Rainy Night in Ypsilanti

[Al Hart]

MuseumMaker has a nice rendering of a SketchUp model of the Chick Inn in Ypsilanti on his blog: Sketching Ypsi

We asked him if we could use his model to make samples for our new Volumetric Fog feature in IRender nXt. Here are the results:
(They obviously turned on more lights because it was such a foggy night. )

[Edit: Added some reflection to the Asphalt and lit up the taillights on the white car]

One of the other nice features for a nighttime scene like this was the use of Lighting Channels. I was able to assign separate channels to groups of lights, and then balance them while rendering and after the rendering was complete. This is much easier than having to change the intensity of the lights and re-render to see the effect.

[mitcorb]

Very well done, Al. I am replying after 12 others have viewed this topic.

[leedeetee]

Awesome. I would love to shelter from the rain and have a giant hamburger in there.

[Al Hart]

Thanks mitcorb and leedeetee. I have been looking at thois image so much the past few days that i felt that way too.

Here is an image I found on the web of the actual place: Here is a photo of the actual Drive Inn: (See: Michigan Exposures)