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    • R Offline
      remus
      last edited by

      haha, good stuff kwist.

      Just a quick question: when you use isntancing, does th render render one instance and then place that instance in the model? so do all the shadows and reflections stay the same for each instance of the original component?

      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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        kwistenbiebel
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        Actually the render engine replaces the dummy components with the complex ones at export.
        It will render those 'proxies' as if you would have placed thousands of the complex components.
        Not sure if this explanation is clear...

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          remus
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          Ok, so its more a way of cuttign down on the number of polys in SU than cutting down the render time?

          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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            kwistenbiebel
            last edited by

            That's right.
            Sketchup wouldn't be able to only show 1 % of that polycount.

            The funny thing is that even render time isn't lagging that much.
            The above scene took 2 hours to get relatively noise free.

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              remus
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              Thats pretty cool, i was under the (wrong) impression that indigo took forever to render anything. Ive really got to and have a go with it at some point.

              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                kwistenbiebel
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                Indigo will take forever for interior scenes (as all unbiased engines do).
                For exterior scenes, the render times are acceptable.

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                  remus
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                  Is that just because theres usually so many light sources?

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    kwistenbiebel
                    last edited by

                    @remus said:

                    Is that just because theres usually so many light sources?

                    No, all interiors take (too?) long, even without extra lights 😉
                    For interior rendering, using Podium or Vray (=biased engines)is more appropriate imho unless you have all the time in the world...

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                      Whaat
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                      Number of light sources is not that important. Interior scenes (lit with exterior lighting)take long because there are so many light bounces for light to find it's way to the camera. Exterior scenes have far fewer bounces and therefore render much faster.

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                        kwistenbiebel
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                        Leaf Frenzy:

                        http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/leafsagogosmall.jpg

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                          majid
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                          wow.....wow..... what about renderer app and render time?

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                            pilou
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                            and Instancing of "real simulation of vegetation" with Ivy generator? 😉

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

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                              kwistenbiebel
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                              Thanks.

                              People 'sprayed' around + Skindigo:


                              run2dsmall.jpg

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                                kwistenbiebel
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                                Ivy generator...good idea 😉

                                In the mean time, some clay soldiers:

                                http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/soldierscrop2.jpg

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                                  kwistenbiebel
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                                  @Majid,
                                  The images on the last 2 pages are made with (Sk)Indigo and render times vary between 1.5 and 4 hours.

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                                    kwistenbiebel
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                                    SketchyPhysics + Component Spray Tool + Skindigo:

                                    http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r3/kwistenbiebel1/bubbles1smaller.jpg

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                                      remus
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                                      hahaha, reminds me of the ball pit when i was young 😄

                                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        Gaieus
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                                        Remus, at your age I still loved those ball pits! 😄

                                        Gai...

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                                          remus
                                          last edited by

                                          True, although im always afraid of looking like a weirdo if i start playing in ball pits 😞

                                          http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                            Gaieus
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                                            Even after a couple of beers? 😄

                                            Gai...

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