@mitcorb said:

Very impressive, especially that you removed excess fat.

thanks Mitcorb, when you are dealing with a realtime engine you have to be good with poly count. The final poly count was 180000 with plants, car and characters.

this is my animation entry, enjoy!

And here are the stills:

Well... since no one posted anything here, i decided to show a few images that are wip. the original model was some by http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ce34ad14961bdce09d7297dda736a7ed&prevstart=0 from the 3d warehouse. The model was 700000 polygons when i opened it in sketchup. After cleaning it up i was able to take it down to 24000 and after adding the prop in iclone, so far im at 74000 total.

BTW this image are rendered realtime. I will post a movie tomorrow.

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

They are on the upper right hand corner of the main viewport, in there you will see two pull-down menus, one for cameras and the other is for shaders, depending on the video card you have it will only support a few or all. Just try them and see. Chris

Yep. That's what I thought. I guess that means it's my video card. =/ I tried on the other computer but when I tried to install it it gave me an transfer error something or other about denying access to download languages. Then it closes. Blarg.

sorry to hear that.

@unknownuser said:

@stuckon3d said:

@unknownuser said:

Wow. I just can't figure this out. Downloaded the free version and can't even figure out why characters, scenes, props, etc. show up in plain black or plain white. How do I get the colors/textures? Do I have to apply them myself? How? This is frustating. I can't find any tutorials about this either on their website or elsewhere. Someone with experience, please help.

Hi SN,
Iclone has several shaders to play with, Pixel shader is the best one but in order to be able to use it you have to have a video card that supports it. Iclone run on directx 9c, so you need a card that supports it. Here is a link to the video cards that supports it:

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/iclone_trial.asp just scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Hope this helps,

Stuckon3d

Thanks Chris. Where would I find these shaders?

They are on the upper right hand corner of the main viewport, in there you will see two pull-down menus, one for cameras and the other is for shaders, depending on the video card you have it will only support a few or all. Just try them and see.

@solo
hey man long time no speak, yup at the podium forum im known as the lightingFREAK!

Cheers,

Chris

@unknownuser said:

Wow. I just can't figure this out. Downloaded the free version and can't even figure out why characters, scenes, props, etc. show up in plain black or plain white. How do I get the colors/textures? Do I have to apply them myself? How? This is frustating. I can't find any tutorials about this either on their website or elsewhere. Someone with experience, please help.

Hi SN,
Iclone has several shaders to play with, Pixel shader is the best one but in order to be able to use it you have to have a video card that supports it. Iclone run on directx 9c, so you need a card that supports it. Here is a link to the video cards that supports it:

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/iclone_trial.asp just scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Hope this helps,

Stuckon3d

Hello everyone,
just wanted to say hi, I'm new to the forum but not to sketchup. I'm a 3d artist and i love this software for its simplicity. Anyhow i dont want to bore you guys to death so im signing off.

Cheers,

Stuckon3d

For those interested in what is possible to do in Iclone, check out this thread:

Stuckon3d Image Gallery

(forum.reallusion.com)

For those that would like a free crash course of Iclone 4 check this link out:

Free introduction class to Iclone 4

(forum.reallusion.com)

Enjoy,

Stuckon3d