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      d12dozr
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      Nice work Chris and EA...what would be really neat is a rendered SketchyPhysics animation of the disco ball rotating ๐Ÿ˜„ ...anyone up for that challenge?

      3D Printing with SketchUp Book
      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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        EscapeArtist
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        @ Brodie

        They are not mirrored. The edges are reflecting and refracting the environment along with the spotlights. I'm not sure how to get rid of the small slices of light, the obtuse angle at which light strikes some of the panes alone would create them even if I did something to the edges.

        @ d12dozr

        It took 8 hours to do this one picture @ 1024x768. Maybe at 640x480 with a lot better computers it could be done in less than a month for 1 360 deg revolution of the ball!

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          remon_v
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          my try with modo and little PP:

          http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/remon_v/disco2.png

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            Chris_at_Twilight
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            Is there a way to embed youtube videos?

            [flash=500,300:1e9ot4b4]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/bpaZjdIZEW4[/flash:1e9ot4b4]

            Fixed by solo

            http://www.TwilightRender.com

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            • daleD
              dale
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              @chris_at_twilight said:

              Is there a way to embed youtube videos?

              Cool I get to practice something I learned recentlyhttp://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=198005#p198005
              I asked the same question recently in the above thread.

              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                Ecuadorian
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                Base render made in "High" preset and a quick volumetrics render overlayed in PP. I should have added some geometry to represent the spotlights, duh!

                I agree that we need a sphere with tinier mirrors; I used Notareal's for this one.

                High_AA2-6m20s.jpg

                -Miguel Lescano
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                  d12dozr
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                  That's great, Chris!

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                    NewOne
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                    Something... different ๐Ÿ’š -and used notareal's disco ball (don't take it personally, solo! ๐Ÿ˜„ )
                    disco ball.jpg
                    -And with pinkpanther1234's Cutting-Pasting style
                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=22301&p=204098&#p187551
                    disco ball.png

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                      olishea
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                      miguel....how did you do a volumetrics render? is it from kerkythea?

                      oli

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                        Ecuadorian
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                        Create a cube with a material from this library:
                        http://www.twilightrender.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1008

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

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                        • olisheaO
                          olishea
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                          thats amazing, i didn't realise you can do this! thanks for the link! ๐Ÿ‘

                          oli

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                          • RichardR
                            Richard
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                            Very clever animation!! now can you add a strobe light??

                            BUILTBRAND.COM.AU

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                              shura
                              last edited by

                              This one I posted about two month ago over at Twilight - output of beginners exitement on testing reflective material...
                              (Mirror balls will always be a classic)
                              Love watching your "render this" threads Solo!
                              cheers
                              alex


                              Disco_.jpg

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                              • jo-keJ
                                jo-ke
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                                I think this picture belongs to this thread. But I am not happy with the reflection.


                                mirrorball002.jpg

                                http://www.zz7.de

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                                  shura
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                                  Pretty cool mirror balls you have there jo-ke. From my render in the previous post I remember that I had to increase the power of the spotlights extraordinarily to see the sparks on the surrounding walls...
                                  ...er, maybe you should have some surface to recieve the reflected beams in the picture...
                                  or do you mean that the volume light does not work right? in that case try to enclose the entire room with a volume - if you have only one cone for the main beam it could'nt work.
                                  cheers
                                  alx

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                                    leminilab
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                                    @shura said:

                                    This one I posted about two month ago over at Twilight - output of beginners exitement on testing reflective material...
                                    (Mirror balls will always be a classic)
                                    Love watching your "render this" threads Solo!
                                    cheers
                                    alex

                                    Hi Shura,

                                    I'm raising this thread from the dead because I'm working on a disco scene and I was wondering if you would share these face me people from your scene... ๐Ÿ˜•

                                    I looked for similar silhouette shapes but couldn't find anything as good... ๐Ÿ˜’

                                    So in the end I decided to overcome my embarrassment and ask you this favor!
                                    Again, thanks so much for your very inspirational work (I'm working on an event right now and I have no doubt your work has influenced me a lot - I'll post some views soon hopefully!).

                                    Thanks!
                                    Nicolas

                                    • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                                    • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                                    • shuraS
                                      shura
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                                      Hi Nicolas, unfortunately most of the silhouettes are from a resource book I bought, so I cannot share them here. Dancing people are not easy to find, might make sense to trace some photos.
                                      I've spotted some at Formfonts, but that's not free.

                                      Have enjoyed watching your work on your blog, curious to see what you have in the making...

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                                        leminilab
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                                        @shura said:

                                        Hi Nicolas, unfortunately most of the silhouettes are from a resource book I bought, so I cannot share them here. Dancing people are not easy to find, might make sense to trace some photos.
                                        I've spotted some at Formfonts, but that's not free.

                                        Have enjoyed watching your work on your blog, curious to see what you have in the making...

                                        Hi!

                                        Thank you very much for your your reply!

                                        I think I'll go and trace some of these dancing maniacs then! (--> ๐Ÿ˜)
                                        That way I'll have something to share with you disco guys ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                                        Thank you for your nice comment! It actually means much coming from you for I really like your work on lighting A LOT!
                                        To be honest, you reminded me there's a link to my blog on my profile... ๐Ÿ˜• Had completely forgotten about that...

                                        Thanks again, take care!
                                        Nicolas

                                        • "Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right."
                                        • "ThomThom rules!!!"
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                                          jo-ke
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                                          @leminilab said:

                                          I think I'll go and trace some of these dancing maniacs then! (--> ๐Ÿ˜)
                                          That way I'll have something to share with you disco guys ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                                          Oh that would be great. I'm also not happy with my people on the palladium- project

                                          http://www.zz7.de

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                                          • shuraS
                                            shura
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                                            Very good idea, lets share some people silhouettes. But since this thread is about disco balls, we should move to here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=31744

                                            ๐Ÿ˜‰

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