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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Rich

      So far I've only been playing with Vue, I am yet to try Twilight for SSS, I know Miguel (Ecuadorian) has done some tests over at Twilight successfully. I would guess that using Twilight in conjunction with Kerkythea for the advanced material editing that you will get great results.

      I will give Twilight a try later and hopefully I can figure it and and if I do I will see if I can help further.

      However, try adding another point light behind camera also

      http://www.solos-art.com

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

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      • C Offline
        Chris_at_Twilight
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        @unknownuser said:

        Twilight User

        Here's my problem -

        Place model in 'Basic Studio' with Omni Light behind model
        Apply SSS material to model (Red Gum)
        Sunlight Disabled
        Sky Type - Background Color (Black)
        Render at Medium+ (Still Cooking after 30mins)
        Vista64bit - AMD Turion X2 Dual Core - 4GB
        When i cooked at lower presets the model was very dark? Do i need to up light size?

        The Low, Med, High presets, being biased, don't do nearly as good a job at SSS as the unbiased methods. They have to make approximations and assumptions which can turn out quite well sometimes, but with complicated organic shapes you aren't going to get as good of results. At at the really low end, with Low or Low+, you may not actually get any results from SSS and translucency because those are designed for higher speed.

        http://www.TwilightRender.com

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        • A Offline
          avariant
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          Twilight User
          Here's my problem - ...

          The red rubber dragon I posted above was done in Twilight. I just used the SSS Rubber Ball right out of the box. It's done with Interior +, so that's probably the difference.

          This is Twilight also.
          irridescent.png

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          • EarthMoverE Offline
            EarthMover
            last edited by

            Avariant..iridescent one is fantastic. Really good showing from Twilight.

            Last one from me. Added some displacement in the mix.


            python_scales_displacement.jpg


            sss_test_vray_snake_displacement.jpg

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            • E Offline
              Ecuadorian
              last edited by

              I just want to print and hang in my walls all renders by Remus, Pete and Adam, they're wonderful!

              -Miguel Lescano
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              • olisheaO Offline
                olishea
                last edited by

                earthmover these are fantastic! and yeah remus that blue rubber is amazing!

                oli

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                • daleD Offline
                  dale
                  last edited by

                  A little from Kerkythea


                  red dragon.jpg

                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    My first twilight attempt.


                    sssdragontwl.jpg

                    http://www.solos-art.com

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

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                    • E Offline
                      Ecuadorian
                      last edited by

                      A couple of lazy attempts with just Twilight library materials:

                      Milk:
                      milk.jpg

                      And blue gum. Indigo and Maxwell beat Twilight big time when it comes to blue gum/rubber. 😞
                      blue-gum.jpg

                      -Miguel Lescano
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                      • Rich O BrienR Offline
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @solo said:

                        My first twilight attempt.

                        I'm sick as a parrot after that one.

                        What the $@#* am I doing wrong?

                        I've read the manual, I've followed the tuts. All that's left is to remove the mallet from my ass and beat myself with it

                        Goodnight

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          Rich, here is my setup, see I have 3 lights behind and one in front, I rendered using preset #9

                          I used the studio setup, painted black, I have no sun and a black background.


                          tw sss setup.jpg

                          http://www.solos-art.com

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                          • C Offline
                            Click Draw
                            last edited by

                            Here's my attempt....


                            sss.jpg

                            Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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                            • C Offline
                              Click Draw
                              last edited by

                              looks like I'm a bit behind.....oops 😳 Guess I've been Dragon my ass.... 🤣

                              Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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                              • D Offline
                                d12dozr
                                last edited by

                                Fantastic renders, guys! This is so cool 😎

                                Using Twilight, I also had the same problem as Rich, I started using the Low and Medium presets and it was taking forever, but I'm getting much better results after switching to #10 - Interior+ (but not good enough to post here yet)

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                                  woodtick
                                  last edited by

                                  Very interesting thread........thanks for starting this.I've just started working with Twilight and rendering in general.Keep in mind I'm a carpenter, not a graphic artist so any breach of rendering etiquette is purely unintentional. This is what I came up with....not sure it meets any of the sss criteria but it sure was fun trying.

                                  Rich


                                  sss7.jpg


                                  sss16.jpg

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                                  • E Offline
                                    Ecuadorian
                                    last edited by

                                    Twilight Render's Easy 09 preset should be enough; Easy 10 enables color dispersion and some other special FX, however.

                                    I made two more tries: One with Easy 09 and another one with Easy 10. I stacked them together:
                                    dragon-eyes-stacked.jpg

                                    And then added some airbrush to the eyes and altered the curves a little bit in GIMP:
                                    dragon-eyes-postpro.jpg

                                    Hey, Pete, how about "Emitters and LEMs" for the next "Render this"?

                                    -Miguel Lescano
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                                      avariant
                                      last edited by

                                      I started with the Twilight SSS template (Wax I think), then I made some extra changes in KT to produce this material. I was really surprised how it turned out; I really like it.

                                      light_jade.png

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                                      • massimoM Offline
                                        massimo Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Coca-cola version. Just a Kerkythea material.


                                        dragon.jpg

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                                        • E Offline
                                          Ecuadorian
                                          last edited by

                                          Another try with Kerkythea. I didn't let it cook for more than a couple minutes as I'm preparing another one.
                                          Kerkythea Dragon.jpg

                                          -Miguel Lescano
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                                            sepo
                                            last edited by

                                            Guys I am really impressed with varied and good output. Seems all unbiased are doing really well, but I am very impressed with Vray/Max combo and Vue. 👍 👍

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