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    • Mike AmosM Offline
      Mike Amos
      last edited by

      Super image, Nano banana, where the funky Gibbons hang out.

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      • jo-keJ Offline
        jo-ke
        last edited by jo-ke

        I think the complete workflow will change.

        this took me less than one minute... look at the consistance of the details of my model!!

        Prompt: "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in a landscape between Mannheim and Heidelberg in Germany, keep geometrie"

        SU to nano banana:

        oeg082b.jpg

        Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 3_58PM.jpeg

        http://www.zz7.de

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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          Have you tried motion blur prompts or adding seated passengers?

          Maybe a prompt to add very subtle weathering to the model.

          The shadowing across the grass is very good as is the AO between tracks and train.

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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            jo-ke @Rich O Brien
            last edited by

            @Rich-O-Brien Here are your people....

            Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_17PM.jpeg

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • jo-keJ Offline
              jo-ke
              last edited by

              and another one....

              "Generate an image of a tramway, driving on tracks in Weinheim in Germany, keep geometrie"

              oeg115.jpg

              Generated Image September 05, 2025 - 4_14PM.jpg

              http://www.zz7.de

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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                That's very convincing. Even the fresnel effect looks good.

                Doesn't look like a render and to be honest if you said it was a photo I wouldn't 2nd guess it.

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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                • Mike AmosM Offline
                  Mike Amos
                  last edited by

                  Perfect, imho anyway.

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                    @jo-ke

                    Hi everyone! ๐Ÿ‘‹
                    Iโ€™m new here, so first of all, greetings to all of you. ๐Ÿ˜Š
                    Iโ€™d like to ask if itโ€™s possible to get or purchase a 3D model of the Dรผwag GT8 tram.
                    Iโ€™ve seen some amazing work by one of the users here who creates 3D tram models, so I thought this would be the best place to ask.
                    Iโ€™m specifically looking for this model for visualization purposes.

                    Thanks in advance for any info!

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                    • jo-keJ Offline
                      jo-ke
                      last edited by

                      unfortunately I am not selling the file.

                      http://www.zz7.de

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                      • jo-keJ Offline
                        jo-ke
                        last edited by jo-ke

                        I took this old photo of an old tramway:

                        2025-10-11 08.28.30.jpg

                        In Nano Banana I colorized the picture:

                        2025-10-11 08.31.26.jpg

                        a small video with Grok:

                        Link Preview Image
                        Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                        Video generated by Grok.

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                        Grok (grok.com)

                        the I took it to meshy.ai to make a 3D Model and uploaded it to Sketchfab:

                        https://skfb.ly/pBZwo

                        download to sketchup

                        su-falkenried-meshy.jpg

                        and rendered it in SU diffusion: (not satisfied)

                        falkenried-meshy.png

                        nano banana:

                        Generated Image October 12, 2025 - 11_59PM.png

                        grok video:

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                        Video generated by Grok.

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                        Grok (grok.com)

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • Mike AmosM Offline
                          Mike Amos
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                          I raise my hat to you, magic.

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                          • jo-keJ Offline
                            jo-ke
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                            Generated Image October 15, 2025 - 12_17AM.png

                            http://www.zz7.de

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                            • jo-keJ Offline
                              jo-ke
                              last edited by

                              and a video:

                              Link Preview Image
                              Make your own video with Grok Imagine

                              Video generated by Grok.

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                              Grok (grok.com)

                              http://www.zz7.de

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