Denver Architecture

Rich O Brien

@Gus-R Does Twin Motion allow you control over the shadows softness? Your shadows are super sharp. But the gobos are soft

Mike Amos

@Gus-R

I think they are great, I don't miss the shadow adjustment myself but the overall atmosphere is good.

L i am

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L i am

@Rich-O-Brien said in Denver Architecture:

@Gus-R Does Twin Motion allow you control over the shadows softness? Your shadows are super sharp. But the gobos are soft

Shadow control in TM is through the choice of HDRI

Gus R

I like sharp shadows.

Rich O Brien

@Gus-R So do I. It was more of a general query on the lighting options in TM.

Can you contribute light into a scene using both Sun and HDRI?

L i am

Ah, I just realised that Render was D5

Gus R

@Rich-O-Brien I can soften the shadows but it winds up muddling the foreground tree shadows on the porch walk and sidewalk. If I increase the softening it completely wipes out and tree form. This is D5 Render and not Twinmotion.

Architectural visualization went from mid 20th century depictions utilizing pencil on paper; pencil and watercolor; colored pencil; watercolors; etc. Many of which depicted shadows with hard lines.

Today there's an expectation of total realism and a sort of uniformity in rendering styles. Many would argue that as realism in architectural visualization increased such as photo real renderings, the quality or beauty in architecture has declined. The same is true with music and automation and re-processing in music studios.

Whether it's rendering or drafting, much of architecture involves a lot of tedium.

Rich O Brien

@Gus-R said in Denver Architecture:

Today there's an expectation of total realism and a sort of uniformity in rendering styles. Many would argue that as realism in architectural visualization increased such as photo real renderings, the quality or beauty in architecture has declined.

That's so true. My inner nerd starts overlooking things from my perspective.

It's certainly a nice home. Solid render and the vegetation scattering is natural.

Is it quick at rendering? I've never tried it. I go SU to Cycles/EEVEE or Rayscaper. I tried TM but never D5.

Gus R

@Rich-O-Brien It's a ray tracing engine. Usually takes about 5 to 15 minutes to render depending on output size.

Bryan K

Excellent work as always!