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I agree @jscottsmith they read much clearer and are less distracting. Plus its much easier pump out revisions without having to sort UVs etc.
I still think Photoreal is needed but at conceptual design stage clay renders make the building detailing pop.
If that is path tracing then they have a bit of catchup to do to get it to same levels as competitors.
My opinion is this is some type of hybrid path-tracing that utilizes realtime effects. The DOF in particular looks like realtime DOF because it is struggling to blur correctly as it moves from focal distance to unfocussed. Or its method to do DOF is still not as good as a competitors.
Unreal added path tracing initially as a tool to compare realtime with path tracing results. This allowed those using realtime to tweak scenes to get as close as possible to a photoreal result. It's intent was to not be a production ready rendering solution.
That said it is still a very competent rendering solution but cannot be compared to Vray, Redshift etc as those have years in the game making both biased and unbiased light path engines.
But from a realtime aspect Epic is as far ahead as anyone could be.
@Tru-la-la Lol....I wish I had that hair and the bike!
My Opel Combo is not as cool 
The sparkle material is nice!
It did a good job. Does it fit into the spec of the real world in terms of real world application?
Or is it just a fun side gig?
Midjourney has some new stuff that allows you to edit the generated image using infill to really nail the prompt. Even accepting real world images as a source.
Freight Train 8 cars 2 engines 3D Model available on Turbo Squid, the world's leading provider of digital 3D models for visualization, films, television, and games.
(www.turbosquid.com)
8 cars + 2 engines = $550 according to this listing.
I suppose its whatever you feel it is worth. Those are ~$50 per model which seems like a good price considering the work involved.
If I desperately needed a high quality model of a train it good value.
I know a company that buys his ship models for port training videos and those are $120/ship
@Gus-R said in Automotive. 11' X 5.5':
@Mike-Amos Nice. What's the renderer?
It's that SketchUp Diffusion AI tool
Go signup at TurboSquid and see whats up with it. That would be the premiere place to sell models like your trains.
That brick and roof texture is so nice.
Much prefer the latest without the foreground trees. Yummy renders all of them
Here's an easier to search version: https://physicallybased.info/
I'd have a serious chat with Sidney about the clock 
Few years ago I used have a Church of Light model that I'd test render engines with. Always liked Tadao Ando designs.
@Gus-R said in Pond House:
The linework at top? Yes. It's "pen sketch."
It's really well executed. I always like NPR stuff.
@L-i-am said in Ruby script by AI:
what will humans do?
We will continue to invent things and compete for resources. Which we've done for centuries.
Maybe with society having more time for worthwhile projects we could improve things for everyone. Revolutionary changes come with pain and sacrifices.
I don't know what you're building Dave but I've notified the FBI
Thanks Majid. They are really fun tasks when you have various limits placed on you.
<1000 tris, 1k texture etc. It makes you really evaluate what needs geometry details versus texture
The fortifications were my fav to do...
@L-i-am said in Urchin the Australian lunar village:
What are prices like where you are (I assume Ireland)
We are in the middle of a housing crisis. Rents are astronomical, house prices are astronomical and govt stupidity is also at astronomical levels.
But lets not derail @majid thread. These structures remind me of Acorn Barnacles you see at the coast.
Looks expensive. I thought Singer made sewing machines
It will be baked down. These are type of hero shots for the game UI.
They are using Unreal. Its their first game so its cool watching them develop and improve over time.
I hope house prices on Mars are more affordable than here!