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    • P Offline
      pichuneke
      last edited by

      Incredible...

      Just something curious, for me. I live in Spain, at 8 kilometres from the Castle of Calatrava "The Old", there was an arabian city called "Calatrava" (Qalat - Rabah, the castle of Rabah, in arabic language), the origin of Calatrava Surname.

      Forgive my spanglish...

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        kwistenbiebel
        last edited by

        Thank you Frederick and Pichuneke.

        Indeed, the shadow is a bit too sharp. I'll try to rerender that shot with the direct sun layer decreased.

        In the mean time a different viewpoint:

        http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/turning-torso-small-2b.jpg

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          kwistenbiebel
          last edited by

          ....and a re-run on that first shot.
          I lowered the direct sun strength in Fry and added some DOF by using the Z-depth map (as alpha for the lens blur in photoshop):

          http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/turning-a-small.jpg

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            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Wow, now it's MUCH better!
            In the first image, the contrast betwen the little blurry (back)ground image and the sharpness of the tower was a bit contradictional.

            I like the second maybe the most though...

            Gai...

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              alpro
              last edited by

              Nice renders, nifty little trick with the aerial image, the second try defintely turned out much better, blends together much nicer, but I agree with Gaieus, the upshot is my favorite.

              Mike

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              • soloS Offline
                solo
                last edited by

                Very nice Biebel.

                I too prefer the upshot, the down shot is a difficult one to pull off with DOF and shadow matching.

                http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Modern Babel tower by Biebel 😄

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    kwistenbiebel
                    last edited by

                    Thanks guys...

                    My last try to get that aerial shot working:

                    http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/aerial-turning-torso-small.jpg

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                    • FrederikF Offline
                      Frederik
                      last edited by

                      That last one is PERFECT..!! 😄
                      Well done, Kwistenbiebel... 😉

                      Cheers
                      Kim Frederik

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                        kwistenbiebel
                        last edited by

                        Thank you frederick 😄

                        I tried to increase the contrast towards the upper part (using the depth map) so it would jump in a bit more. Also I skipped the physical sky completely and went full HDR (IBL light)for softer shadows.
                        There is still a lot of room for improvement imho but I am going to leave it as it is...

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          The last one is fantastic and yes using the hdri environment map softened the shadows on the ground and totally blends in.

                          http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Vertigo 😲 👍

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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                              pichuneke
                              last edited by

                              I have something for you:

                              Link Preview Image
                              404 - Page not found - fxguide

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                              (www.fxguide.com)

                              Try to do the Chicago Spire with sketchup, and then try to do remake that video... 😄

                              👊

                              Seriously, you must see that, it's fantastic.

                              Forgive my spanglish...

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                                remus
                                last edited by

                                bogles at render time if video

                                your stuffs jsut as good kwisten 👍

                                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                • FrederikF Offline
                                  Frederik
                                  last edited by

                                  Holy cow... 😲 😲 😲
                                  I think I just wet my pants...!!
                                  That's just awesome..!!

                                  To quote Solo...

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  he must have used the 'big brother' computer that conspiracy theorists like myself believe to exist to put that scene together.

                                  Cheers
                                  Kim Frederik

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                                    pichuneke
                                    last edited by

                                    Some years ago I heard that Calatrava has a team of engineers and architects.

                                    He arrives to the place where the new building is going to be started. Sits, and starts painting. After that, he gives the painting to his team and he says "I want that you do this and this".

                                    His team starts to ask theirselves what the hell the paintings mean 😄

                                    Forgive my spanglish...

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                                    • K Offline
                                      kwistenbiebel
                                      last edited by

                                      Pichuneke,
                                      That's an awesome video.
                                      It's a pity we don't have a render software developer for SU that supports animation at the fullest (besides Artlantis but I'm not a fan of the radiosity engine they use).

                                      I don't expect any of the 'unbiased' engines (Maxwell/Fry/Indigo) to come up with a good animation tool. So I keep my eyes open for the 'biased' ones like Vray and Podium v2.0 in the near future.

                                      Another possibility for photoreal animation, would be having a 'light/texture baking tool' so we can replace the ordinary SU textures by the baked photoreal ones (= in 1 render cycle) and use that in a normal sketchup animation session.

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                                        kwistenbiebel
                                        last edited by

                                        I tried the same scene using Indigorender.
                                        Having a hard time getting the phongs look realistic though:

                                        http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/indigo1-1.jpg

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                                          marked001
                                          last edited by

                                          wow....that last down shot certainly is beautiful..awesome technique!

                                          http://www.revision21vis.com

                                          instagram: revi21on

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                                            bertb
                                            last edited by

                                            bravo, kwistenbiebel

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