Rayscaper render.

[Mike Amos]

What? They let the Gremlins get wet?

[pixelcruncher]

Despite the gremlins, nice render. Working on chasing down the gremlins.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher OK, another week another Windoze solution that is not. Not able to activate the Rayscaper license now.

[Rich O Brien]

Manage your seats at https://sketchucation.com/webshop/my-licences.php

If you keep activating on different devices you will run into seats exceeded.

You need to release seats on devices you don't use.

[Mike Amos]

Got it Rich, the system not reacting to inputs was a bit of a drain but I got there. I cannot match the sketchup viewport in Rayscaper now but then since reset of windoze, everything has been more than a little off.

I cannot say the entertainment level is low tho'.

[ntxdave]

OK guys, this is not a very good one, but I have been doing some fooling around and testing. First, I will share some pictures of something I received from a fried that I then did a 3D model of using SketchUp and then rendered with Rayscaper.

Here are some images of what i received: (OK, images too large)

Here is my render with Rayscaper:

I know this is not very fancy. I would like to have some advice as to how it might be made better.

[Rich O Brien]

HDR environment light. Search the Studio category and set the Transparent flag on.

With the lighting set you can play with materials to see how they interact with the light.

[ntxdave]

@Rich-O-Brien Thanks @Rich-O-Brien . I will try this later.

I have some images/photos that I took with my iPhone that I would like to share, however, I am having problems opening them. They say that are PNG file but every app I try to open them with says they are not a valid file type.

Can someone give me some advice about how to open these files so that I can get them into a format/size that I can share on the forum?

One of the things I would like for people to see is that the item that was share with me, and the model I created and shared in the previous post is not really created the way viewers might suspect. The word "Jesus" was created by creating pieces that are attached to a wood block that outline the word. It was not created by adding text to the block. I found this kind of interesting and is what inspired me to create a model using the same technique.

@Rich-O-Brien Here is a new render using the approach you suggested.

I also have done an animation that show creating "Jesus" one letter at a time. However, I have not found a way to create the animation using Rayscaper. If someone can tell me how to do that, I would appreciate it so a can "bring the model to life".

[pixelcruncher]

Maybe the easiest is to attach one of those image files so we can have a look?

Nice, it played a trick on my brain because it took a while before I saw the word "Jesus".

I also have done an animation that show creating "Jesus" one letter at a time. However, I have not found a way to create the animation using Rayscaper. If someone can tell me how to do that, I would appreciate it so a can "bring the model to life".

Currently, Rayscaper does not have animation support. But that will come with the next release, although that will only support SketchUp scene animations (camera & sunlight). How are you animating these letters?

Cheers,
Thomas

[Rich O Brien]

@ntxdave kinda hard to suggest improvements. Share the file

[ntxdave]

@pixelcruncher said in Rayscaper render.:

Maybe the easiest is to attach one of those image files so we can have a look?

OK, I finally got a couple of the images so I can now share them.

Nice, it played a trick on my brain because it took a while before I saw the word "Jesus".

That is part of what triggered me developing the model in SketchUp

I also have done an animation that show creating "Jesus" one letter at a time. However, I have not found a way to create the animation using Rayscaper. If someone can tell me how to do that, I would appreciate it so a can "bring the model to life".

Currently, Rayscaper does not have animation support. But that will come with the next release, although that will only support SketchUp scene animations (camera & sunlight). How are you animating these letters?

In this case, my animation is a set of scenes animated. Yes, I am animating presenting the letters.

Did I also see/read that you are also looking into working with Animator?

Cheers,
Thomas

@Rich-O-Brien said in Rayscaper render.:

@ntxdave kinda hard to suggest improvements. Share the file

Although there are some problems in the model, I am sharing it here: Jesus Animation.skp

And here is the animation: Jesus Animation.mp4