Podium bathroom (and an Indigo one)

Gaieus

Hi stinkie,

Well, yeah, I was just going to say that "hey man, this is not a bathroom but a swimming pool" but then yes, truly that's not Podium part of it.

The renders are soo nice! Have you used some specular/shininess map on the tiles? (Is it possible in Podium?)

Stinkie

Just good ol' Podium reflection, no specularity. Bumps seem to affect the way surfaces reflect, though. I think Sepo, Solo and TBD might be better placed to comment on the technical details.

Gaieus

Well, whatever it is, it is nice. It can even be seen in the thumbnail.

Maybe some more lights in both renderings could be nice too but who am I to criticise?

Stinkie

Oh, critisize away.
The night one I purposely wanted a bit darker. The day one, however, could have done with a bit more daylight.

sepo

Nice one Stinkie. I rember those. Quite nice and crisp renders. yeah specularity is auto affected when surfaces bumped and reflection added.

Gaieus

@sepo said:

...yeah specularity is auto affected when surfaces bumped and reflection added.

Ahhha...

You learn something every time you happen to hop in here...

Stinkie

Without knowing it, Sepo, you answered the question I asked on the Podium forum earlier. Thanks.

As adding bumps makes specularity kick in (which I didn't quite fully realize until now), a 'distressed', 'uneven' look can be added to reflective surfaces in SU/Podium by combining Podium's "auto specularity", and textures from the modo Texture Libraries.

Hey, I didn't buy those for nothing after all!

Stinkie

Same file, but rendered in Indigo. The Indigo version looks better, but (!!!!!!!!) it rendered for about 24 hrs (if I remember correctly) on an octo core. I feel Podium and Indigo make a hell of a team. Both are amazingly easy to use, and both provide quality renders.

kwistenbiebel

Nice renderings Stinkie.
I love the way you used emitting materials as light source.
The indigo version has the benefit of better looking phongs (mostly the wood), but 24 hours render time compared to 2 hours in Podium...mmm...tough call

Indeed the title should say Ballroom instead of bathroom.

Nice work overall.

Cheers,
Kwistenbiebel

Stinkie

You modern day architects ... What, a person can't have a little room for himself? Anyway, thanks.

I'm quite a fan of both apps. They complement eachother really nicely. And the workflow they both offer is actually one I'm able to grasp without much pondering on, say, the physics of light. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. to both TBD and Whaat!

"but 24 hours render time compared to 2 hours in Podium" - I must add to this Podium uses only core for the moment, while Indigo uses as many you can throw at it (8, in my case). Imagine rendering the same bathroom in Indigo using only one core. And now imagine how fast Podium will be when using 8 cores.

Fletch

Very nice renders,
I hope your bathrooms are not to, ehm... Stinkie?

I agree both Podium and Indigo do very well.

If you want a render engine that can do both biased and unbiased methods (so you can pick the right one for the job but no need to re-do all your scene/lights/materials you should try Kerkythea, as you can render using as many cores as you like... and the next version will net-render.

Stinkie

Thanks, and no, my bathroom isn't smelly. Most of the time.

Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick to using Podium and Indigo, as I'm fairly comfortable with those apps. I respect Kerky and the work that's being put into it, but I find it's GUI a tad too complicated. For me, anyway.

I admit, however, there's some mighty fine renders in the Kerky gallery.