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[cotty]

[HornOxx]

What an impressive and at the same time unusual inlay work.
A typical "Cotty" I think - Great idea!

[cotty]

Thank you.
(Perhaps it's simpler to make it in SketchUp than in reality )

[HornOxx]

@cotty said:

...Perhaps it's simpler to make it in SketchUp than in reality ...

not every good idea must necessarily work in reality - it remains a good idea anyway

[jo-ke]

What a nice idea!

[pbacot]

Nice work and presentation. What renderer are you using and what is your line overlay workflow (I do this occasionally but it is often a pain).

[cotty]

Thank you.
I'm using Thea and Indigo, this one was rendered with Indigo. My workflow for the line overlay:

• Save a scene to be able to get back to the same view direction
• Export a sketchy line image (3000-6000 px width for thinner lines)
• Use an image editor and overlay with "multiply" layer, increase the transparency if needed

[pilou]

Yin Yang concept!

[HornOxx]

Pbacot´s question about your used renderer interested me already.
Is it Thea Studio or Thea for SketchUp? - I like this somehow
"grainy" look, seen in almost all your works.

@pbacot said:

...and what is your line overlay workflow...

to Cotty´s workflow I would like to add the recommendation that I usually fix any desired standard SkUp 2D export resolution (width x height) first. Exactly this resolution (or at least this ratio) I then use for the render resolution setting within my renderer, to have very little mounting effort in PS or GIMP. Everything fits automatically. After that I crop to the desired image size...

[cotty]

@hornoxx said:

Is it Thea Studio or Thea for SketchUp?

I don't think there's a difference in the Render engine?

@hornoxx said:

I like this somehow "grainy" look

The source for the grainy look is my impatience to wait for a nicer render result

[pbacot]

@cotty said:

Thank you.
I'm using Thea and Indigo, this one was rendered with Indigo. My workflow for the line overlay:

• Save a scene to be able to get back to the same view direction
• Export a sketchy line image (3000-6000 px width for thinner lines)
• Use an image editor and overlay with "multiply" layer, increase the transparency if needed

Do you have to scale the linework image? Also I often seem to have a different image. It may show more or less of the scene at the edges.

[cotty]

Yes, the rendered image is much smaller and I scale down the line export.

[tadema]

Very nice maybe practical soon with 3d printing, you need a patent quickly before IKEA catch on

That's an impressive gallery you have.
John

[Richard]

That's Magnificent mate! I rather like the idea for a shop signage!

[cotty]

Thank you very much for your nice comments. Good to see some people watching the gallery...