@dprince said:

@solo said:

@dprince said:

@pixero said:

Several years ago I rendered a animation with Vray 1.5 on one PC.
I believe rendering took 4-5 weeks 24/7.
I would NOT do it like that again.
With Enscape I rendered a 4 minutes animation in less than an hour.

my machine cant run enscape . each time i try it crashes

You said in a PM you had $1600 to spend on a new laptop, this will get it done:

Amazon.com

(www.amazon.com)

I was looking at this also ASUS ROG STRIX Hero Edition Gaming Laptop, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076D95JW7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2m6KCb2GCA8BM

Considering you are usimg Vray 3.4 I assume you are not using GPU rendering, so the alienware will have more cores than the ASUS, both will work great for Enscape however

@dprince said:

@pixero said:

Several years ago I rendered a animation with Vray 1.5 on one PC.
I believe rendering took 4-5 weeks 24/7.
I would NOT do it like that again.
With Enscape I rendered a 4 minutes animation in less than an hour.

my machine cant run enscape . each time i try it crashes

You said in a PM you had $1600 to spend on a new laptop, this will get it done:

Amazon.com

(www.amazon.com)

Post processing can really make an image "pop" but when there are several images in a project it becomes a time sucker and can grind your workflow down and waste time, I feel i can model and set up my renders good enough to completely avoid post processing, allowing me more views at less time.

Here is a compilation of a few of the images resized to fit.

Here is an example of my photo editing I do occasionally, these images are scaled down 10x or more to fit this forum.
First is the original satellite image which normally comes in around 12000 pixels wide:

Due to new construction the terrain will change, so photo editing was needed, The beach was cleaned up and the shallows were cleaned by removing kelp and seaweed, I do not care for stuff one cannot see or stuff that will be hidden in shadows, but as you can see I did the bare necessities to get image to work, who has time to fiddle these days as projects of these scale only have about a week from start to end, gone are those days we would have a moth to complete them.
So here is the butchered image:

As you can see I spliced in a bit of Bali beach into the grand Cayman. Now I apply this material to my terrain, I find using the standard Google terrain within SU is normally good enough, if I need to make alterations I can select the area and using Artisan I can subdivide and sculpt as needed then reapply the projected terrain over the new mesh.

@l i am said:

Thanks, I had a look at your folio for the first time

Yeah, my website is lacking, I have not added stuff in a few years, I have a ton of stuff I cannot show due to NDA's and a lot I just have not uploaded due to laziness, I do not think my website has even yielded a client in the last 10 years, I really only use it for email purposes.

After many years doing this one gets a workflow that becomes comfortable, and every now an again one gets a client who messes with the system too.

What is your workflow?

Little to almost none actually, I rarely ever do any post production in a photo editing software, the only times I do use Corel Paintshop, my choice of editor is when I manipulate a material or alter a satellite terrain photo to suit my needs.

https://hdrihaven.com/hdris/

http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html

HDRI Skies - Your source of high quality HDR Sky Maps

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If you are committed to rendering 'tropical' locations and insist on using HDRI lighting I'd suggest investing in an HDRI library so you are not restricted to the few you have, I'd also look into good 3D people and not 2D cut outs.

When you start a next project and need help, let me know.

What render engine are you using?

Can you not add a sun with the HDRI?

I am currently doing a lot of 'tropical' renders, first thing is a reference, do you have images of the locations where this waterway will be? do you know the tones of tropical waters? the native vegetation of the tropical zone?
There is a lot more to tropical and subtropical areas than just palms and water.

@dprince said:

oh ok. i guess i can only use this when i upgrade. any idea how i can do the walkthrough with Vray?

On your system I doubt it, you would need a week to render it if indeed it was even possible, sorry mate but your machine is just not suited for such things.

The warning has to do with your GPU, I assume you are on a laptop with an Intel integrated GPU which is not good enough to work with Enscape.

@dprince said:

does enscape adapt the material settings from vray when doing the walkthrough rendering?

No, Enscape has it's own material system, does not adapt Vray materials, very simple and fast software to achieve animation and VR work

This version of Vray is looking amazing, I may need to give it a try.

https://enscape3d.com/

Fantastic, love the attention to material detail and lighting.

@andybot said:

Do we have a subforum yet!? I want to discuss pros and cons of obj vs. dae format import. Nice intro video you linked Solo, glad to see they are finally taking seriously the UI compatibility with other software

We are still waiting for Rich O'Brien to create the subforum, I do not have admin rights to do it.

Looks great, can you show the Sketchup model and how about a render with the light on?

Blender was designed for dyslexic people until the most recent version, who the hell selects with the right mouse button beside dyslexic folk?