Will pay for rendering help

solo

Good idea, why not make it a render challenge.

mwm5053

Ditto good idea

hellnbak

Wyy don't try Lumion ?
Very funny, very easy and you can make also animation!
(With free version because Pro is a Pro price

And their forum seem very friendly!

Thanks, but I've decided to stick with Kerkythea. Maybe after (if) I figure that one out I will try some others, but my old brain can only support so much right now.

And what do you mean when you say Lumion3d is "very funny"?

@pbacot said:

That's excellent gas station. First one huh?

Why don't you stick to cars, Show-off?

Thanks, and after this I probably will stick with my cars. I must admit though, I was surprised how quickly the modeling goes when you don't have to deal with complex curves and shapes all the time.

@mwm5053 said:

So why don't you post the .skp and see what we can do with it. I can explain how to do in in KT.

@solo said:

Good idea, why not make it a render challenge.

@mwm5053 said:

Ditto good idea

It's not finished enuf to post yet. The only reason I posted the pic was in case somebody was considering taking me up on my offer, I wanted to let them see what they would be working with. But I guess that's not going to happen. Maybe I should up my offer to $300. Let's just say the price is negotiable.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

And what do you mean when you say Lumion3d is "very funny"?

Because like SU, User Interface is so easy and intuitive!
No headache! A game's boy! (UI is like a "toy" )

You make that in minutes!
No possible so easilly with other progs!

(not by me (here with free version as logo shows)

Gaieus

@hellnbak said:

Thanks, but I've decided to stick with Kerkythea. Maybe after (if) I figure that one out I will try some others, but my old brain can only support so much right now.

You could still try Twilight. It is Kerkythea based - in fact, once you set up your scene, materials etc. you can export it into Kerkythea (only with the full, paid version though - but $99 is not a huge sum) and examine how the materials are set up for instance. I have learnt a lot doing this actually.

davids90gt

I am definitely interested in taking you up on your offer. I'll PM you with some more details.

mwm5053

I haven't posted these till now because I don't think they are as good as most that I see in the gallery they where me learning KT

RR House.jpg

jpalm32

Wow! Been waitin for your cars in a old station. Nice start.
I have a suggestion. Others here might not agree but I suggest Twilight.
It is the little brother of Kerkythea.
They are deveolped by the same team once . Twilight is very easy & powerful. The best part you can send files to Kerlythea and use all Kerkythea textures.
Te leaning curve is short, great tute and you can leverage that knowledge as you p[rogress.

Seen some great work by people on this site. Just learning myself.
Remember some nice work by Solo way back.

pilou

And there is a friendly forum!

hellnbak

Ok, you guys have got me curious about Twilight. I've downloaded the manual, will study it today. One thing that concerns me a bit, in their "gallery", they show only one example of a car (and to be perfectly honest it looks only average). If I ever do learn how to render I want something that is going to do a good job on cars, not just architecture. Any thoughts there?

Any opinions on Podium?

I'm getting a headache.

solo

I'd suggest Thea personally.

hellnbak

@solo said:

I'd suggest Thea personally.

I can't find the price anywhere on their site, and that scares me. Seems if it was a good price they would display it prominently, or at least make it easy to find.

massimo

Steve, click on e-Shop button on upper right of the home page.

massimo

Pilou, those are € and not $.

hellnbak

@massimo said:

Pilou, those are € and not $.

Yeah, and we're talking almost 400 of those dollars . Way too much for someone who doesn't even know if he will ever be able to use it.

pilou

http://thearender.com/cms/index.php/plugins/thea-for-sketchup.html 320€
Standalone 295€

but have also a challenger Octane 199 €
http://render.otoy.com/index.php they have a gallery Vehicles
but Octane Render requires a CUDA enabled NVIDIA video card.