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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      So far looking good! πŸ‘
      What renderer do you use?

      Gai...

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        Ginger_Overlord
        last edited by

        Hi Gaieus,

        Thanks for your comments.

        Looking OK-ish but very angular at present (how would I get around this?)

        I'm using Podium which seems to do the job but it has a habbit of crashing.

        Do you have any tips on adding backgrounds to scenes?

        Regards,

        GO.

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          In SU, background images can be added as watermark under Window > Styles > In model > Edit. I don't know however how this would render in Podium (I doubt it would but who knows?). If a rendering plugin is capable of rendering background images, it is generally set in the plugin itself.

          As for the angular look, you can experiment with Fredo's Round Corner plugin.

          Gai...

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          • GaieusG Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by

            This would be something with rounded corners (hidden geometry on) and with a space background in SU:

            RoundCorner.jpg
            Of course, for a rendering program, the best is if it is a spherical background as in that case the light comes from the whole image and the stars or such give reflections on the surface of a space ship.

            Gai...

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              Ginger_Overlord
              last edited by

              Hi,

              Unfortunately Podium doesn't display the water mark in rendering 😒

              Thanks for the tips and I'll give the round corner plugin a bash!

              Regards,

              GO.

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                Not necessarily SU watermark. Cannot Podium insert a background image itself?

                If not, you can still put them together in Photoshop.

                Gai...

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  Or use Fastone Photo Reziser 3 (free) it is less price than toshop πŸ’š

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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                    Ginger_Overlord
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    Just an update.

                    After messing about with Podium and adding textures to my ship here's what I have so far...

                    20100509081809_3m0s.jpg

                    Any help, advice, offers or tips are greatly welcome.

                    I just want to try and animate it now

                    Thanks again for all your help. πŸ˜„

                    Regards,

                    GO.

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      And with some background image...
                      πŸ˜„

                      SpaceShip2.jpg

                      Gai...

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                      • G Offline
                        Ginger_Overlord
                        last edited by

                        Hi Gaieus,

                        Good work!

                        All i need now are some enemy ships, some explosions and a sprinkling of asteroids.

                        Regards,

                        GO.

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                          dylan
                          last edited by

                          It's looking good, I like the design.

                          I would round the edges as Gaieus mentioned in an earlier post.

                          http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Cool πŸ˜„
                            For inspiration, another one
                            with Moment of inspiration πŸ˜‰ by PaQ
                            (click images for zoom)

                            Frenchy Pilou
                            Is beautiful that please without concept!
                            My Little site :)

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