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    • K Offline
      kwistenbiebel
      last edited by

      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

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        Frederik
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        http://www.kerkythea.net//users/Frederik/Anim-Icons/applause.gif
        Really impressive, Kwistenbiebel...
        http://www.kerkythea.net//users/Frederik/Anim-Icons/clap-above.gif

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

        Cheers
        Kim Frederik

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          pibuz
          last edited by

          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!

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          • K Offline
            kwistenbiebel
            last edited by

            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.

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            • K Offline
              kwistenbiebel
              last edited by

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

              http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/outdoor-indigo-instancing.jpg

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              • I Offline
                ilay7k
                last edited by

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

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
                  last edited by

                  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.

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

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                    ilay7k
                    last edited by

                    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...

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                    • StinkieS Offline
                      Stinkie
                      last edited by

                      Nice image. Indigo's good stuff.

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                      • K Offline
                        kwistenbiebel
                        last edited by

                        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

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                        • FrederikF Offline
                          Frederik
                          last edited by

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

                          Cheers
                          Kim Frederik

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                          • K Offline
                            kwistenbiebel
                            last edited by

                            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:

                            http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/charette2-indigo.jpg

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                              Whaat
                              last edited by

                              @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.

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                              • StinkieS Offline
                                Stinkie
                                last edited by

                                Very nice! 👍

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                                  Whaat
                                  last edited by

                                  Beautiful render! Thanks for attaching!

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                                  • K Offline
                                    kwistenbiebel
                                    last edited by

                                    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:

                                    http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/vizdepot-2-smallest.jpg

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                                      Anssi
                                      last edited by

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

                                      Anssi

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                                      • marked001M Offline
                                        marked001
                                        last edited by

                                        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..

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                                        • StinkieS Offline
                                          Stinkie
                                          last edited by

                                          @marked001 said:

                                          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..

                                          I pm'ed Pelias earlier today to get my hands on this baby. How's workflow?

                                          Er, sorry for this, Kwisten. Bit of a hijack. 😳 Excellent image again - Asgvis should take a look at instancing.

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                                            DzineTech
                                            last edited by

                                            They now have the ability to add proxies since Chaos Group updated the Vray SDK but they haven't worked out just how they are going to implement as yet; they seem to having a lot of difficulties coping with the way SU deals with a lot of other things at the moment (geometry, texture mapping etc..) but it looks like a great feature to get.

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