http://spot3d.com/vray/misc/tools/

Nice. This is a complete tutorial, from start to finish, made by a v-ray for su user (Omar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxOCVyW9BlQ
Bookmark the entire channel (ASGVIS) and watch some others tuts. It' doesn't matter if it's for rhino, or for older version of v-ray, because you can always pic-up tricks that you can apply to the current version.
Good Luck, and keep posting!
Stefan

That's.....funny

Ooh...I'm in!

@unknownuser said:

To further elaborate: I've just done a 'product shot' (no environment, single emitter) using path tracing, and I must say 3.0's pt is pretty sweet! I got a clean render in little over 3hrs - and I was rendering at 4000 x 7280.

Stinkie, I am close?

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I guess will see that tomorow....hopefully

John, Nomer had a project where his render output was a spherical image. He basically rendered a 360 degree image, like a spherical map HDRI. He used this 360 degree image as HDRI to render that statue in hypershot.
Nomer, that was under our noses, thanks for sharing!

The "Elymobile" it's just sick!
Bravo! Sincere felicitari!

Superb!! Well done!
Keep them coming!

There is an old trick to do this. Just replace the floor material (make it white), render and save the irradiance map(there is an option/button to save it) then, put back the desired material, load the irradiance map that you just saved, and render the final image.
Cheers!
PS: For speed up things, check in "Global switches" under "GI" , "Don't render image". In this way, only GI will be calculated.

Take a look at this link: http://www.mrcad.com/download-free-ies-lights/
And another one: http://www.rendertextures.com/category/effects/ies-lights/

Kyle, what about this one:

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Link for the Asymptote Architecture:
http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/yas-hotel/

About so called "flying farmhouse", I searched like a mad man more info, and I'm sorry for doing it. I mean, the magic is gone. Not only it's not unique, but it doesn't seams to me so special, being able to see "over the illusionist shoulder".See for yourself
By the way, I searched with google earth
Link for the original one:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/97671
and the other one I found ( still, don't know the meaning of them)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34552315

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Jamal, I think you're right, I think I saw that texture somewere....maybe in the manual. Looks familiar.

It's old, I watched it an year ago, maybe more.But the displacement map got to be darn good.

@dale said:

Do you have the architects (conceptualist or otherwise) on the first two images, I would like to follow up.

For the first one, go to project list, and search for 2002 project.
http://www.behnisch.com/site_files/index_flash.html
The second one, I found it here, but there is no much info about it.
http://www.arnewde.com/architecture-design/unique-flying-farmhouse-design-in-ukraine/