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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
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      Hi,

      Today I tried a few times HDRI 360 degree panoramas with Kerkythea. Two questions I have:

      Is it possible to scale the panorama in Kerkythea separately.
      Is it possible to change the brightness of the model and the panorama independently.

      I would be grateful for any advice.

      Karl


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      • FrederikF Offline
        Frederik
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        Hi Karl,

        I saw you also had posted this at the KT Forum, where Fletch and Notareal have posted their replies...

        Just in case others have been wondering about these questions, here's the answer...

        @charly2008 said:

        Is it possible to scale the panorama in Kerkythea separately.

        No

        @charly2008 said:

        Is it possible to change the brightness of the model and the panorama independently.

        No

        @notareal said:

        You cannot scale panorama, however you can scale model, but naturally result might not be expected. http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=63386#63386

        About brightness, that is not possible in KT. For that you will need a render engine that has a support for separated illumination, background, reflection and refraction -mapping, like Thea render has.

        Cheers
        Kim Frederik

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        • charly2008C Offline
          charly2008
          last edited by

          Hi Frederic,

          thanks for your quick answer.

          I'm going to try the demo version of Thea I had searched both forums but had not found any posts.

          Karl

          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
            last edited by

            Hi,

            with which of the renderer could it be best realized? My problem is that I can not judge the abilities of the different rendering machines, because I lack the knowledge about it.

            I have looked at the list here in the forum but in the end I'm very confused. I have now installed Thea and Twilight Render. But till now I have not found how to integrate panoramas.

            Thea looks very complicated in comparison to Kerkythea. So far I have not yet found the Render Preview and get no rendered image. After pressing the Start Render button nothing happens.

            Twilight seems to be very simple. But here I had no success with a panoramic background.

            Karl


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            • charly2008C Offline
              charly2008
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              I have found it! First experience of success with Thea.


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              • FrederikF Offline
                Frederik
                last edited by

                Hi Karl,

                @charly2008 said:

                My problem is that I can not judge the abilities of the different rendering machines, because I lack the knowledge about it.

                I believe this is the key...
                Please don't expect that you can just "click a button" and voila you have a perfect photo-realistic image of your 3D model...

                Allow me to quote some wise words...

                @unknownuser said:

                You must realize having the tools does not make one a carpenter, meaning that there is a level of artistic talent and desire needed in order to set up a scene, composition, lighting, texturing, modeling, and so forth that requires one to have a genuine interest and find much enjoyment in what one is doing in order to succeed...

                You'll save yourself a lot of time, if you you read the tutorials/manuals provided for each render application... 😄

                @charly2008 said:

                I have looked at the list here in the forum...

                This is the SketchUcation Forum, with tons of threads related to SketchUp...
                If you make a search at the Thea Render Forum, the Twilight Render Forum or the Kerkythea Forum I'm sure you'll be able to find answers to your questions very fast...

                @charly2008 said:

                I have now installed Thea and Twilight Render. But till now I have not found how to integrate panoramas.

                When installing the Thea Render, you can find the "Manual.pfd" in the directory, where Thea is installed...
                (I.e. C:\Program Files\Thea Render\Manual.pdf)
                For panoramas, please see page 20 in the manual...

                For Twilight Render, you can download the Manual and see page 52 for panoramas...

                For Kerkythea, you can download the Getting Started tutorial and see page 27 and 28...

                Hope this can help you... 😉

                Cheers
                Kim Frederik

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                • charly2008C Offline
                  charly2008
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                  Hi Frederik,

                  I can't contradict you. Everything I have learned about SketchUp and other programs I have from books and mostly from Video tutorials and diligent practice.

                  Often I hear myself say: damn, that must still work somehow. My mistake is that I'm sometimes too impatient. Thanks for your suggestions. The Manual to Thea, I had completely overlooked.

                  Karl

                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                  • FrederikF Offline
                    Frederik
                    last edited by

                    No worries, Karl... 😄
                    Just want to help you best way I can regarding Thea, Twilight and Kerkythea...

                    Cheers
                    Kim Frederik

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                      notareal
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                      @charly2008 said:

                      Hi Frederik,

                      I can't contradict you. Everything I have learned about SketchUp and other programs I have from books and mostly from Video tutorials and diligent practice.

                      Often I hear myself say: damn, that must still work somehow. My mistake is that I'm sometimes too impatient. Thanks for your suggestions. The Manual to Thea, I had completely overlooked.

                      Karl

                      If you like video tutorials, there are some basic tutorials available for Thea. Take a look also on "How do I...?" forum.

                      Welcome to try [Thea Render](http://www.thearender.com/), Thea support | [kerkythea.net](http://www.kerkythea.net/) -team member

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