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    • Z Offline
      Zylescozar19
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      @andybot said:

      you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

      http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

      Andy, This will be great.
      I'll try to study this method.
      Thanks a lot.

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        Zylescozar19
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        @andybot said:

        you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

        http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

        Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
        Thanks


        addison_01.jpg

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          valerostudio
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          If you're not using MatID channels and Photoshop then you are not taking advantage of the most powerful tool in a render artists kit. Learn as soon as you can!

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            andybot
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            @zylescozar19 said:

            @andybot said:

            you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

            Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
            Thanks

            Sorry - that's done in vray for blender β˜€

            http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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              broomstick
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              @andybot said:

              @zylescozar19 said:

              @andybot said:

              you can set up a material ID mask. Here is my tutorial for doing post-process grass in vray. Good luck.

              http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/?p=127

              Sir andy. I saw this grass of yours. Can i ask where did u get this? i mean is this a SU model? can i download it?
              Thanks

              Sorry - that's done in vray for blender β˜€

              That's funny: an unofficial version of vray works better than the official version for Sketchup. Chaosgroup needs to address these problems..

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                andybot
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                @broomstick said:

                That's funny: an unofficial version of vray works better than the official version for Sketchup. Chaosgroup needs to address these problems..

                Well, when sketchup gets particle systems, modifiers, etc., maybe it'll get to the level of Blender... 🀣

                oh yeah, and when SU goes to 64bit πŸ’š

                http://charlottesvillearchitecturalrendering.com/

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                  Hieru
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                  @zylescozar19 said:

                  I guess a Video tutorial will do that would be the easiest way 🀣

                  In which case Pixel Flakes have a good one that includes the project files (so you can work along):

                  www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/5-concrete-cliff/

                  For those of us who already know our way around PS, masks and material ID, this time lapse video is superb:

                  www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/8-1-hour-challenge/

                  www.davidhier.co.uk

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                    Zylescozar19
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                    @valerostudio said:

                    If you're not using MatID channels and Photoshop then you are not taking advantage of the most powerful tool in a render artists kit. Learn as soon as you can!

                    😎 yea... thanks

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                      Zylescozar19
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                      @hieru said:

                      @zylescozar19 said:

                      I guess a Video tutorial will do that would be the easiest way 🀣

                      In which case Pixel Flakes have a good one that includes the project files (so you can work along):

                      www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/5-concrete-cliff/

                      For those of us who already know our way around PS, masks and material ID, this time lapse video is superb:

                      www.pixelflakes.com/tutorial/8-1-hour-challenge/

                      Thank you so much for the help!!!

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                        dkendig
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                        you could try using proxies... πŸ˜‰
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UQvP9idOijo

                        ValeroStudio just posted an image on our beta forums, using proxies for grass. Matt, would you like to show it off here? You can now!

                        Devin Kendig
                        Developer

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                          valerostudio
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                          Proxies will change everything you thought SketchUp could do.
                          grass.jpg

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                            valerostudio
                            last edited by

                            And this...

                            SwapTest.jpg

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                              dkendig
                              last edited by

                              thank you Matt πŸ˜„

                              Devin Kendig
                              Developer

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                                valerostudio
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                                And this...

                                FYI - this image is totally lit by Dome Light!

                                EvoqueTest2.jpg

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                                  Zylescozar19
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you so much for your tips.

                                  Got already a good tutorial for this.
                                  You might try this one. pref. this is photoshop πŸ˜„

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                                    Zylescozar19
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                                    Oppppppppppss!!! Sorry this one.

                                    πŸ˜†

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                                      Zylescozar19
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                                      Can you give me a link where can i download a vray proxy?

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                                        dkendig
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                                        proxies are made from within V-Ray for SketchUp 1.6, or from other 3d apps that have the V-Ray plugin installed. Blender, Max, Maya, etc. The .vrmesh should be fully compatible from one V-Ray plugin to another. We don't have a repository of .vrmesh files to download, but we do bundle a conversion tool with our plugin that allows you to easily convert obj, geo, or ply files in to .vrmesh files to be used as proxies in any V-Ray product, without having to go through any sort of host application. Here's a video explaining proxies further:
                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQvP9idOijo

                                        Devin Kendig
                                        Developer

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                                          valerostudio
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                                          I am working on a tutorial that will explain how to use Blender to make meshes. It will be up on the Chaos forums in the next day or so.

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                                            dkendig
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                                            @valerostudio said:

                                            I am working on a tutorial that will explain how to use Blender to make meshes. It will be up on the Chaos forums in the next day or so.

                                            for a more light weight and simple solution, have you tried using something like MeshLab in conjunction with our ply2vrmesh converter?

                                            Devin Kendig
                                            Developer

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