Already did. There's some groovy images in there.

Yeah ... (Sk)Indigo provides a smooth and easy workflow. For most materials, I just use Whaats presets and tweak from there, using the reflection and exponent sliders. No need for adjusting Fresnel etc.

And as for render time: I own a copy of modo, which is very, very fast. However, if I wanted to do that interior I posted in modo, well, that would've taken A LOT of tweaking and test rendering. And I seriously doubt the result would be as good.

Unbiased rendering takes long, that's just how it is. Maxwell's slow, Fry is, and so is Indigo. But for some things it's just the best solution. (As is biased rendering. Both methods have their advantages. )

Indigo may render slow, but it sure does produce good results. Without a complicated UI, a lot of setting up etc. That interior I posted maybe took me 1/2 hour to set up.

Looks good.

I should learn to express myself more clearly.

What I meant is: I think Whaat was inspired by the Podium UI. For the look and feel, I mean.

@sepo said:

Nice one Stinkie. It looks you are enjoying the Indigo a lot.

I do. It's straight forward and delivers results - which is what I like about SU and Podium too. I think I read somewhere Whaat based the exporter's UI on Podium's.

@unknownuser said:

so i guess they will be releasing a mac version eventually but it's going to be a different engine than the version they have now..

That's right. 2.0 will be using another engine. Is it good? Yes, it is. In fact, it's very good. Stay tuned.

@mike lucey said:

'Workflow' is TBD's (Tavi's) middle name

Mike

Correct.

@ Whaat: thanks. And thanks again for the exporter. What can I say? I am picky. If I have the choice between 'reasonably clean' and 'spotless', I choose the latter. Of course, I'm no pro. I have the luxury of time. Oh, btw: those presets of yours? Work great. 'Leather' does wonders for wooden floors. More, please.

@ Solo: thanks! Still so much to learn though. I'll be revisiting both mr. Chopra's and mrs. Roskes books again soon. Got any other reading tips?

I'll post a final render of the interior some time soon.

Thanks, lads.

Anssi, the interior rendered for about 10 hrs. The exteriors for about 48 hrs. The originals are pretty big and I wanted 'em noise free, so ... Mind you, these were done on an octo core. If I'd used my dual core ... well ... Would've taken a week, or so.

The interior needs quite a lot of additional work. So I'll have to re-render.

The exterior is all SU. The interior is ... eclectic. (And rather imperfect. Still working on it.)

I say we call it art, and name it "The Miesian Grid Can Sod Off".

Joking aside, I'm pretty confident I can not model curves like that.

Awesome renders, no question about it. Extremely well done, IMO.

Backdoor ... ! Backdoor ... !

No, I really must restrain myself.

@solo said:

That would make a great medical building, it looks like a disected torso.

Yah ... 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.'

Just tried to get the demo, but the Fry site seems to dislike me. I can't blame it, really.

As far as unbiased rendering goes, Fry looks pretty sweet. Tad cheaper than Maxwell, too. But waaaay more expensive than Indigo. And Indigo's really easy to use. I find that important.

Haven't tried that one yet. Looks like a good app. Which it better be for 795 €.

How's the exporter?

Pretty decent 'product shot', though. What did you use? As a renderer, I mean - I'm not referring to, er, substances.

Hmm, imagine ... I bought MoI recently, and I've been fantasizing about a cross between SU and MoI a lot.

Kwisten's dont-you-dare-crash-on-me-button sounds like a plan too.

As am I. I have a suspicion it'll be a fine tool. And I'm quite eager to see what the new UI is like. There's bound to be some changes, as new features will be added. My guess is the Podium team will try its best to retain a clutter-free UI that allows for a straigthforward workflow.

As I have a limited brain, that's just the way I like it.