Using 'instancing/proxies' is fun

kwistenbiebel

This is a crop of the original sized image so you can see some of the veg in close-up:

solo

Dang!!!

What app did you use? Fryrender?

That is amazing.

kwistenbiebel

Thanks Pete,
Yes, I used Fry render for this one. I let it render for about 4 hours, which I find acceptable for a complex scene like this to get it clean.

I am not planning to render this with other soft (Indigo and KT has instancing too) as I would have to start again from scratch (they all have different methods of making proxies).

Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel

Frederik

Really impressive, Kwistenbiebel...

Could fool many to believe this was a real photo...

pibuz

Hi master Kwisten
REALLY impressive images! I assume you've done an export from Sketch to fry, before the render: am i right?

If so, i'd be very very very interested in how did you map the foliage on the plants and bushes. And I'd very like to know where the rose-bush component comes from...

I've tried converting to ".3ds" some 3D trees i found for 3dsMax, but mapping every single leaf it's an endless work to do: how can you do that? If i can ask, obviously: this can be a little secret to keep, i'd understand you

Thank you so much, however!

kwistenbiebel

Thanks.

@Pibuz,
Actually hitting 'render' in Fry exports the scene and automatically starts the rendering in the Fry standalone. But you can also choose 'export only' and start the rendering later on.
In this case, because of the use of proxies, the export time was really short as the amount of geometry was kept low.
I didn't model the vegetation myself, some are commercial and came with textures applied.

kwistenbiebel

Indigo instancing.
The house model from Vizdepot (new Charette).
3D vegetation added and instanced.

ilay7k

no way ...
i trick us, it's foto!
Ono and Whaat make new camera driver

solo

Dang!!

Sweeeet!

How the heck are we supposed to keep up with all the new features, i am still trying to master the old ones, if one has to try stay abreast with all the new developements the term 'starving artist' surely would be reality.

Excellent visual there Chris.

ilay7k

Chris, one question...have you try to add SSS-feature for leaves(in front of view, elight some dark sites) or postwork made grafik.editor?
i know it's slow...but...

Stinkie

Nice image. Indigo's good stuff.

kwistenbiebel

Thanks Ilay7k and Solo

@Solo,
I think instancing and displacement are two of the newer features that can boost a render a lot. (displacement not available in Indigo yet)
By the way, I am amazed with the things you pull off with Vue extreme, a technology I personally know zip about.

@Ilay,
I didn't use SSS on the leaves.
In the Indigo render they are plain diffuse (the Fry versions has specularity assigned).
I'll try the SSS feature later on, but I think render time will suffer from it.

Thanks for your comments,

Kwistenbiebel

Frederik

What can I say...?!?
Looks top dollar...

kwistenbiebel

Thanks Stinkie and Frederick.

I launched another view (Skindigo) and let it render the length of a game of squash

The roses seem to be slightly oversaturated. Not sure about the rotated view either:

Whaat

@kwistenbiebel said:

I didn't use SSS on the leaves.
In the Indigo render they are plain diffuse (the Fry versions has specularity assigned).
I'll try the SSS feature later on, but I think render time will suffer from it.

Dammit! I can't see your renders at my office computer. They are blocked!

Here's something to try with vegetation in Indigo. Use a Phong material with SketchUp opacity at 35-50%. This blends the phong material with a diffuse transmitter material giving you a SSS effect without the huge render time. Changing the opacity slider will determine the relative amount of blending. The end result is a translucent material with specular highlights, perfect for leaves.

Stinkie

Very nice!

Whaat

Beautiful render! Thanks for attaching!

kwistenbiebel

Thank you

A try out using Vray. Unfortunately VfSU does not support instancing/proxies so I had to delete a lot of the 3D vegetation for this one to avoid crashes:

Anssi

I am again amazed about how consistent quality you get out of different render engines.

Anssi

marked001

love the camera angle on those indigo images! where is this vegetation from?? i need to buy some..

btw, i'm using the a pre-release version of the new maxwell sketchup plugin that includes instancing and its working great so far i just need to look into using dummy components now..