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    • olisheaO Offline
      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 Offline
          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 2024/2025 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](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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              • olisheaO Offline
                olishea
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                ahh ha!

                thanks good idea

                😳 😄

                oli

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                • olisheaO Offline
                  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 Offline
                      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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                            olishea
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                            favicon

                            (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 Offline
                              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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                                  dale
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                                  Damn fine 👍

                                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                  • olisheaO Offline
                                    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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                                      Ecuadorian
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                                      He he he... what you just wrote sounds like something out of Pinky and the Brain's "Pinkasso" episode. 😉
                                      [flash=610,480:1p3qwsfg]http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x7fd00&related=0[/flash:1p3qwsfg]
                                      http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7fd00_15-b-pinkasso_shortfilms

                                      Anyway, Max Ernst has very different styles, be sure to check out the rest of his work. 😎

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

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                                      • olisheaO Offline
                                        olishea
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                                        lol I didn't really wanna get into the ideas behind my work.....its a bit embarassing really!!

                                        oli

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                                          sepo
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                                          Great image Oli. I presume this is HDR lighting and background. Impressive really. How long was cooking for?

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                                            olishea
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                                            Thanks very much Sid, your kind words mean a lot. Yes spherical HDR and sun-to a rough stone template on the texture. Again, I changed background after cos I like to play with overlays on it to get the graduated tone. The sun and rays are completely wrong though hehe!! 😳

                                            I painted some more colour in PS though. New Layer > Blending Mode > Color> get a soft brush> paint some blues, oranges, yellows, greens> change layer opacity....looks great. Also if you 'color range' the shadows and duplicate them onto a new layer you can give them a spooky blue hue with 'colorize'. Again, change blending mode to 'color'.

                                            I need to do another iteration of subsmooth. I will share the model when its finished mate.

                                            oli

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