@olishea said:

Yeah phone's used to be fashionably small. I love small phones. Remember the old Nokia 8210? Now they're becoming bricks with huge screens. I understand the smartphone revolution and need for a bigger screen, but would be nice to see equivalent mini phones again.

I still believe this is one of the best looking and most practical phones around. Plus it was TINY!!

agreed!

that and lack of style too... nowadays its all about the bigger screen, cause the phone isnt made for phone calls anymore, but for games and internet
my choice? i use a simple non-smart phone for calls and a tablet for the rest

the best one i had, was this one, though.. super-light, super-thin, i had battery for a week and i droped it like a 1000 times, and the thing never broke

i love the stile, its like a NPR but with some PR feel to it
great renders!

just two things that i think you could make even better:

1. the wood texture on the cabinets and walls is a bit repetitive
2. the flames on the fireplace are a bit cartoonish

he is talking about the VRay 2.0 BETA version...

try this: instead of importing material, load the mat, and then assing it, like in the pic

BTW, you know that old version vismats dont work with version 2.0, right??

after Paul Walker's tragic death, yesterday, i remembered my many hours spent with the Need for Speed game saga, back in the days

much respect for the man and the actor, and may he rest in peace

kind of a fun tribute to him, with my previous render and 10 minutes in Photoshop

@al hart said:

Oops - this thread has been hijacked.

Would you guys mind continuing the discussion of how to use VRay in a new thread?

hehehe, dont mind at all, but the issue is solved, so there will be no more VRay discussion

thanks a lot, Tadema

@tadema said:

Hello xonpt, Open V-ray output settings, open environment, open the Material Box and under Sunlight you can alter the sun size, bigger the sun the softer the shadows. Hope you can understand this.

John

thank you for the answer, but i actually did just that... and i changed the size from 1.0 to 3.0 and even 12.0, and i always got hard shadows...

maybe i've got to give it an even higher value, i will give it a try

p.s. - Mike Amos, i totally agree with you, and that's why sometimes one has to spend more time "cleaning" the model than actually rendering it.. but that's part of the "job"..

@tadema said:

Sorry Al, I used V-ray
John

sorry for the noob question, but im trying to learn VRay (slow process for someone used to Artlantis, lol)

how do i get softer shadows?
i used a "shadow catcher" material for the ground, and the standard sun light..
and i tryed to play arround with the 'size' and 'subdivs' of the sun light (in the environment tab), but i couldnt get softer shadows...

i suppose it can be done with dome light or HDRI, but i havnt got to that part yet, lol
is it possible with the standard sunlight?

wow, there are some reeeeeally perfect renders out here!

here is my try... still learning my way through VRay...

VRay for Sketchup, 9 minutes on my prehistoric Core2Duo machine
only color correction on PS

@notareal said:

@xonpt said:

...
and no pool is filled millimetrically up to the top like that
...

Sure pools can be "fully filled", but it requires a bit different structure that appears used now in the model. Just look on some perimeter overflow pools...

yes, i do know that.. what i meant is "common" pools with no overflow gutter, like the one in the picture...

i'm sorry if i dont express myself correctly, i dont know the correct technical terms for those structures in english

good render and i like the mood, but the moddeling could be better

i actually like the trees, what i dont like is the water and the cables
cables need to be... well... cables, with braces and hooks to the wall (sorry, i dont know the technical term in english)
and no pool is filled millimetrically up to the top like that

maybe another sugestion, while still keeping it minimalist: a few leaves under the trees would make a nice touch

wow!!!! best render i've seen! like, ever!

(still no image on your post...)

great as always

but there is some kind of blue line in the bottom left corner of the roof

wow

i see you work with Cinema 4D... do you find it better to render with VRay for C4D, or with VRay for Sketchup?

yup...

Sketchup 2013 + VRay 2.0 + Round Corner + Curviloft and many other plugins...
all working well...

i dont think your issue is caused by VRay alone, since you are the first one i see with that problem
but try the VRay Tools plugin (if you dont have it already...), it allows you to enable VRay only when you want to use it...

btw, i forgot to say, great renders!

@seabass84 said:

Yeah Round Corner, Weld, Purge, Curve Maker, Curviloft all crash instantly or as soon as the process is over. If you disable the Vray Extension they work perfect. Its a workaround but I hope they fix it soon.

i have VRay 2.0 and also Round Corner and Curviloft, and they all work well together

yes, VRay enabled, working with both plugins: no crashes, all fine
rendering stuff i used both plugins on, rendering it with VRay: no crashes, no problems

maybe something else is causing those crashes for you...

i think that when a model is exceptional as yours is, obtaining good rendering results is much easier
even for beginners like me...

here's another one, sorry for the "alternative texturing" hahahaha, i just couldnt resist

think iphone gold...

twilight biased medium+

ohhhh, i see

now that you put it that way, i guess it would be better for me to start right now with Thea (even if i have to put up with 30 minute to 3 hour rendering times, with my old 4 thread pc...), and in a couple of months upgrade to a new machine with Nvidia GPU...

thanks for the help,
you are a great artist, but also very helpful to new guys like me

thanks for the answer

im gonna upgrade to a new machine, of course, but its not happening now, i'll have to wait until the begining of 2014

but i need a rendering software to work with, in the meantime
so, from what i understood, Thea 1.3 is heavy on GPU, right? maybe work with VRay for now, and in 3/4 months, with a powerfull new machine, switch to Thea

ok, sorry all for the off-topic
expecting to see more great renderings in this thread

thanks for the answer

but if you dont mind my off-topic questioning, i would like to know your opinion

i was thinking about making a switch from Artlantis (hated ATL 5) to either VRay 2.0 or Thea... and i just love Thea, except for 1 thing VRay still wins: speed (although if i switch off Final Gathering i get the same speed with Thea BSD...)

my question: is 1.3 version of Thea (the one you are testing) more geared towards GPU renderig and heavy requirements?

cause i still work with an old 2 core machine with an ATI GPU..........

sorry again for the off-topic

BTW, im still learning how to work with Thea...

how do i get a white background in Thea4Sketchup? is it only possible in studio version?