I think printed manuals struggle to keep up with the pace of development of Blender. I had an in depth book a few years ago but now is almost redundant. Even video courses go out of date quickly. I find some of the video shorts a good way of learning in small chunks but it doesn't always fit in context. there are often several ways to do things, at the end of the day it's a matter of practice.. and time.

@Dave-R Sorry Dave, I completely missed your reply. With all the updates this has now been resolved for me at least.

@fredo6 I'm not sure who's update has resolved this but Vray 7 with the latest hotfix now works alongside the latest LibFredo and Thrupaint 2.8. For some reason Thrupaint had disappeared from my PC when I started it up today after the Xmas break, so installed the latest version today.
I don't use LOTT, so I can't give any feedback on that.
Thanks for your work

@fredo6 Can't seem to find LibFredo 14.7a, the link above takes me to the page for 14.9?

@fredo6 This is what they told me when I reported it as not working.

"Our developers have found that the issue is that V-Ray can't be used while the Fredo6 Fredo Tools extension is installed and active"

Sticking with Vray 6 until they sort it out- not giving up my Fredo plugins...

I am also having this issue, having been prompted to update.
The brush icon is highlighting but no tooltip is appearing to paint with, or the thrupaint toolbar.

I've updated Thru Paint to V2.6 and LibFredo to 14.6a

That's a great funky little car. Is it your own design and , is that a triceratops on the front?

Excellent render. creative use of assets to make the tyre tracks, although, methinks they start a bit early, the rear tyres haven't been through the puddle yet...unless it reversed up and then left again.
Nothing to do with the quality though, just how my brain works.

@Dave-R OK Thanks Dave. Seems a shame to have to use other software but I take your point about having the control.

Hi
Is there a way to change the spacing between the separator and text in Layout 'list' text style?
The space is excessive in the example screenshot

Brilliant. A real labour of love, lots of detail for under 27 mb!

@Bryan-K Nice. Where can I get one? Also, if there were double yellow lines there, would you still get a ticket? Technically it's not 'on the road,

Excellent. Great to see an actual finished product

@Dave-R Doh! I thought I was up to date. Just installed 4.4.1 and problem is solved.
Thank you

@Gábor not sure how to check that, but as far as I'm aware nothing has been changed and it always loaded ok before

I have started having issues with the not displaying the search bar and labels properly. Resizing to full size etc has no effect. Any thoughts please?

Well done, as Rich said you've managed to extract a lot from the material. I like these kind of scenes, they always make you wonder what's going happen next.

@Bryan-K Sorry for the late reply, I've been away.
I like the idea of shutters, it would fit well with the style of building. Definitely will put in the edge of a table in the foreground and try the depth of field.
I would have put more gloss on the surfaces but the brief is for flatter, more natural finishes, and the floor represents an actual product. Looks ok in real life but makes getting a good render more difficult.
Thanks for your comments

@L-i-am Thank you. I missed the duplicate pattern on the island. Interesting that you have highlighted some other things I also considered but second guessed myself on. Nearly put a mirror on the wall and the edge of a side table in the foreground, but the dog bed is a feature of the design so can't be obscured.
I think I have a tendency not to over dress the scene but I think a few more of the details you suggest would help.