Rendering Contest - Great Prizes - IRender nXt

Al Hart

IRender nXt Rendering Contest

Open to All! - you do not need to own IRender nXt, we will provide a free copy of IRender nXt for use during the contest.

For more information, visit: Rendering Contest

This years contest is designed to highlight the features of our new Version 3.0 of IRender nXt. In particular:

The new Materials libraries of over 6,000 materials for you to use.
The low res Arroway texture library of 100 textures
The new library of 49 RpTreeMaker Plants
RpTreeMaker to create your own plants
ArchVision RPC Objects

Each entry will make use of at least 4 of these features.

Contest

Render Plus is launching a new IRender nXt rendering contest. It starts on Feb 15, 2010, and will run until March 15, 2010. Results will be announced on March 30, 2010.
Prizes

There will be 3 main prizes:

First prize is you choice of:

NetBook - Samsung NC10 or Toshiba NB205 - Value $334.00, or

Render Plus Combo Pack, including IRender nXt - the premier rendering product for SketchUp - value $549.00.

Second prize is you choice of:

Spyder 3 Pro mouse - value $139.00, or

IRender nXt - the premier rendering product for SketchUp - Value $449.00.

Third prize is you choice of:

Vis Tablet - value $100.00, or

nXtRender - quality SketchUp rendering at an affordable price - Value $99.00.

Judges

The contest will be Judged by:

* Scott Davidson - Robert McNeel & Associates
* Chris Fullmer -
* Mike Lucey - MD SketchUcation
* Remus Knowles - SCF
* Rich Hart - Render Plus
* Jacob Hart - Render Plus
* Dennis Bostwick - Savante Wine Cellars
* One combined vote from all SketchUp Users

For more information, visit: Rendering Contest

dedmin

Downloaded 2 times and got CRC error.

Al Hart

Hmmm? I just downloaded it the IRender nXt install and it worked OK.

The one I downloaded had this name and size:

84,479,002 IRender_3_JB11nxt.zip

However, we changed the download file about 7:30 AM Mountain time, so this gets confusing.

Also, sometimes IE refuses to download something a second time unless you delete the first download.

So try again if you will.

Gaieus

Thanks Al for the info - I hope it will get on the track now!

Cool prizes BTW.

dedmin

@al hart said:

Hmmm? I just downloaded it the IRender nXt install and it worked OK.

The one I downloaded had this name and size:

84,479,002 IRender_3_JB11nxt.zip

However, we changed the download file about 7:30 AM Mountain time, so this gets confusing.

Also, sometimes IE refuses to download something a second time unless you delete the first download.

So try again if you will.

I have got this one - IRender_3_JB02nxt.zip

Al Hart

@gaieus said:

Cool prizes BTW.

All thanks to SCF user advice on this thread:

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=25369

We didn't use the advice to offer an iPad. However we are feverishly working on an iPad application.
(I can't divulge what it is until it is ready)

Gaieus

@dedmin said:

@al hart said:

Hmmm? ...The one I downloaded had this name and size:
84,479,002 IRender_3_JB**11**nxt.zip

I have got this one - IRender_3_JB**02**nxt.zip

I also get IRender_3_JB**02**nxt.zip @ 80.6Mb

Al Hart

Rich pulled the JB11 version this morning, (just after I downloaded it I guess), and replaced it with the JB02 version. (Which is still OK for the contest). He is uploading a new version now, but we are going to test the download before we put it on the download page.

The main difference is that the JB12 version, when it is working properly, extends the free trial until Mar 15th to give people a chance to participate in the contest.

Al Hart

In an attempt to pull this thread back on track - more about the contest - and less about download concerns, here are some contest tips I just added to the contest page on our web site:

Tips

Everyone's first thought will be an outdoor building, surrounded by trees and sky. Try to think up some unique approaches.
Material Libraries - check out some of the polished and brushed metal materials.
Arroway Materials - these have bump and reflection highlight maps build in. Bumps work best if some oblique lighting is applied to the surface.
Plants - the library contain premade plants. These could be used indoors or outdoors.
HDRi Skies - you can also get other free HDRi images from the web. In addition to HDRi skies, you can use HDRi buildings interiors for lighting and background of interior scenes.
RPC Objects - in addition the the sample RPC objects included in the IRender nXt release, Archvision has free demonstration objects on their we site and/or a 30 day free trial of all RPC objects. (We are hoping that some entries will use something different than Penny and the Volkswagen that we always use for RPC samples.)

Al Hart

@unknownuser said:

I think I'm quickly running out of time to try it out.

If you need a little more time, we will offer a 7 day extension to anyone who requests it. You need to request an extension before March 16th, so we will know that there are more entries coming.

@unknownuser said:

Can you use the nXtimage editor or will that be considered post processing

The lighting channels, fog, DOF, etc. will be OK.

Just so you aren't able to paste a photograph on top of the rendering.

And you may have to tell us what you did, because we need to be able to verify that the rendering was created with IRender nXt.

clb92

"Spyder 3 Pro" is not a mouse...

It's a device to calibrate screens...

Al Hart

@clb92 said:

"Spyder 3 Pro" is not a mouse...

It's a device to calibrate screens...

Oops - I stand corrected.

I couldn't imagine how a mouse at $139.00 could be worth it (Solo had recommended it). Now that I know what it is, maybe I'll get one for myself!

solo

It's an awesome gizmo for getting your screens calibrated right, I used a friends one and now gotta get me one too as I have so many different monitors and need to get them all to one standard.

Al Hart

Just take the model you submitted last year - put a tree on the roof and some Arroway wood on doors of the car, and maybe it will win this year.