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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Pilou, not quite what I had in mind, I want scatter, spread, paint trees where I need them, heck even create a green wall if i please.

      http://www.solos-art.com

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

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      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
        jiminy-billy-bob
        last edited by

        Here is a new plugin I'm working on, called Skatter, which is I think exactly what you're looking for.

        The goal is to be able to render hundreds of thousands of instances, but never generate them in SU, so it remains lightweight.
        As you can see in the video, Devin from Chaos Group already made it work in Vray. And Tomasz from Solid Iris is working to make it work in Thea. I'll soon get in touch with other render engines devs to see if they're interested.

        The developpement is only at a very early stage, in the final version there will be a lot more features and options.

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        • Rich O BrienR Offline
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          @JBB

          Easy setup a private beta forum here for you to get some testing going.

          Lots of devs use this system and we already have a pool of reliable testers assembled.

          Just throwing it out there if or when you need it.

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          • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
            jiminy-billy-bob
            last edited by

            Rich, thanks for that!
            I won't need this until a more advance state, but I'll definitly get back to you in time πŸ˜‰

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            • soloS Offline
              solo
              last edited by

              JBB

              You been reading my mind, hell yeah, that is what I'm talking about, let me know when I can start testing. πŸ’š

              http://www.solos-art.com

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

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              • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                jiminy-billy-bob
                last edited by

                @solo said:

                You been reading my mind

                Well, for my rendering activity, I have similar needs as you πŸ˜‰

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                • PixeroP Offline
                  Pixero
                  last edited by

                  Yes it looks very good. πŸ‘
                  I would also like to test this if possible.
                  One thing, I see you are using Vray proxys.
                  Please make it so it will work with other renderers too.

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                  • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                    jiminy-billy-bob
                    last edited by

                    You can feed in any component you want.
                    The one I use in the video is actually both a Vray proxy and a Thea Proxy. It will be part of a library shipped with the plugin, and it'll be a proxy for all render engines possible.

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                    • andybotA Offline
                      andybot
                      last edited by

                      that looks very nice! I've used Compo-spray for a long time, this looks to be a huge workflow changer!

                      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                        jiminy-billy-bob
                        last edited by

                        @pixero said:

                        Please make it so it will work with other renderers too.

                        Here is how it performs with Thea 1.4. The render starts in a couple of seconds and the render itself took a few minutes with Presto.


                        http://i.imgur.com/Ynjb1yVl.jpg

                        Click for higher res.

                        This is a square surface roughly 130m*130m covered with dense grass.
                        475'000 instances of this grass patch:

                        http://i.imgur.com/ZEPgdGT.png

                        Btw, this is what the model looks like:


                        http://i.imgur.com/ePyEHiBl.png

                        Very lightweight, as all this vegetation is generated at render-time.

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                        • massimoM Offline
                          massimo Moderator
                          last edited by

                          πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                          • JQLJ Offline
                            JQL
                            last edited by

                            @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                            @pixero said:

                            Please make it so it will work with other renderers too.

                            Here is how it performs with Thea 1.4. The render starts in a couple of seconds and the render itself took a few minutes with Presto.

                            This is a square surface roughly 130m*130m covered with dense grass.

                            Very lightweight, as all this vegetation is generated at render-time.

                            Bah, too good to be true, you joker πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜„

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                            • L Offline
                              leminilab
                              last edited by

                              @jql said:

                              @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                              @pixero said:

                              Please make it so it will work with other renderers too.

                              Here is how it performs with Thea 1.4. The render starts in a couple of seconds and the render itself took a few minutes with Presto.

                              This is a square surface roughly 130m*130m covered with dense grass.

                              Very lightweight, as all this vegetation is generated at render-time.

                              Bah, too good to be true, you joker πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜„

                              😲
                              Yea, I think it's bluff too...
                              Isn't it? πŸ˜•
                              This looks too awesome to be true... Not in 2014... 😎

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                              • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                jiminy-billy-bob
                                last edited by

                                @leminilab said:

                                Not in 2014... 😎

                                You're right, it'll be available in 2015 πŸ˜‰

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                                • B Offline
                                  bsfranza
                                  last edited by

                                  so.. whats it with su skatter - alive dead or what

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                                  • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                    jiminy-billy-bob
                                    last edited by

                                    Very much alive, but not yet ready for public release.
                                    It'll come!

                                    25% off Skatter for SketchUcation Premium Members

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                                    • Bob JamesB Offline
                                      Bob James
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                                      πŸŽ‰

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                                      • B Offline
                                        bsfranza
                                        last edited by

                                        thanks for the info though...

                                        will your skatter plugin work with any renderer availeable or is it somewhat bound to vray?

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                                        • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                          jiminy-billy-bob
                                          last edited by

                                          For now it works with Vray and Thea. I will work with other render engines developpers to make it work with their product. But for now I can't guaranty anything behond Vray and Thea.
                                          What engine would you like to use with Skatter?

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                                          • duanekempD Offline
                                            duanekemp
                                            last edited by

                                            Pete, just gave me the heads up on this post. Thank you Pete. This is exactly what I've been looking for. I've been manually building a proxy replace me model to solve this issue. But, JBB, if it's possible, I would love to test this as well. This looks so promising!

                                            Duane Kemp

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                                            Puidoux, Switzerland
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                                            https://duanekemp.artstation.com/

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