I just did my quickest render ever. I know this is a SU forum but for this I only used sketchup for the terrain. I used Sketchfab and Megascans for the models and TM native trees. The first image is using Luminar AI to replace the sky and the second image I added filters to get the more mystical
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Posts made by L i am
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Barn in the snow
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RE: Genius small house
@Rich-O-Brien said in Genius small house:
Wonder how these manage high winds/storms etc?
I think the sturdiness of shipping containers is where the benefits lie. They travel the oceans.
This is a quote, one of many items online about this subject "Container homes are engineered to stand their ground against strong winds. The sturdy steel construction of shipping containers provides a robust framework that can resist powerful gusts"
I know what you mean though. There is potential for wind to get under the structure. Would be a simple task to get a structural engineer to draw up some specs' These containers have A twistlock or twist lock, on each corner just attach suitable footing to these I am sure the structural integrity would be up to the task.
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RE: Iria - main car
@Bryan-K I think you are up against it. I see your first modelling had "joins" as shown in the image I have attached, and then abandoned them as I think the majority of images did not have those details . Just my opinion is I think the model would look better with those details, for what it is worth.
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RE: Genius small house
@Mike-Amos said in Genius small house:
It's a heck of a topic and has been for a long while. Containers are a far better emergency housing for natural disaster victims too, easily shipped wherever they are needed and consider the middle east earthquake of not long ago, better for the people than the plastic/canvas tentage so often seen.
I believe it is easy to go too small when looking at this question and the container idea, not only valid but brilliant re-use, re-purpose, recycle material. Refurbing a used container that would be scrapped, how cheap is that? Far more of a solution than other ideas and with good thinking, serviceable for years or decades.
Cheers Mike I agree with every word of that. in this particular design is the stairs could be slide out drawers (for instance} And the beauty of the container material apart from surface rust (if left untreated) It will never rust further, any never rust through.. Insulation is an important consideration though.
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RE: Genius small house
@pixelcruncher A new container (40ft) is about $2600 USD the rest of it I have no idea. But I think the skope of works would be cartage, siteworks, Fitout, container mods, electrics, plumbing.
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RE: Genius small house
@pixelcruncher I think, by the look of it Scaling with the car it looks about right, plus the fact that it was modelled by an Architect I think it would be to scale. Sorry for not posting a screenshot I thought the link could be seen by anyone.
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Genius small house
This link is to out of the box genius. There are quite a few in this forum have an interest in small houses
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RE: Twinmotion Vs keyshot
@Rich-O-Brien That may be so Rich, and I do not know the full attributes that Keyshot offers as I mentioned. However TM has offered specialised product studios and environments for the last 2 or 3 versions. People may not be aware of this. that's why I posted. I should have made my post clearer on that.
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RE: PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up)
@Mike-Amos said in PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up):
Really good to hear folk are taking ownership and doing the right thing, go Australia indeed.
We think these are new problems?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/deadly-make-up-regime-queen-24550328
Cheers Mike, in about 2005 there was a toy called bindeez. Basically they were little beeds where kids would form a coloured pattern of the beads and join them together by spraying them with water and letting it dry. Anyway the Australian toy company decided to get them made in China. In that year there was emergency warning on TV and radio. Seems like the Chinese manufacturer changed the formula to make the product cheaper, hence more profit. The replacement contained "1,4 butylene glycol" that simulates the drug gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB) (Street name "Grievous bodily harm" a drug not unlike ecstasy if swallowed. children were hospitalised. Then around the same time a Chinese company put melamine in babies formular as that would allow them to water down the milk and the melamine reads as protein, making the mandatory lab test show the milk had the correct amount of protein as per specification. I remember seeing a grandmother buying some Santa clause shaped predominantly red confectionery (clearly made iin China ,at a supermarket I vividly remember cringing
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Twinmotion Vs keyshot
I found this post about Keyshot vs Twinmotion. I have not used keyshot so I do not know myself of its atributes. However TM is free and Keyshot is $1,188.00 per year.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/twinmotion.community/permalink/1479181056306517/
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RE: PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up)
Cheers Mike, Just found out that PFAS was also used in cosmetics! On the positive side, my application being fast tracked. It is truly remarkable that my application needs a medical report from my hospital I was told it would take between 5 and 9 weeks to compile. When they found out it was under the fireman's scheme I received it in one and a half weeks and it was 239 pages long! The Government is paying all my medical bills including covering all my transport to and from hospital and to my doctors. I am being treated with a lot of respect. Even If I need a psychologist they will cover it uncapped. Go Australia!
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Twinmotion 2024.1 is now available for free
Twinmotion 2021.1 is now available for free, full resolution and without watermark, The full version used to be around $500.oo USD and a yearly upgrade of about $150 per year. Now it is completely free even for commercial use. Only proviso is that if you or your Company earns more than 1m USD per year.. Sounds almost to good to be true
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RE: PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up)
@TIG said in PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up):
Liam, get as well as you can soon...
Reminded me of this dickwad
Thomas Midgley Jr. has been named a βone-man environmental disasterβ for two big reasons. He was one of the early pioneers of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) β compounds that became widely used in industry β and which were destroying the ozone layer. He also invented leaded gasoline and insisted that it was safe to use.
Perhaps there is a god, because after that he got polio and was partially paralyzed, he invented a pulley contraction on his bed to move him, but one day he became entangled in it and was strangled !
Interestingly we also used a chemical in fire extinguishers BCF or Bromodichloromethane (Halogonated hydrcarbon) the yellow fire extinguishers. I do not blame these inventors, I think the intent was good, and the bad unintentional.
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RE: PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up)
@Rich-O-Brien said in PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up):
@L-i-am said in PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up):
Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1 week ago (prob wont die of it, but with it fortunately)
Really sorry to hear about your recent health issues. Wish you the best in your fight and a full recovery too.
Leads, asbestos and now PFAs. Will science/engineering ever get to a point where we stop treating ourselves as test dummies?
Thanks mate, thing is, my Government has recently passed the ADF Firefighters scheme, I will be compensated and all my medical bills will be covered by the Government and even though I did not do active service I will be treated as a returned injured war veteran with all the benefits, which is substantial. However please don;t think I am a frail invalid I am a strong fit 65 yo guy who walks an average of 12km a day, and do not look my age. So am pretty positive about life, but angry with this situation, and how many others may pay the price,
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PFAS chemical exposure (Heads up)
I have had a bad run in the health department for the past 10 years
Heart attack
Open heart surgery
Renal cancer operation within the month of the open heart surgery
Stroke
Vestibular migraine (4 years constant and undiagnosed and unpleasant)
Diagnosed with prostate cancer 1 week ago (prob wont die of it, but with it fortunately)Why am I sharing this?
Well there is a chemical (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) or PFAS. this chemical does not occur in nature and was, I believe, invented by 3M in the 1930's.
In my first 8 years of work I was a firefighter. Seems I/we were exposed to massive amounts of this chemical as it was in our fire fighting foam 3M (AFFF) we would do a foam test with this substance every day and I would fill up the foam tank every day it would glob up and hit us in the face and mouth. Additionally we would use it to wash our dishes. I have been covered from head to toe in this stuff and know what it tastes like.
Anyway it seems this stuff is in a lot of stuff including Scotchguard fabric protector amongst many other products. PFAS is known as the forever molecule because it will NEVER break down. It is now in groundwater and the Oceans
Just thought I would do my bit to educate others.The list of illnesses that PFAS causes includes ALL my list of illnesses.
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RE: My City
@Mike-Amos said in My City:
Looks like my version of idyllic. Fantastic to see so thanks for sharing.
Cheers Mike (My emoji thingy has stopped working}
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RE: My City
Hey Thomas, the economic driver is mining, Iron ore, gas, Lithium. Alumina, Nickel, Base metals, gold, Mineral sands, coal, diamonds as well as the pearling industry. Seems to be a bit boom and bust on a 5 year cycle. WA seems to attract a lot of millionaires from around the world due to the lifestyle and climate which is Mediterranean. The state of Western Australia is 4 time the size of Texas, so we giggle a bit when we hear how Texans brag about the size of Texas. The fishing is great. and to the North we have more coral than the great barrier reef it is just more spread out. Agriculture is also very big. As is our Universities that attracts a lot of overseas students. We have the radio telescope in the world with 130,000 two-metre-tall, Christmas tree-shaped antennas. It is quite expensive to live here but the wages are relatively high, but generally inline with the rest of Australia.
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RE: Computer Specs
How much vram on your 4060? What render engine do you use? I have just been down this rabbit hole
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RE: Kitchen render
Overall pretty good
I would suggest moving the texture on the island the grain is duplicated on the end and side.I would dress up the island a bit also with a bread board with cheese or other item. Perhaps a glass bowl with fruit. Maybe something in the foreground perhaps a dinning table with flowers in a vase or something. Perhaps an open magazine on the table. I print on the wall that I have painted in white. Maybe some cacti or plats on the windowsill.
Maybe experiment with depth of field on the dining table in the foreground.l have attached an image suggesting a better composition as there is too much empty space on the bottom right.
Just suggestions