@valerostudio said:
This is the resource I used when building my machine http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
Ok thank you. I'm using it as well when I want to compare things.
FOR EVERYONE: Do you have a SSD? How does it help vray and does it help rendering as well? Does/Could it play a similar role like RAM just a bit slower?
And what are you experience with SSD?
Thank you in advance.
@valerostudio said:
The i7's are the best way to go for rendering horsepower. I have a 6 core (12 threads) at home and it was well worth the few extra bucks to get the additional threads. At work, I have an Intel Xeon E5-2665 @ 2.4Ghz which gives me 16 threads but is really only a little faster than my i7 at home.
Do you have Intel Core i7-3930K at home? Or 3770? And what about your video card and RAM?
Are you just rendering images or also videos?
Thank you!
Hello,
If you read this please post a reply with your hardware info and your opinion.
I am planing on buying a new computer therfore I would like to hear your opinion/thoughts about anything related to this.
So currently I am looking at:
I might be looking at GTX 660 as well.
How much RAM would be the best case for vray? I read that windows can only use up to 8 GB of RAM.
Also I forgot to add that I'm planing on using it for animations as well as image renders.
Have a nice day!
Hello,
I would like to find out how are you using arroway textures.
Sample of what you can see in catalog:
diffuse map: name_d100.png
bump map: name_b005.png
specular map: name_s100-g100-r100
Where to put those specular map values? Where's the right place? I usually create a new relfection layer for the material and change and put those values where I think they might fit.
Have a nice day!
@valerostudio said:
First off, welcome, if you truly want to learn how to make renderings like this then you will need 2 things.
- Time
- Patience
Here is a starting point to answer your questions specifically.
The leaves and plants are no way SketchUp. These are most likely hi poly models purchased on the web and rendered in Max. The wood floor is probably something where the boards were modeling in 3D and a hi res texture was used to map the wood texture. The concrete looks like an Arrowway texture.
http://www.arroway-textures.com/
Now these answers really only tell about less than 1/2% of the information you need to make images like this. The first image you posted probably was modeled in 3D Studio Max or SketchUp possibly and then imported in Max, materials and textures were probably custom from Photoshop and then VRay materials made one by one, then the lighting and rendering probably took 1/2 day to setup. Then I am sure there was a lot of post process in Photoshop.
I started as an architecture student and when I graduated I decided to focus solely on viz. I have been using VRay for 5 years and I am still learning. If this is truly what you want to do, then you need to make that choice now and start the focus. I think there are few licensed architects practicing architecture and making renderings like this. I may be wrong but I just think as much time needs to go into learning all the tools and concepts to make a rendering as you would need to invest in becoming a licensed architect and there are only so many hours in the day.
There are plenty of resources online to learn VRay and post work. Evermotion has a great 2-part video series on SketchUp and VRay. I would start there.
Thank you, helped me a lot. First you need to see how it's done only then you can start learning the right way.
Have a nice day!
@unknownuser said:
Thanx again all
Ice T: its all photoshop i will go and dig up the raw render so you can see the extent of the post processing that went on there.
Sounds awesome, thanks.
Do you combine sketchup with other softwares as well? (autocad, 3ds max with vray?)
@unknownuser said:
oh.. you're in then. welcome again
Thank you, you are very polite, I like that.
First idea was that you can get the result by some how adding two textures to a material, is it possible?
What kind of techniques are you using and have you ever tried to create something like that?
By the why I tried to find out if there's a plugin for creating clouds in the sky, I only found out that 3ds max has something like that but sketchup doesn't, am I right?
Have a nice day!
I will make it short: Another positive feedback to your works. 
Could you please tell me how did you create those plants? (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16638874/arhitektura/Vizenes/Bush0101.jpg) Any tips?
