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    • hellnbakH Offline
      hellnbak
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      @andybot said:

      Looks good Steve! Your texturing is great, but I think the most CG thing about it is your sharp shadows. That's where rendering helps, you can give a softer edge to your shadows, plus the lighting under the eaves will have a more gradual fade to darker with GI lighting, rather than just the straight cutoff that you get with the SU shadows.

      Otherwise, in terms of your PP, it does blend in quite nicely.

      Thanks for the critique, Andy! Yeah, I know the shadows suck, much too sharp and uniform. I played around with it a bit, just the side, not the front. I think it looks a little better. Or it sucks a little less. Played around with the levels some too, and added some vegetation.

      I'm trying to relearn PS from when I last used it, years ago. My brain has a retention factor of minus 75. Have to wear a label pinned to my clothes with my name and address on it πŸ˜•

      @olishea said:

      sun is on wrong side of sky though....

      Should have mentioned that it is reflecting off a very large and shiny UFO off to the left, just out of sight. Trust me πŸ˜‰


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      "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
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        Very convincing!

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

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        • hellnbakH Offline
          hellnbak
          last edited by

          Thanks Pilou. I know it's nothing great, but it was just an experiment. Actually I don't know that I'll even finish the model, sorta lost interest in it and have moved on to other things. But hey, it was interesting, and I did learn a couple of things.

          "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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          • Bryan KB Offline
            Bryan K
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            Zerk. πŸ‘

            See my portfolio at https://delphiscousin.blogspot.com/

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            • ely862meE Offline
              ely862me
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              Are you sure you DON'T RENDER ? πŸ˜„

              Great outcome !!

              Elisei (sketchupper)


              Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                At some point you just have to admit you don't need no stinkin render engine!

                Shadows on the low eave look great.

                Something you might want to play with is exporting your shadows separately--or is that what you did?

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                • hellnbakH Offline
                  hellnbak
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                  Thanks, guys.

                  @pbacot said:

                  Something you might want to play with is exporting your shadows separately--or is that what you did?

                  If you mean using a monochrome shot with just the shadows, yeah, I did try that. Couldn't get it to work very well so I ended up using another, more involved, method. Like I said, I learned a few things playing with this. But I doubt I'll ever try it again, the results just aren't worth the effort. But thanks for the input, much appreciated.

                  "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                  • DanielD Offline
                    Daniel
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                    They both look outstanding, Steve.

                    My avatar is an anachronism.

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                    • J Offline
                      jpalm32
                      last edited by

                      Grass is super. I can't do grass, so I stay indoors.
                      You need more signs though.

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                      • hellnbakH Offline
                        hellnbak
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                        @daniel said:

                        They both look outstanding, Steve.

                        Thanks. The second one is an improvement, but it still looks like a SU model. I might work on it some more sometime, maybe if I figure out the necessary techniques I can get there. Maybe.

                        @jpalm32 said:

                        Grass is super. I can't do grass, so I stay indoors.
                        You need more signs though.

                        Thanks John. Actually the grass was pretty easy (once you find the right photo)

                        More signs huh. Well, there are a lot more on the other side...2013-02-08_081540.jpg
                        around back...preston4.jpg
                        and the barn right next to it has a couple too...
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                        George Preston collected these signs and a lot of other gas station memorabilia for a lot of years. Both buildings are full on the inside, too.

                        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                        • DanielD Offline
                          Daniel
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                          @hellnbak said:

                          Thanks. The second one is an improvement, but it still looks like a SU model.

                          I think I prefer the first one, as it is in the sunlight, but they both look great. I think your being too hard on yourself - they look rendered to me, even if they are "just" SU.

                          My avatar is an anachronism.

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                          • omiKronO Offline
                            omiKron
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                            Gosh... If I didn't have read the title I'd thought it's a picture of the real thing, except for the pictures which you already posted. Very well done !

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                            • M Offline
                              m625
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                              Looks amazing for being directly from SU and texture work! I'm a noob at modelling but have been working in photoshop for quite a few years, would you mind if I gave your model a go in photoshop?

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                              • hellnbakH Offline
                                hellnbak
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                                @omikron said:

                                Gosh... If I didn't have read the title I'd thought it's a picture of the real thing, except for the pictures which you already posted. Very well done !

                                Thanks, Nicholas, much appreciated. I've pretty much given up on the post processing, concentrating now on just making the SU model look halfway decent. Obviously a long way to go yet, the grass is a real problem, but I'm working on some ideas that hopefully will help.
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                                @m625 said:

                                Looks amazing for being directly from SU and texture work! I'm a noob at modelling but have been working in photoshop for quite a few years, would you mind if I gave your model a go in photoshop?

                                Thanks. No, I would have no objections to you, or anyone else, giving it a go. But, the model itself is pretty large, over 40mb because of all the signs and textures, plus it's not finished yet (need to do the gas pumps, some more signs to add to the right side to make it accurate, etc), so you would have to work from 2D exports of the model. Don't know if that would work for you, and don't know what all you would want for this, maybe a shot with shadows, without shadows, just shadows? I could also include the photos I used for the road, grass and background. Just let me know what you need. I'm sure you could do a better job than me, but then I'm still trying to figure out Photoshop. Hell of a program but very complex. Got some good books from Amazon that I'm studying but my brain is sooo tired πŸ˜’


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                                "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                                • J Offline
                                  jpalm32
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                                  Sick!
                                  The sixth brick from the back on the second layer needs some work.
                                  So there!
                                  How did you get so good, so fast?

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                                  • tinanneT Offline
                                    tinanne
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                                    Looks fantastic! I really like the second one.

                                    Executive Director : American Society of Architectural Illustrators
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                                    Architectural Rendering

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                                    • okomtaO Offline
                                      okomta
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                                      i like to use my glasses,,or my eyes get more minus,,,:D
                                      you must be crazy man,,,it's oke,, no,,no,,i mean,,it's amazing,,no more then that,, can not talk,,,speechless..πŸ˜„

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