 Gb of RAM.
Anyway you have to consider a couple of things:
-the scene is quite complex (a lot of geometry, reflective and SSS materials, lighting etc.) and there are also two omni inside the hanging lamps which shine through a frosted glass;
-I'm totally new to biased rendering settings, so I've picked the highest preset with no further tweaks. Just made some adjustment on single materials;
-the unbiased engines were almost unable to clean the scene in an acceptable time.

@unknownuser said:

but some outstanding camera work!

Yeah, I love wide angle lenses. Here I've used 14 or 20 mm.

[olishea]

This is probably some of the best work you've done!! Hats off! Yes camera work is truly excellent. There is something captivating with ceramics.

[massimo]

Thanks Oli, you're alwas very kind.

[Rich O Brien]

Incredible.

[massimo]

Thanks Rich, this time there are the electrical sockets...

[xonpt]

@massimo said:

The images were rendered at 1500X1043 px for 5-7 hrs each (depending on the scene) on my old i7 with 6 Gb of RAM.

this is the only reason i dont switch to Thea... the unbiased engines are amazing, and now with the 1.2 final gathering, the biased ones are almost equally good

but i miss a biased preset where you can give up a little bit on quality, but get a render in 15 to 30 minutes, like you can do in VRay

even with "basic" interior preset, with no supersampling, i get 2 to 3 hour render in these kind of complex lightning scenes (my machine is even "older" than yours...)

but again, amazing images, you and Thea work very well together

[Box]

Simply Stunning work.

But I shudder to think what would happen if you dropped your coffee cup, the shrapnel would be lethal.

[massimo]

Thanks for comments guys.

[Gareth]

pffffft....not bad i suppose...!!

ok, ok...it's bloody good....!!

[massimo]

...

Thanks.

[olishea]

what texture did you use for the specular massimo? Looks very real.

[massimo]

You mean for the ceramics?

[Rich O Brien]

@rich o brien said:

Incredible.

Yes, looks like the place had a nice vacuuming before you took the photo.

[massimo]

Nowadays you can use one of these anyway...

[Gareth]

@massimo said:

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Thanks.

you know i love it....!!

[chedda]

Good job !

[massimo]

Thanks.

[novena]

neat and clean renders, nicely done Massimo...

[massimo]

Thanks Victor.