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    • olisheaO
      olishea
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      haha that brings back memories. the illustrations used to freak me out 👿

      oli

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      • soloS
        solo
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        Looks great Oli, what renderer did you use? and what setting as that looks biased.

        http://www.solos-art.com

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

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          Ultimatez 32
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          a walkway of spikey glass? 😄 What renderer is this?

          Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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          • FrederikF
            Frederik
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            @ultimatez 32 said:

            What renderer is this?

            @olishea said:

            twilight for this particular one.

            Cheers
            Kim Frederik

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            • olisheaO
              olishea
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              frederik.......is it possible to increase the AA of the alpha mask preset?

              oli

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                Ultimatez 32
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                Are there any render tutorials on twilight? I've seen a lot of great renders done with twilight (including this one 😄 )

                Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                • olisheaO
                  olishea
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                  twilight for this particular one.

                  I used exterior progressive to flint template. spherical sky and sunlight enabled 😄 (although I added sky back in PP cos it was a bit distorted)

                  (previous renders were podium biased for speed)

                  oli

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                    Glenn at home
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                    Very striking images, I like them a lot. Great job!

                    SketchUp Pro 2025/2026 Dell XPS 8950 i9-12900K 64GB Ram RTX 3080

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                      notareal
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                      @olishea said:

                      frederik.......is it possible to increase the AA of the alpha mask preset?

                      In my knowledge no, but if you render alpha mask with 2-3x greater resolution and scale it down in photoshop, you will get AA + Supersampling.

                      Welcome to try Thea Render, Thea support | kerkythea.net -team member

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                      • olisheaO
                        olishea
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                        ahh ha!

                        thanks good idea

                        😳 😄

                        oli

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                        • olisheaO
                          olishea
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                          yeah......the manual lol 😉

                          this was very easy to setup, like 5 mins to setup the render (lots more time to model) and 15 hours to render it, although I could have stopped it a lot sooner.

                          See the youtube transition here:

                          sorry about the bad quality, thats youtube for ya

                          oli

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                            Ecuadorian
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                            @olishea said:

                            frederik.......is it possible to increase the AA of the alpha mask preset?

                            If it's for replacing the background, have you tried this with a big plane instead?
                            http://twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=471

                            -Miguel Lescano
                            Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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                            • olisheaO
                              olishea
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                              Some more detail. Glass forest this time......still WIP

                              one iteration of subsmooth

                              http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/glass_forest_no_logo_small.jpg

                              oli

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                                AcesHigh
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                                Im amazed at the modelling... so organic... I dont have the minimum idea on how to even begin such modelling at Sketchup... congratulations!

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                                  TonyV
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                                  Hey Oli,

                                  Thanks for all the great images. You mentioned you use a technique called "sub-smooth". Can you fill me in on what that is exactly or point me in the direction of a forum that can help me learn. Thanks so much.

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                                  • olisheaO
                                    olishea
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                                    (www.smustard.com)

                                    its a modeling plugin for making organic forms. its $22 but its well worth it.

                                    Search this forum for subdivide and smooth and there's tons of information and tutorials. try youtube also.

                                    I made this building with it a while back, lots of possibilities:

                                    http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/planelevations.jpg

                                    oli

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                                    • olisheaO
                                      olishea
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                                      More detail and texturing this time.

                                      http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/final-1.jpg

                                      oli

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                                        Ecuadorian
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                                        😲 Wow, Oliver!
                                        This is starting to look like a work of art! It reminds me of Max Ernst's painting La joie de vivre.

                                        -Miguel Lescano
                                        Subscribe to my house plans YouTube channel! (30K+ subs)

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                                        • daleD
                                          dale
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                                          Damn fine 👍

                                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                          • olisheaO
                                            olishea
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                                            Miguel...the similarites are ridiculous!!

                                            I've never seen that painting before but the concept behind the artist's approach is pretty much the same as mine. It's like a study into curiosity, intimidation and fear. The fear of the unknown, what we can't see. It symbolises the human condition and the deep complexity of our minds....a jungle of thoughts, fears and expectations along this path of life.

                                            That's my philosophy 😄

                                            oli

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