In Europe? Yes, but where? Brugge/Bruges? La Defence a Paris? Stockholm? Barcelona?... Then yes, Jerusalem... Johannesburg? Sydney? Singapore, Hong Kong? Back to Mountain View? I'll do all of the above... (if possiblbe).

Here's one I did last week with IDX Renditioner on the Mac. Larger version and a quick version (2m16s) are available at http://forums.idx-design.com/index.php?topic=22.0 for comparison...

And Jon, this is for renderings, not your best photographs Great curtains!

The PC version is taking a bit longer than we expected, but we're certainly within a few weeks of having it ready.

It is based on the TurboSketch design, but completely rewritten, and will have much better performance and better control over lighting for better results and will be almost identical to the Mac version.

This product makes assumptions and cut corners for simplicity (such as automatically creating a bumpmap, etc) as it is designed for professionals that don't want to have to become experts in the fine points of rendering. For the person who wants to tweak every detail at a granular level, we do have a Pro version that has moved off of the drawing board and into development, but it is still a ways off in time.

We don't have an open beta on these products, but if anyone is interested in becoming a beta tester, please contact me directly at wmanning @ imsidesign.com

@solo said:

For some reason I was under the impression that NXT was an IMSI product and a Mac version of Turbosketch. I need to look into this one, looks promising so far.

Must be the 3 letter acronym with an X. The IMSI product is IDX Renditioner. So far only a Mac version, but PC is on the way...

@unknownuser said:

If it's the same lot that sells TurboSketch, you're most likely not going to get much support.

Edit: they've done it again. 199,95 $ for a renderer that produces cr*p images. Unbelievable. Companies like these ...

Two points: first it is the same company, but not the same lot. New management, and new support team. Regarding the gentleman who said that he hadn't heard back from us, he posted his issue at midnight our time, posted here at 8:45 in the morning our time, but we were in contact with him by 9:15... Don't have enough information to duplicate his problem, but we are still working it. Support is a big deal for us after the problems the company had last year with it.

Second, "cr*p renders" I beg to differ. That may have much more to do with models, setup, or other measure. We've had a lot of different feedback from people in Film, Architecture, Lighting Design, Interior Design, all using it professionally, as well as some good reviews. I hope we'll get the rights to post more of the best customer models. Never-the-less, I'm sorry if you had a different experience.

[Edit: I take that back, partially. If you used TurboSketch Studio on a PowerPC Mac, they were crap renders. IntelMac I'll defend, and both are solid now with the update.]

William

The interface is fairly intuitive for some, less so for others.

The PC version of Renditioner should be out in about 4-6 weeks. We're doing a lot of work with Lightworks on improvements that will improve image quality and speed. There will be IDX Renditioner Express that will be a free update, and IDX Renditioner for $199 (discount to TurboSketch Studio users tbd, but an offer may be sent out at around $129). The main differences are render size/performance. With Renditioner supporting 16 megapixel images and multithreading. On the Mac version we have seen approximately a 40% improvement using a dual core, up to 80% reduction with an 8-core.

Hi, I'm new on this forum. I'm with IMSI/Design, and thought I should mention on the thread that the Mac version of IDX Renditioner is out now.

There's a trial on http://www.idx-design.com and there is a basic edition, IDX Renditioner Express that is a free update for previous TurboSketch Studio users. That is available on http://www.turbosketch.net website.

I hope you'll at least give us a look.

Thanks,
William