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    • H Offline
      hvanessen
      last edited by

      SillySample.jpg

      a quick test with a different background

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      • H Offline
        hvanessen
        last edited by

        and the one on a wooden floor
        wood floor

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        • ntxdaveN Offline
          ntxdave
          last edited by

          @hvanessen said:

          and the one on a wooden floor

          I tried a of floor too but did not get it to work right either. Would you mind sharing you background info and the various settings?

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          • ntxdaveN Offline
            ntxdave
            last edited by

            Well - I finally made some progress.

            Here is latest effort:
            Silly Glass Sample

            Now off to go back to the original challenge and draw the glass (and maybe a bottle) with liquid content.

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              at bigmanwashes they certainly have some big ass glasses!

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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              • ntxdaveN Offline
                ntxdave
                last edited by

                @rich o brien said:

                at bigmanwashes they certainly have some big ass glasses!

                Not big glasses, just small blowers ❗

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                • J Offline
                  JGA
                  last edited by

                  Is your background just an HDR image, rather than a physical plane?

                  Regards,
                  JGA

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                    ntxdave
                    last edited by

                    @jga said:

                    Is your background just an HDR image, rather than a physical plane?

                    In this particular case, yes.

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                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                      ntxdave
                      last edited by

                      My latest endeavor.......
                      WineGlass.jpg
                      Still not exactly what I want but getting closer.

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                      • pilouP Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by

                        It's a funny result! β˜€

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

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
                          last edited by

                          @pilou said:

                          It's a funny result! β˜€

                          Yep, it sure is. 😲

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                          • tuna1957T Offline
                            tuna1957
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                            Dave C. , Stumbled across your post today. Twilight user also and you peaked my curiosity. Never have done the
                            glass of wine business so figured why not. Built and textured my glass like Massimo shows ( thanks
                            for posting that Pilou ! ) .Below I've listed how I set things up.

                            Materials , Wine Glass - Snow , TW - glass / common
                            Top of wine - Indian Red 12% opacity , TW - glass / water
                            Side of wine - Fire Brick 12% opacity , TW - glass / water
                            Backdrop - Cool Grey #4 , TW - paint / eggshell

                            TW render preset - 08 Exterior Daytime Progressive

                            TW Sun Settings - Physical Sky , Brightness - .800 , Haze - 20% , Sun Strength - 3.0
                            Gave the sun a very light yellow color. all other settings left at default levels.

                            Let the render run for 100 passes. It took about 19 minutes. Probably as good as it will get with this setup. Need to
                            try some shots in an interior studio setup. Better chance of playing with lighting and use some other objects for
                            reflections and such. Good luck and just keep working with TW you'll get better with practice. Thanks for the kick to
                            do something a little different with SU & TW than I usually do. It was a nice change of pace.


                            wineglass render.jpg

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                            • H Offline
                              hvanessen
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                              Very good, andere cheers πŸ’š

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                              • ntxdaveN Offline
                                ntxdave
                                last edited by

                                Well, here is my latest try............
                                WineGlass-2.jpg
                                The wine does not really show up in the render but otherwise, it is acceptable.

                                I have done a bunch of tries and just do not seem to get it right. I have also attached the SU file if anyone wants to take a look at tell me how to adjust it more properly.


                                WineGlass-2.skp

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
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                                  Dave, scale is important when trying to get accurate materials, the above is way too big, try reducing it to accurate size before rendering.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                                    ntxdave
                                    last edited by

                                    @solo said:

                                    Dave, scale is important when trying to get accurate materials, the above is way too big, try reducing it to accurate size before rendering.

                                    I scaled the glass down to the correct size and rerendered using most of tuna1957's settings (not all).
                                    WineGlass-2a.jpg
                                    Still does not match what it seems like everyone else is able to do. Either I am expecting too much or I just do not get it. I am failing miserable at this challenge.

                                    I am open to suggestions or if someone who has done this successfully would like to share your SU file (with Twilight settings) for me to study, I would really appreciate it. 😑

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                                    • tuna1957T Offline
                                      tuna1957
                                      last edited by

                                      Dave, Take a deep breath and step away from the keyboard πŸ’š On a serious note try not to get to frustrated.
                                      I'm no expert at this either. I remember having days I wanted to jab pencils in my head sitting at my keyboard trying
                                      figure this stuff out. I've been messing about and tweaking settings and such. Posting another pic of a "rocks glass". Was going to tweak on your model but I'm still working in SU2015. If you'd like I'll post my rocks glass model so you can get in and check out how the materials and sun is set up.


                                      rocks glass_Scene 2.jpg

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                                      • olisheaO Offline
                                        olishea
                                        last edited by

                                        is your index of refraction too high Dave? It looks like extremely thick glass (even though we know it is not)

                                        keep going!! You'll nail it soon.

                                        oli

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
                                          last edited by

                                          @tuna1957 - Thanks for your reply. Yes, I would like for you to share your model. I think I am missing something very basic but I do not know what it is.

                                          @olishea - Yes, the IOR setting for the glass was too high. I set it lower but I am still doing something very basic wrong.

                                          I have another question for anyone looking at this that uses Twilight. When I use the template to set the texture of the liquid in the glass, SketchUp reverses the faces of the liquid group. Is that supposed to happen?

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                                          • tuna1957T Offline
                                            tuna1957
                                            last edited by

                                            Dave, I'll post the model next day or so. Haven't had the "faces" change when working in TW. I will say SU can get a little crazy with face orientation sometimes while I'm modeling. Never an issue when setting textures in TW ?

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