New Artlantis image - c&c very welcome.

[not registered yet]

Pretty nice. I've gotta say that this is my favorite section of the forum. I love seeing the renders you guys come up with. Even when they're flawed, they're still pretty amazing (and better than we'd all likely do by hand).

Original Poster: AcousticGarden

[Archi Rag]

im not usually a big fan of interior shots but that looks amazing i am quite keen on Artlantis too but my images look nowhere near as nice as that good work!

[spadestick]

the windows /glass on the buildings, they look wrong. reflection of the clouds seem to be missing.

[dylan]

It is a very nicely modelled scene. It would be an interesting one to see rendered in various packages.

[marcday]

Hi - thanks for comments

Yeh - the glass is a bit fresnelly isn't it. . :S DOH! Not sure about the cloud reflection comment - do you ever get cloud reflections on the inside of windows? or do I have them when they shouldn't be there - maybe it's that darned large fresnel size? ))

Here's another artlantis interior - I think the trick with any artlantis render is to see it as a base for photoshopping afterwards - otherwise you're stuck with a very flat image. The GREAT thing about artlantis is that you can render to a psd file - which contains separate alpha, sky, depth map, and material maps - whichever genius added that little option deserves a gold star award. Also - making sure you use multiple textures for a lot of the materials - even if it just adds a very subtle effect over the surface.

I'd like to share the last interior model file - I always like to see those renderer comparison shots - but, as you can see, it's filled to the hilt with formfonts furniture. . . I'm sure there'd be a general uproar from them and their hoard of copyright lawyers!

Cheers,
M x

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[robmoors]

Very nice clean look!!! Awesome render. And yes the psd function is a go given function I know . I would love to see more of this kind of work, it captures the atmosphere just perfect. Very well done!

[dylan]

Im with Rob, I really enjoy seeing these type of renders. Infact im going to try some myself with Kerkythea.

I really like your windows with blinds, did you model these yourself?

Also the image for the outside looks very real, you have blended it very nicely.

[marcday]

Cheers guys!

Model the blinds?!?!? Are you crazy?!? They're an altered formfonts model.

Yeh - I think a good match between interior and background image is one of the most important things if you want an image to be convincing. . . here's another one - not the best render - but I think the marriage between the interior and background rescues it.

Marc x

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[Gaieus]

Definitely nice "marriage", Marc!
I always have problems with this part of the game; I model something and am too eager to see some results and too impatient to set up the scene to be so nice (well, I1m not even that great renderer either - just playing around...)

This is really nice.

[AcesHigh]

I feel like crying when I see these renders. I cant achieve such level of photorealism!

btw, Artlantis isnt even that "old". They released Artlantis Studio last year and they are going to release a new version this year, which supposedly is capable of Maxwell level photorealism.

And anyway, isnt Artlantis better than Podium?

Original Poster: AcesHigh

[eldar]

HI marcday great work as usually, i'm big fan of your tutorial of the worncall technique!! if you guys don't know about this you can see it here: http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3064&highlight=worncall+technique it's amazing what you can do with SketchUp an d Photoshop. also marday i have contribuite to it with the styles for sketchup 6 sinse the ruby to follow your tutorial can't work in skp 6 only in 5

[ypnos1]

Love the image
Love your technique
Never figured out that you can render directly to a .psd. That is huge
thanks for pointing out the obvious
which obviously was not so obvious for me

Thanks for sharing
Rock on
Ypnos

[nomeradona]

bautiful rendering. would you mind if you can post the rendering time.