Terrain renders

Aernoud

Great! So photorealistic, love the trees!! Terrain is also nice! But especially the renders.

mirjman

beautiful renders. I'm curious why a photo would not have worked for this purpose though?

solo

Thanks guys,

mirjman, a photo would not show the impact of the tree removal for construction, the final submittance will have a render for all 5 views of a before and after construction. So what I will be doing is rendering the scene as it is today withh all trees and no building, then render the same view with the trees planned for removal, building in place and newly planted vegitation in place.

The two views above are from the north and south of the road that runs past the building, the next three are from three houses which are on the bank of the channel/ river facing the new construction.

Lots will change including the actual road markings and signage, fences and low growing shrubs, power lines, an animation may be in the works to of a simulated car ride with camera tracking building as you drive by.

solo

Here is a three second rough animation setup of the camera tracking for final animation, notice there are no trees and textures here as this is just to get camera setup for final scene.

[flash=320,240:cigf0rqn]http://nl.youtube.com/v/RfyL01iozhs[/flash:cigf0rqn]

kwistenbiebel

I would love to see the rendered animation when it's done.
Are you going to do it in Vue? Vue has this option to animate wind effects as well right?

The second still (the one with the sun glare/flare) is stunning!

A question while I am here: Were you on the Vue 7 beta team?

solo

Yes there is a 'ventilator' option for adding wind to animation, I will be using it in final render to track the camera and give a little breeze to the shrubs as the camers/car passes for a more real feel.

The vue 7 beta testing is taking place at moment, i cannot say too much as there is a nda, however what is common knowledge is that it will support interiors a lot more, besides having an option to work between Max, maya and XSI including using Vray render options while still in the Vue or other softs GUI.
Chipp walters is the guy to speak with as he is in thick with the e-on crowd.

solo

[flash=320,240:35hy1p49]http://nl.youtube.com/v/fYUFM4NfQt0[/flash:35hy1p49]

marked001

damn.. this commission looks like some $$ for you haha.. nice.. cant wait to see the final animations.. very excited.

solo

Thanks,

This job like everything else is at standard rates, the faster i work the less I earn , but that also means repeat business

A quick above illustration.

pilou

Cables are come back on the animations
Cool landscape
Vue will be the new task of the next year?

kwistenbiebel

And Vue 7 will support Vray ?
Looks like I will need to save money for a new SU-->Vue7-->Vray workflow.

solo

Here is a demo from Siggraph 2008, shows Vue modeling and then rendering in Vray for Max, 3rd video down

(www.e-onsoftware.com)

EarthMover

That's exciting! I was reading about the cloud and water enhancements in Vue 7 as well. It should be a real treat!

solo

This is just a fast render, 145 frames at 56 seconds per frame render time. No complex atmospheres, fogs, wind, reflection added yet.

http://www.vimeo.com/1749214
[flash=400,300:4nx5nxvj]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1749214&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1[/flash:4nx5nxvj]

Daniel

Looks great, Pete. How long did it take to render? One computer, or did you use render bulls/cows?

solo

Thanks, about 16 minutes on two quads (using hypervue network render)

silver_shadow

I really love the output of VUE, is it difficult to work with? The renderings looks really great.

solo

It's hard to say, if you are used to apps like Max, Maya, etc you may have a little getting used to as the GUI is a little different and the terminology also unique. The function editors are all node based which at first i hated until it just 'clicked' and now I love it.
Creating materials and functions onto those materials will take some learning as well as the animation controls, there are just so many options that at first it's intimidating. Try have fun and learn at a comfortable pace, do not do what I tried with Modo by watching every damn tutorial until I was saturated and now the Modo logo even gives me a chill.

Stinkie

@solo said:

Try have fun and learn at a comfortable pace, do not do what I tried with Modo by watching every damn tutorial until I was saturated and now the Modo logo even gives me a chill.

lol!!!!!!!!!!

The "above illustration" works really well. Your client will be pleased, I suspect.

spadestick

great stuff! Would be more realistic when you see a car's dash, seat and roof frame in the foreground with the shot?