Not unhappy per se, just older and a bit inflexible. Ity will take a while to get to grips with.
I cannot find anything as easily as the old forum and the appearance is just weird to my eyes, no borders to break up the page for example.
Doubtless when the old grey cell sorts it out it will be fine just a bit of a shock tbh.
I know, sometimes when things go pear shaped, I get the urge to laugh my head off.
Last night the screen went off the charts crazy, dialogue boxes opening and closing all over the screen and I thought everything AND the kitchen sink had gone nuts.
Switched it off and went to Bedfordshire.
This AM, tried again and same thing. Thought about it and narrowed it down to an input problem, then plugged a spare keyboard (OK, old keyboard) and nada. so I vacuum cleaned the current keyboad and everything is back to normal.
Cat fur.
Miaoooooooooow.
No, not a James Bond or James Bondage even, film.
This image showcases the smoothing process and is a partial clay image in passing.
Another Affinity with LUT post pro.
Gradually altering settings. A few more components/groups have been adjusted for clarity.
More changes to light and emiter range from target. I also ran this through the Affinity machine. Better imho.
Looks like my version of idyllic. Fantastic to see so thanks for sharing.
I cannot call it smart because it does not go online to order teabags and milk etc. Skynet would get it's power shut off if it tried.
I think a bit of a bump surface will help at some stage but will have to find something subtle for that.
https://newgroundmag.com/2022/11/is-boiling-water-bad-for-coffee/
https://jingtea.com/journal/boiling-water-for-tea-myth-debunked
https://blog.nycm.com/2020/01/protecting-your-palate-what-is-best.html
Sorry to hear that 'load' you carry mate.
It seems big business is too big on 'we can do this' and not big enough on 'should we do this'.
A bit like the micro plastic beads in cosmetics being found in the food chain and now in human bodies.
Some good news is that more and more cancer viarieties are being 'lived' with. I know of two others with prostate cancer who are going to have a so called normal lifespan, they just have to share their carcass with cancer.
Might not be a cure but if it does not prevent us living our lives, it is a fair compromise.
We used a chemical cleaning agent years ago, just plastic gloves and a paper mask (Which had asbestos in them then) and we were told it was fine. By the time I stopped working in hospitals, this agent was only permited to be used in exclusion tanks with hoods and controlled filtered ventilation due to it being carcinogenic. How many more 'problems' which were known then, are we not hearing about.
When I visited the flat I now live in to inspect and sign the contract, I looked at the smashed up tiles on the floor, with dust everywhere and said. "Those things look like asbestos". "No". I had to have a floor laid over the top because haig refused to fix the floor. They have now admited the tiles ARE asbestos and so is the dust that was floating around.
I suppose the fact is that chemicals do not harm people when handled correctly, human ignorance and stupidity do.
The art museum has some interesting gelleries, perhaps this item would work well in that setting?
This model was made by Fred and left on the Twilight render forum, thought I would dust it down, give it some air in Rayscaper.
Cooler here today, picking at a favourite topic, cars.
This Porsche 356 Carrera comes from the Sketchup texture club. It took/will take a fair bit of cleaning up for render within Sketchup but it is a solid, quality model.
Brilliant and hugely motivating. Bra and indeed vo.
It looks as though rendering is going through a once a decade shift, so many ?AI? render sites/programs etc are coming on stream so the next basic toolset might just include a bluddy dictionary........
How many old stle render resources will still be here within the next two years? Twilight is gone now and others like Maxwell have glacial development lead times while the current ethos appears to be constant change.
Interesting times indeed, Mr Pratchett.........
Twilight render home page has a signature model somewhere used to reference render times as the only way to really rate speed is to use the same resource and juyst see how long it takes.
I may well have to have my current pc replaced so two changes in two years, somethiong of a swine to replace/update texture and light resource which you no doubt experienced too.
Something you will need to consider is the contrary nature of folk who will consider everything done by others as a quick job that has little or no value to it. I did a series of renders for a local business owner who wanted planning permission for a change of use license.
I did about twenty renders, each time parameters were changed and then I was asked to redo the whole thing and produce a document for submission. Not best pleased when I told the idiot I could not and would not do everything again in ten minutes just because "I have to submit these documents today ffs".
Sugar/Vinegar......
Actually, my biggest issue now is replacing/repairing the current pc and I have no intention of doing favours for the locals, they can make their own damn documents. Perhaps the Beavers will help?
A great subject you have there, with you eye for detail it is going to be interesting for sure. 
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Magic, the 'boat' looks like a great place to be.
The door etc well, mind blown in a good way. Thanks for showing it here, it improves my day seeing this sort of thing.
