The A show (post your Thea images)
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I downloaded the beta - seems awesome to me and pretty fast! And very good balance between quality, speed, price, possibilities and application integration! Plugin for SketchUP and Blender, 3DS and obj import, Linux version!
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...and is available for Mac's too.
not forgetting the amazing solid exporter Tomasz created.
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The only problem I detected in looking at all the images is that whoever was sitting next to that glass of whiskey was negligent and let the ice dilute what I am sure was first rate hooch.
Amazing renders.
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Great renders Pete. I hope it is easy to use as well.
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Thanks Sid, like everything in life, if you take the time to learn it it becomes very easy.
The learning curve is slightly less than Vue or vray, more than Podium and Irender, IMO just right for the results one can achieve.
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nice work pete. downloaded beta.....
although i cant see much reason to go for thea over twilight apart from displacement, what do you think? is learning curve similar to twilight?
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Sounds good....I must try it.
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@unknownuser said:
although i cant see much reason to go for thea over twilight apart from displacement, what do you think? is learning curve similar to twilight?
No, there are more variables, the learning curve is greater than Twilight, Twilight is very simple and powerful integrated render solution, Thea has many more options for you to tinker with, a material editor which IMO is second to none.
It will take some learning to get fluent with Thea, the results and speed of Thea is worth every second spent learning it however as IMO it's one of the fastest CPU based biased and unbiased engines around.
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thanks for the reply pete
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There is Thea Render manual.pdf that comes with installation, it's good to browse trough specially when you to start to modify materials. SU2TH has a own separate manual - download that with the plugin.
SU2TH plugin do save material info inside the SU scene. I think that the best work flow is to set material with the SU2TH plugin. Then, with a simple scene, there is not much else to do in Thea than hit the render button. -
Thea beta? How can I miss this!
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Great.....new toy. Now I'll get no work done today!
Awesome renders Pete. Some of your best stuff by far! I'd be curious to know the render times on the images posted.
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Thanks.
Adam, I cannot remember them off hand, especially the unbiased ones, I will make a point of remembering the biased ones that I render from here on however.
Biased renders, no post processing at all.
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9 minutes 7 seconds, original size 1718x527, no post work (silvershadow's black hawk model)
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You make one helluva case for Thea, Pete! Awesome stuff
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LOL, I'm just glad I can post Thea images, felt like I was AWOL from the gallery for too long.
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Goodness...more pics? Awesome!
Just downloaded Thea , load files and click render...it works fine...
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I've downloaded and have been playing a little as well. So far it is a lot like Kerkythea as far as interface, so those coming from Kerky would find the learning curve smaller than others. I love the robustness and all the features. Still trying to figure out the navigation and the camera options.
Pete, the grass in the Blackhawk render....displaced, or clipmap? Also do you know if Thea will support alpha transparency? So far I can't get it working.
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@unknownuser said:
IMHO no learning curve for me!
Cool, create some textures, it's so much fun using the material editor.
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@unknownuser said:
Pete, the grass in the Blackhawk render....displaced, or clipmap? Also do you know if Thea will support alpha transparency? So far I can't get it working.
The grass is clipmap instances.
Yes it supports alpha transparencies, got an image or scene I can test for you?
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