why not do a tutorial dvd on this.. proposed it with with Lynda.com or do your own. this is indeed a nice stuff.

thanks to all of your comments. i appreciate them all.

@ pete.. i always wanted to honed my modeling and rendering, but my work keeps pulling me away from that. that is why whenever i found some breaks i come back. I can't believe that for a year i only managed to do less than 15 renders.

very impressive as always.

its rclub24 though. the hottest club in town..

@simon le bon said:

:shock:
michaliszissiou _ corinthian order

*s

but this michalis used also 3dcoat voxel modelling though...

good start fred. nice trick there richard.. tfs.

I was writing a new tutorial on interior with different lighting sources (ies, daylight, double sided materials, spotlight, omni, etc). I edited the same model that i used with my first interior with the old vray, added some new decors, furnitures mainly from trangan, then ended up having this render.

sketchup 7 and vray sketchup

too big to put here directly whilst i did a thumbnail to photobucket to view a bigger size.

indeed Lumion is good for quick visualisation. have potential to become a competitive software.

nice and beautiful

excellent set sid. keep on shining. the last one was really impressive.

whatever will happen, i will still use SketchUp..

@Chris i like your images. stunning. the slow shutter that you use in your waterfall is great . just wish you have increased a bit your fstop value to avoid some of the burn... nevertheless great shot.
@stefan.. nice first image.

Here is mine Foto sketcher combo with PS.
Used two FS output then recomposed them in PS.

Water color effect

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!]
@Sid, enjoy life in its fullest. keep on dancing.

thanks oli. very useful

@stefanq said:

Rick, you're not alone!
Vive le tour!
PS: after today's stage, I find Contador a "sad face" not nice, not nice

now happy face happy face after the mechanical spring problem of andy...

My son Nolan

been to philippines lately where i took some of these shots

thanks Majid for those pics. atleast we hava a peek on Iran.. Beautiful. The things they show in the news is a complete opposite. share to us some more...

funny. i have the same with other engines. because i have used vray and i could say comfortably that i started understanding it and be mindful on what others have been successful or not. now when i tried other render engines, i become frustrated and always compare them with vray. i guess its all about having that comfort level whenever you start another software.

I guess one thing that i have learned from this thread...

Shine and be creative with the software where you are comfortable and used to, and if you want to use another one try the trial version before you buy it.