Rolleiflex Automat

solo

cause i still work with an old 2 core machine with an ATI GPU..........

I'll be honest, that setup will not work great with many Rendering software, especially not Thea.

The ATI GPU is an instant fail as Thea is Cuda based so only Nvidia, the two core (not even sure if it is 4 threads) is another weak point as the new Thea will be able to use all cores/threads and all GPU cards at same time giving you incredible speeds. (Faster than any render engine I know)

If you are ready I can guide you to a better machine that will give you serious speed and performance enhancements at a decent price (based on USA pricing)

xonpt

thanks for the answer

im gonna upgrade to a new machine, of course, but its not happening now, i'll have to wait until the begining of 2014

but i need a rendering software to work with, in the meantime
so, from what i understood, Thea 1.3 is heavy on GPU, right? maybe work with VRay for now, and in 3/4 months, with a powerfull new machine, switch to Thea

ok, sorry all for the off-topic
expecting to see more great renderings in this thread

solo

@unknownuser said:

so, from what i understood, Thea 1.3 is heavy on GPU, right? maybe work with VRay for now, and in 3/4 months, with a powerfull new machine, switch to Thea

No, The new thea will still have the CPU based engines like BSD, TR1 and TR2, the new Presto which right now is only GPU will now have an only CPU option added as well as a GPU + CPU option, so in essence Thea is expanding the render options.

From a testers point of view I can honestly say the new Presto gives TR1 results (unbiased) in mere minutes using the new GPU + CPU option. I do not like comparing render engines but will say that Vray has nothing on the new Presto engine as far as speed goes.

xonpt

ohhhh, i see

now that you put it that way, i guess it would be better for me to start right now with Thea (even if i have to put up with 30 minute to 3 hour rendering times, with my old 4 thread pc...), and in a couple of months upgrade to a new machine with Nvidia GPU...

thanks for the help,
you are a great artist, but also very helpful to new guys like me

tadema

Cracking model Bryan, (deserves to be in the Most impressive SketchUp modelling IMHO)
Some great renders above, Pete that last one is

Bryan's Camera.jpg

John

Gubermensch

Bryan, blown away by the detail!
Solo, dat render... wow!

Bryan K

That's my model?

Hat's off to you guys.

Thanks again to everyone. Incredible renders. Wow. Just wow.

xonpt

i think that when a model is exceptional as yours is, obtaining good rendering results is much easier
even for beginners like me...

here's another one, sorry for the "alternative texturing" hahahaha, i just couldnt resist

think iphone gold...

twilight biased medium+

Bryan K

Gold! I love it. I would have never thought of that.

There was in fact, a special edition Rolleiflex that used gold trim and red leather. I don't remember the model as I was focusing on the standard model, but I did see 2 pictures while searching.

Nice render xonpt.

Box

Here's a quick one. It's a memory box.

Bryan K

Wow! Good one Box.

I'm still struggling to get a first one right.

chedda

Super modelling Bryan thanks for the share, i'll try to make a render do it justice !

Bryan K

@chedda said:

Super modelling Bryan thanks for the share, i'll try to make a render do it justice !

Thanks Simon. Looking forward to it.

Bryan K

10 hours rendering with Kerky using MLT. It's going to take me a few more years to get better than this.

I will probably first need to actually buy a good rendering program.

test render 9.jpg

Box

Bryan I've not used Kerky and am a total beginner myself, but adding an environment to your render would change things. You are probably using materials that reflect and they need something to reflect. So something as simple as faces placed around your subject gives it something to reflect. Think of it as looking in mirrors, if there is a blank white wall where you are looking it is boring, but if the mirror is showing the TV it's interesting. This isn't actually very good advise as there are much more betterer ways of doing it, but it is a good way to get to grips with some of the concepts of rendering.

Bryan K

Thanks Box. I'm in the same boat. My results are still too often hit or miss.

cotty

So that nothing happens to the nice camera...
(box model attached, rendered with Indigo Renderer)

rolleiflex_box.skp

alvis

Awesome topic. Awesome model. Awesome rendering

Bryan K

Wow, Carsten. Love it!

Bryan K

Wow Simon!

Yeah, that is an interesting effect on the lens. Any ideas? It looks cool, but I wonder why that occurred?