When I need depth in my render I usually add the 'depth map' option in the framebuffer section of the render section and apply it in Photosoup. It might be a bit too dirty for your puristic renders, but it can get the job done quite fast and easy. Rendering real camera DOF is way more tedious (Asgvis should fix that inches bug by the way) and even then you really need to set your QMC values and color mapping values well to get nice grades in the depth. Not easy...

Yeah, that's my boy. Lovely kid, but a handful. Loud, too.

@arail1 said: Is the surface an actual material you're copying? It looks like galvanized metal panels with a print on it. Or is that just an effect created in the rendering? It's a pattern I drew in SU. I rendered it with Vray, and put SU linework on top of it PS. Then I started messing with filters and layers 'til I felt it looked OK. @kwistenbiebel said: Burlington socks

Funny I'd probaby like the first if I didn't see the second!

Hm, yes, looks like things have taken a turn for the better. Let's wait and see.

@olishea said: kinda looks like a stack of pound coins! The Spilliaert? @michaliszissiou said: Pilou has a point here. Hm? What point?

Yeah, it is. Only the sun as light source (and the sky) and a curved background with a light grey colour (never use pure white - it kills render time)

Glad to hear they looked good. Variety is the spice of life so I'm told. -Brodie

I used to do that, but then Jackson and Stu, who meant well, kickstarted a discussion on (amongst other things) overly lengthy gallery threads. So I figured I'd try not to be a bore, and add max 4 or 5 images to one thread.

@juanv.soler said: we have lost all ways to act Its called voting

Hmm ... Sounds good. I'll get me some. Thanks for the tip. Edit: Oh ... anyone got any experience with those - to my pauperish standards - fairly expensive Epson printers? (http://nl.backoffice.be/shop/information.asp?partid=C11CA16305) They worth it? Edit2: just saw that Ilford's got a whole range of ICC profiles on their site. I just gotta try the one for the cheap printer I got now (Pixma iP4200) with some of their paper. Might turn out okay. Great tip, Jackson.

@durant hapke said: That image needs a sound track. It's got one. Cup your ears. [image: a1CM_keuken2.jpg]

I've got my own website, Richard. Like all important people! Won't be online soon, though. If I take a peek in my 'renders' folder, I can tell there just isn't enough good stuff in there yet.

Good ad . But too much time just seems to disappear when playing and sometimes I don't think it is always worth it. But who cares eh? It's fun

Wow, from the master of light, a conversation that begins with bricks. Beautiful! btw, that not actually what Kahn said, but what do you expect from a movie:-) It was more like, "it wants to be an Arch".

hw about projecting sunlight going through the mullions ,markings on the wall and going inside the rooms... itl add drama and more mystery to the render..

@marked001 said: the only thing that bugs me is the color of the door...and it probably wouldnt if it wasnt the default color in sketchup....haha.... i now cringe whenever i see that color in any model! lol. Comes to show how people's tastes differ: I actually made a 'real' Vray mat out of that color (so I could add reflection, as the default mat renders diffuse). Love that color! @honoluludesktop said: No limitations on creativity, or art. Just find the right school, or person to study under. I see your point, I think. Still, architecture would be the wrong choice for me. I am interested in architectural forms for reasons that are solely artistic. Also, at the end of the day, there's simply not that many clients who'd allow their architect to push it as far as, say, Gregor Schneider does. Believe me, I pondered upon this prior to my studies, as well as afterwards, and while I deeply love architecture, there is simply no way I could be content being an architect.

These are merely about me trying out every single button in Photoshop, I'm afraid.