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    • Bryan KB Offline
      Bryan K
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      Thanks tuna.

      Honestly, I like none of them. There is something about this model that is jinxed. It's from the warehouse and had problems from the start. For starters, nothing is grouped except the plants and the car I added. Super high number of faces for the foliage. Many planes are not flat. Color choices are weird.

      And I just realized the non-flat planes may be the reason the renders are not quite right.

      The D5 render is not using depth of field. It is using a stock sky dome HDRI.

      I'm going to take one more stab at this and then move on.

      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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        Bryan K
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        This will have to do. This model really is jinxed. It took 5 tries to get it to load into the render. I also found some foreground objects were double grouped, which also affects the render.

        I changed the HDRI again and then pushed the settings past where I normally set them.

        But I like this one better than all the previous ones.


        faux french mansion 092023c.jpg

        See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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        • Mike AmosM Offline
          Mike Amos
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          Rather smashing actually. πŸ‘

          Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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          • Bryan KB Offline
            Bryan K
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            @mike amos said:

            Rather smashing actually. πŸ‘

            Thanks. πŸ‘

            I'm still not happy with it, but it's still better than all the previous versions including the first one from several years ago.

            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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            • Mike AmosM Offline
              Mike Amos
              last edited by

              There are times/models and especially from the warehouse, that are so bugged you spend hours just cleaning them up and straightening faces etc so in the end, nothing feels worthwhile.

              Sucks mate but instead of worrying about it I just move on as soon as the things get to be too much irritation.

              Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                Bryan K
                last edited by

                @mike amos said:

                There are times/models and especially from the warehouse, that are so bugged you spend hours just cleaning them up and straightening faces etc so in the end, nothing feels worthwhile.

                Sucks mate but instead of worrying about it I just move on as soon as the things get to be too much irritation.

                Yep. πŸ˜‰
                Already considering my next subject. And there's some animation I need to try.

                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                • L Offline
                  L i am
                  last edited by

                  Nice work Bryan, I would google "California palms" (Images) and use the feel of those images as a concept. Tall, elegant palms will transform that image with many palms and maybe some in the foreground also. Always practice safe design, always use a concept πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                    Bryan K
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                    @l i am said:

                    Nice work Bryan, I would google "California palms" (Images) and use the feel of those images as a concept. Tall, elegant palms will transform that image with many palms and maybe some in the foreground also. Always practice safe design, always use a concept πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                    Good suggestions. I tried to work with the included foliage and in hindsight, I should have deleted it all.

                    The high poly count of the foliage also created many of the problems I had loading and working with the model. Even with my new PC, it just bogged everything down.

                    See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                      L i am
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                      @bryan k said:

                      @l i am said:

                      Nice work Bryan, I would google "California palms" (Images) and use the feel of those images as a concept. Tall, elegant palms will transform that image with many palms and maybe some in the foreground also. Always practice safe design, always use a concept πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                      Good suggestions. I tried to work with the included foliage and in hindsight, I should have deleted it all and added my own.

                      The high poly count of the foliage also created many of the problems I had loading and working with the model. Even with my new PC, it just bogged everything down.

                      I found some pretty nice low poly Palms, about 0.5 MB per tree. I bet if you got rid of the backdrop and existing trees you would be net better off. Whet I see that render my brain cries out palm trees very loudly, Anyway just a thought Bryan πŸ˜„

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                      • L Offline
                        L i am
                        last edited by

                        Forgive me Bryan but I could not help myself.

                        Mansion.jpg

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                        • Bryan KB Offline
                          Bryan K
                          last edited by

                          HOLLYWOOD! πŸ˜†

                          Yeah, that looks fine. πŸ‘

                          See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                            Bryan K
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                            Many changes. Got rid of the stock foliage. That helped right away. Added L I am's palm trees. Got rid of the HRDI dome and used the render stock lighting and clouds. Fixed a lot of materials. A lot.

                            This model is still jinxed in some way. It took ten tries to get it to render. But I like this version as well.


                            faux french mansion 092023d.jpg

                            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                            • Bryan KB Offline
                              Bryan K
                              last edited by

                              Meh. I like none of them. πŸ˜•

                              See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                              • Bryan KB Offline
                                Bryan K
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                                I cannot let this go.


                                faux french mansion new plants.jpg

                                See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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                                • tuna1957T Offline
                                  tuna1957
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                                  Got to give you credit Bryan you sure are persistent πŸ˜‰ I think I’d have put this model on the shelf by now. Only going to make a couple of comments on these last two images. Keeping in mind a lot of this is just personal preference stuff. Overall these last l ages are a bit bright to me. Seems to wash things out a bit. Second is what’s happening with the palm fronds and big plants out front ? The color seems washed out…. Curious if you do any post processing ? πŸ‘

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                                    tuna1957
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                                    @bryan k said:

                                    I cannot let this go.

                                    Bryan have you considered joining a support group, maybe β€œsketchuppers anonymous” ? Your persistence is to be applauded. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                                      Bryan K
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                                      @tuna1957 said:

                                      @bryan k said:

                                      I cannot let this go.

                                      Bryan have you considered joining a support group, maybe β€œsketchuppers anonymous” ? Your persistence is to be applauded. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                                      πŸ˜† πŸ˜† πŸ˜†

                                      See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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