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@kwistenbiebel said:
A question,
You used HDR background, but how did you get those shadows on the ground?
I mean, there is no ground surface right?
Really interested how you do that. Is that some option in Max where you can block the ground surface from the view, but still see shadows ?
Very good question... 
This was what I wanted to ask with the Neo render, where the shadow seem too dark/hard...
But I thought it was done in a post pro... 
That's definitely nice..!!
We don't see many renders made using Piranesi - but this is definitely one of the best I've seen... 
That looks awesome, Pete..!! 
@solo said:
Rendered with Vue 6 inf, physical meshed landscape and mataclouds were used.
I'm not familiar with Vue, but those mataclouds... 
Can you please explain more about how they work..??
Inspiring as always, Pete.. 
Seem that you've added bloom to some of them... I really like that...!! Gives a nice touch to the images...
THe shadow used in the Neo render seem very hard... Post pro..?? 
Congratulations..!! 
Like Pete just said, Sketchup and 'newlywed' can be a dangerous combination... 
But wish you the best of luck..!!
Looking forward to see the pictures of your wedding...
Have you set a date..??
@juanv.soler said:
My post too has disappeared.
The least they can do is to reply and tell you why..!!!
Censorship is great, but can be misused... 
I just realized that The Codec Archive seem to be down... 
But then you can try Free Codecs...
@sketchy said:
As I read all this does anyone have any preferences or does everyone just use the default?
The Cinepak codec by Radius, is perhaps the safest choice of codecs for general usage...
Cinepak's main advantages are that the codec is already installed on most machines, and that it can play video reliably even on older machines such as Intel 486 computers...
Its disadvantage is that, when compared to other codecs, it tends to produce lower quality and larger file sizes...
You can get the best free codecs at Codec-Download.com...
Really impressive, Kwistenbiebel...
Could fool many to believe this was a real photo...
These are very nice..!!
Thanks for sharing, Pete..!!
@gaieus said:
Don't even try to get into any comparison of render apps! Whole wars are going on every time someone comes up with either a statement or a question.
Use whatever fits best to your workflow, knowledge and pocket.
Well said...!! Well said...!!
Here you can find the Wavefront OBJ exporter...
Fletch is in US and wont get online before later this afternoon Central European Time...)
Looks great, Biebel..!!
Instancing sure is a nice feature...
Thanks for sharing the info on TBD's 'drop.rb' ruby to place the array of low poly dummies on the sloped terrain...
Hopefully the SU2KT plug-in will be able to have a similar feature in near future... Sure will be handy for high poly components, cause SU sure has an issue with this...
@bigstick said:
Fantastic and really interesting comparison...
I'm starting to get slightly dizzy...
@kwistenbiebel said:
As a note, this thread is not meant to be a comparison as it was stated in the first post.
:('This is not meant as a comparison thread between render engines. Just an exercise on using them.'
Looks like some of you are making it into one ...
I would still love to have this scene...
Would it be possible for you to share it, Chris..??
No worries, Stinkie...
Very impressive..!!
@solo said:
I assume you rendered it in Vue...right?
From the links and video it's both Bryce 6 and Kerkythea...
@ross macintosh said:
I can read lips.
Ross... You're a guy of many talents...
Wonder if you can make a living out of this..???
@unknownuser said:
I'm not altogether sure I like what you're implying.
Sorry - but I don't know what or how you're interpreting what I've been writing...
I'm not trying to imply anything here... All I'm saying is that based on the fact that the engine running under the hood of Podium v. 1.5.1 is KT, the result should be fairly identical, but this is not what I've seen in this test...
@unknownuser said:
... mainly because Podium is not using the exact same Kerkythea engine as in KT.
TBD - you know that the core is identical, but maybe the settings are different, which's then showing in the result...
Nevertheless, I said that it should be very close to identical..!
@unknownuser said:
Hands down I think the podium render looks the best and has the best overall feel to it.
I agree with you on that, Scott...
However, when knowing that Kwistenbiebel used the v. 1.5.1, where Kerkythea is the engine behind, you can start wondering why the render made using KT wasn't looking that good...
Both renders should be very close to identical..!