The Tiniest Render in Haiti
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You've heard of the largest render in Croatia... so here's the tiniest render in Haiti!
(modeled all in SU of course)I am working on a project, an orphanage in Haiti (tight budget, so please be kind). A team of us went as volunteers this summer and visited some incredible people doing an amazing work in a horrible situation. They have a vision for a safe and healthy place for these kids to grow and learn... so here was the vision I've been working on so far to help them fulfill it. This has obviously got a long way to go, and has a lot one could nit-pick about the render, but hey, they were happy. Very Happy
This is a panoramic photo I took of the site one day when we were there. I photomatched it in SU and it worked out ok. I rendered just the building with an HDR probe, and masked it into the original photo of the site. This is very accurate to how it would look... theoretically. But I may move the building
It's a tiny bit wider than 800 px, so I will just have to give the link... sorry
http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/files/gla_webprogress_101.jpgYou can [url=http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3429:1rw2gysz]read the full thread here[/url:1rw2gysz].
[url=http://www.glahaiti.org/orphanage_building_plans/:1rw2gysz]Here's their website[/url:1rw2gysz] where they've posted the image.
We've actually found that SU is a deeply powerful tool for doing this sort of design-on-the-fly work. I was able to build the model in a week while we were there, give plans, elevations, and animated fly-around and fly-thru. They were blown away.
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Fletch,
Looks great! Did you actually do an HDR probe for that site, or is it a proprietry one? If you did your own, how did you do it? The mirrored sphere method? Either way, the result is very good. I ought to say that the rubber stamped hedge sticks out- you can see the repetitive pattern. I thought you would use Vue for a render like this- what made you choose KT? It was a good choice!
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well, KT's so easy, Vue, even after I've had hundreds of hours experience in Vue, I still use KT for stills... no use going to Vue for stills IMHO.
I used this HDR probe and used the alpha mask from KT to pop in my building onto my background.
I love photomatch/KT alpha mask technique... works well for me. very fast. In KT you can render the alpha mask of any selection w/out actually rendering the image... so you can render the alpha at very hi-res in only a few seconds. -
Fletch, great work! It's cool that you're doing work in Haiti. I have some good friends who have spent many years working with a school organization there and I had the opportunity to meet the Haitian man who started the whole thing. Very inspiring to see bright lights in such a dark place.
Could you please expound on this statement?
@unknownuser said:
I used this HDR probe and used the alpha mask from KT to pop in my building onto my background.
I love photomatch/KT alpha mask technique... works well for me. very fast. In KT you can render the alpha mask of any selection w/out actually rendering the image... so you can render the alpha at very hi-res in only a few seconds.It sounds great, but I'm afraid I don't understand exactly how to do what you're saying. I would be very interested to understand this process.
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As soon as I opened the page with the image I thought I was looking at a photograph of the building already built. But then I had to remind myself that the building construction is not yet complete.
Fletch, great render, and noble work.
Guite.
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Hi, thanks Guite!
Nick! Madison? Bro! I'm over there 1-2x /mth working on projects. I have a project in Stoughton AND Mt.Horeb... believe that?!umm... the alpha mask technique- I did the .pdf tutorial on KT's site available for d/l here.
for putting an .hdr image in the sky...
just d/l the image I linked above,
run KT,
Scene>Sun&Sky wizard> Sun - hit "SKIP, SUN ALREADY EXISTS" (Because the HDR IS your sun AND indirect light),
then in the next window, choose the "Spherical Sky" choice in the pull-down menu.
Now click on the black colored box that will let you >"Browse" to find the .hdr you downloaded (from my link above).
Load it, then choose it, then hit 'OK'
perfect sky done... just be sure to render with any preset BUT NOT RAYTRACE (as it does not account for indirect lighting)If you watch the video tuts for the new SU2KT3.0, I also explain how to adjust it in the advanced menu or in the Sun&Sky wizard.
it takes about 10 seconds to do, but longer just to read it.
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Fletch, indeed it's always good to meet new friends in your neighborhood!
Thanks for the reference to your tut. Very informative. I will definitely review this.
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