Thanks!

The blankets are part of a bed at Rendo. I divvied up the surfaces to split it, and applied my own mats.

Furniture Set One Bed

Quote - > Quote - Not my normal style, but..................... Injoy

I won't nitpick :rolleyes: Not your style, but nicely done :)

Thanks Doc.. 

Quote - On A Promise

In British English, "on a promise" simply means that you have arranged to or at least expect to have an intimate encounter with someone - usually your regular partner.

I can never understand why, when your date said to pick her up at a specific time, you have to wait another half an hour before she is ready.

...nice one doc! worth the wait `¬)

I agree crazy @ss details

Quote - > Quote - Not my normal style, but..................... Injoy

a great shot CrazyHorse! ...some very good posing, makes it look very dramatic! a little depth of field might help remove the fact that the castle door pulls the eyes away from the action, but its still an excellant image! `¬)

 

Thanks!  I should have used some depth on it you are correct about that. I was hoping the bloom would warsh out the BG more than it did...

Quote - This is last nights overnight test run. (It includes the 'lightning' that superboom pointed to in an earlier post; it seems to work very well in this scene! - so thanks for that superboom! `¬)) it is free from runtime dna http://www.runtimedna.com/RDNA-Atmospherics-Lightning-Vol-1.html

I have now extended the environment image so that the appearance in the glass reflections are correct, and have added the lightning to the the globe. I have also converted the tube stand to glass, as in this new scene (where the tube rack and globe intersection was corrected) the tube rack will not Dform easily due to the increased mesh density... (still a little noisy, but not worried about that at the moment)

 

I am now test running a little added 'atmosphere' if you know what I mean! - although there are still some textures to finish as well...

 

Looking very nice indeed. The globe looks great, very nice effect.

Quote - Sort of off topic but not really.  Finished my first ibl with vue last night.  This was a full (yet small and basic) scene.  Saved it out with 4000x2000 jpg, exr and hdr.  The quality of the picture itself wasn't what I was hoping.  It was a tad washed out when I put the jpg on the reality ibl sphere.  The upside was that it rendered really nice.  I was getting double the speed from this light than I have out of other ibl's I've used.  All three files together come to about 90mb in a rar file; so, I'm not really sure where to put it to enable others to download it.  Anyway.. here's the render I created using it....

 

What background???     The lighting is great, makes her skin pop...  But then again, she's popping anyway you want to look at it.  hehe!

You might try taking that BG image into PS/Gimp and increase the contrast but that will also change the light value as well. Or you could just post in the BG.

Quote - Krazyhorse, really nice render. Very interesting.

Mbin, your lab is looking super good.  You're achieved a very nice atmosphere, it reminds me of an Indiana Jones sort of thing.

Thank you.   It was an interesting scene to work with. There is so much depth to it.

Quote - On A Promise

In British English, "on a promise" simply means that you have arranged to or at least expect to have an intimate encounter with someone - usually your regular partner.

I can never understand why, when your date said to pick her up at a specific time, you have to wait another half an hour before she is ready.

As usual, very nice.  Robert's correct, never ask. Just let it go.  By the way where is Abi?

Quote - Thanks!

The blankets are part of a bed at Rendo. I divvied up the surfaces to split it, and applied my own mats.

Furniture Set One Bed

Thanks for the link.  I like what you did with the materials.

Quote - > Quote - On A Promise

In British English, "on a promise" simply means that you have arranged to or at least expect to have an intimate encounter with someone - usually your regular partner.

I can never understand why, when your date said to pick her up at a specific time, you have to wait another half an hour before she is ready.

As usual, very nice.  Robert's correct, never ask. Just let it go.  By the way where is Abi?

Thanks. I thought she was with you

Quote - > Quote - Hi folks!

It get's cold over here in Austria, so its time to fire up some renders...and to look through 169 pages here cough, cough

Let's see if figure out, how to post my Images in this forum? My first "Testrender" is a forest scene I bought recently. So first here is the link to the image in my Gallery:

Welcome back! I wondered how the forrest would render out! looks pretty good to me! `¬)

heres how I post an image (took a while to work out with a bit of help from here...)

Make sure your image is on the net, you have a gallery, so that is fine. Open your image in a new window, and then right click for 'properties'. It should list an address URL for that. Copy that from the properties and in then in this forum reply area (where you type your post) click the icon that looks like a tree. In the Image URL post the address you copied. Then go to the appearance tab and enter 600 in the dimensions first box. when you hit enter, the other box should auto change. Click insert button. That puts the image into your post as a 600 x whatever image. Now in the image in the 'reply' box, right click the image and select 'insert/edit link'. Paste the url again into this box, and select for 'target' to be 'open in new window' and then click insert.

That now means when you have finished typing the reply you want to post and have posted your reply, the image should appear in your post, and if you click on the image it will open up the original url location full size in a new window... `¬)

so your post would look like this...

I had a problem at first, as there was an extra line when I copied the url! And I ended up with the same 'x' square you did! ...so make sure when copying the url you copy the whole address... `¬)

Thank you, mbin for your detailed "howto" description! I am sure I will need it, when my next Render is finished.

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - On A Promise

In British English, "on a promise" simply means that you have arranged to or at least expect to have an intimate encounter with someone - usually your regular partner.

I can never understand why, when your date said to pick her up at a specific time, you have to wait another half an hour before she is ready.

As usual, very nice.  Robert's correct, never ask. Just let it go.  By the way where is Abi?

Thanks. I thought she was with you

You didn't leave her chained to the wall did you?

Check this out..  http://look-at-my-hair.blogspot.it/ and/or http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/381/

This will give you a hint...

Chained? Oops.

Yes, I did. I signed up for it, waiting for a Windows version :)

Quote - Chained? Oops.

Yes, I did. I signed up for it, waiting for a Windows version :)

Looks interesting..  Waiting for some Reality renders to see how it looks..  He said he was going to send me an OBJ, to test but I think he forgot.

Here my first Image, where I used the new Luxfunctionallity "Refine Brush"! I like the new possibility very much, there is so much use for it!

Currently I am evaluating this scenery also for one of my next Videoclips.

My Photo & Art Gallery: www.digital-photos.at

My Videoclips:              digitaldreams.dataworld.at

Omg.. SBT if you're out there.. wtf have I done to my poor pc.. starting another tropical isle type render with Vue to use as an ibl.  8000x4000 @ 300dpi.  16hrs estimated to render.  I know it's not much in our world of Luxrender... but I feel as though this is an eternity for Vue

alright.. wasn't too far into it.. so cancelled it and dropped the dpi to 72.. going a bit faster.. 9hrs instead of 16

Quote - Omg.. SBT if you're out there.. wtf have I done to my poor pc.. starting another tropical isle type render with Vue to use as an ibl.  8000x4000 @ 300dpi.  16hrs estimated to render.  I know it's not much in our world of Luxrender... but I feel as though this is an eternity for Vue

8kx4k is pretty damn huge! And at 300dpi, 16 hours seems pretty reasonable. 

I know a lot of standard 'photo' (ie digital photo) IBL's come in that size, but I've always wondered why. At the moment, I just presumed it was because either that's what a Mega megapixel camera shoots, or maybe its just the default size. ;-/ 

It really depends on what's in your sky too. I had one at 28xxx14xx only take 3 hours, then one at the usual size go for 23 hours, and it was half as complex!

Not sure what all goes on inside Vue, but its random as all get-out. (And still crash-o-matic in the new version! Took me a full day to export a simple terrain without crashes!!!)

Not sure how often it can be downloaded; but placed my Desert Isle ibl on my MS skydrive.  Here's the link for it

Desert Isle

If you download and try it out; I'd be interested in knowing how it renders for you.

It's going pretty fast now SBT.... 1/2 way through the first pass.  It's slowing because now is when the scenery gets interesting.  Coconut trees, rippled sand, choppy seas.  Nice pre-sundown sky.  It's got potential so far; but with the sky being black still there's no telling.  I'll up it to my skydrive when it's done.

Quote - Not sure how often it can be downloaded; but placed my Desert Isle ibl on my MS skydrive.  Here's the link for it

Desert Isle

If you download and try it out; I'd be interested in knowing how it renders for you.

Downloading now, will give it a try later tonight. and let you know 

rock on.. tks brad.. it rendered pretty fast for me on the last render i posted here in the thread(chick with mono-kini half off).  I was getting double to triple my normal ibl-only render speed.

Vue sure comes to a screeching friggin halt for render speed when it hits water...  45 minutes to do the first 1/2 of the render..  45 minutes in and it just has about 1/3 of the line of water.. glad the angle is sharp enough that the sea area is only about 50 pixels tall.

Quote - rock on.. tks brad.. it rendered pretty fast for me on the last render i posted here in the thread(chick with mono-kini half off).  I was getting double to triple my normal ibl-only render speed.

Insane speeds with just the IBL and no other lighting (and one Genesis with hair and no clothes).  750 kS/s at 105% Eff.  My average complex scene lately has been running at 20-30 kS/s. 

well.. i must have done something right with that scene then... the render that i have going now is not much different.. i'm just making it larger, a sunset theme and a lot less vegetation.

and 750k s/s is freakin nuts

Quote - and 750k s/s is freakin nuts

The one I made seems to be doing well also; five figures, one genesis, fairly large scene prop and a nice big body of water (as glass). Any of the other IBL's I have might, might net me around 60ks/s. This one is belching out 138ks/s. Not bad!

I'll give yours a whirl on my next scene, Sharky. Very curious!  

This new scene is giving my computer fits.. went to bed on it at 51%.. woke up with it frozen up at 60%.  Think I'm going to drop the size down to 4000x2000 and give it another go.

there's nothing to eat in that fridge.....

Cheers!

Quote -  

there's nothing to eat in that fridge.....

Cheers!

Mother Hubbard got an upgrade!

fridge looks great too, though a bit too familiar (add a half jar of green pesto and some rum, that'd be my fridge!) ;-) 

Finally got a few IBL files assembled for a zip. It's rather large, fair warning!

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwWXQjXgvk3aUlZFbThNWGpuX0E

Sharky, ran a few quickies this morning with your Desert Isle IBL. Despite what the screenie says, yours ran just as fast as the other one I posted (think it maxed at 535ks/s at one point). Seems like rotating the sphere one way or another can add or subtract 75ks/s sample speed. Go figure

Quote - there's nothing to eat in that fridge.....

 

Cheers!

I like your Idea with the two different perspectives for this scenery! Great Render, Erik!

Well.. my next ibl is done.  I'm not so sure I like it graphically.  The coconut trees that are in it are really jagged.  I'll run a fast test render with it to show what I mean.  Nice subtle sunset-ish lighting tho.  Add a fill light or two and some pretty decent renders might be able to be made with just the lighting info.

Anyone know why the background image in my ibl's is so stinking washed out?  The sample jpg that I save with the scene is nice and bright and vivid.  Yet, when I use the ibl it's very faded.

Also, on several characters I have; no matter what lip color I use on them, in reality it always comes out silverish.  I haven't changed any settings and they render with perfect color in studio.

okay... tweaked the hdr file a bit in photoshop.. it's got some decent preset filters for hdr's.  Doesn't look quite as washed out now.  It's rendering REALLY fast.  Nearly 400k s/s on my computer.. which would translate to about 1000k s/s on Brad's box..... It looks pretty nice.  Can't really tell about the jaggedy trees because there's only a partial of one tree in the scene.  Overall, it's looking fairly nice.  I'm sure I'll be doing better ones when my Vue skills and hdr-production skills improve.

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Looks real well done

Here's the first edition of the 2nd IBL..
Sunset Beach - Lens Glare Version

Sunset Beach - No Lens Glare Version(with extra corrected hdr file)

Think I'm going to cheat on a couple and use Quadspinner's Hyperterrains.  They're really good looking in a flat render.  Would love to see what I can do with them as ibl's

Here's one perspective of my most recent ibl.  It rendered really fast(for me).  Just over 600 passes in an hour.

This one is using the filtered/enhanced hdr from my Sunset Beach ibl.

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Really REALLY like this one Brad. One of a few that you can read a story in every nook and cranny.

Quote - Here's the first edition of the 2nd IBL..
Sunset Beach - Lens Glare Version

Sunset Beach - No Lens Glare Version(with extra corrected hdr file)

Sharkbytes...these HDR's, do I apply them to the Reality IBL sphere before launching Reality, or in the lighting section of Reality...? I usualy use the HDR.envr file of any IBL or HDR I download, and insert it to the IBL box in the lighting section of Reality before launching Lux.....

Quote - You didn't leave her chained to the wall did you?

No he didn't, he'd be the one in chains, not me! ;)

Been having a few (well, lots) of computer issues recently, I'm almost done upgrading/rebuilding my computers - including some new render slaves, and I've had a few personal issues to deal with too.  I've managed a few renders while I've been sorting stuff out, there's a few additions to my gallery here and on DA but here's my latest, a reply to a question from my ex-husband....

Enjoy,

Abi.

Quote - > Quote - You didn't leave her chained to the wall did you?

No he didn't, he'd be the one in chains, not me! ;)

Been having a few (well, lots) of computer issues recently, I'm almost done upgrading/rebuilding my computers - including some new render slaves, and I've had a few personal issues to deal with too.  I've managed a few renders while I've been sorting stuff out, there's a few additions to my gallery here and on DA but here's my latest, a reply to a question from my ex-husband....

Enjoy,

Abi.

Nice answer! And welcome back :) I see you changed your avatar too.

Pity it doesn't have your address

Quote - Nice answer! And welcome back :) I see you changed your avatar too.

Pity it doesn't have your address

Thanks, subtle enough?  I'm still battling computers (woke up to find this one has blue-screened overnight again) so I may dissapear once in a while.  Av was about time for a change, and that one is one of my favorites right now.  As for my address, I'm gonna have to make that a challenge, I'll start to incorporate it into a few renders, we'll see how attentive you are! :)

Good to be back,

Abi.

hi guys. Wow this thread grew since I last posted  O.O
Just dropping in to say that I pray for the safety of all our american friends who live on the east coast.  Its a damn catastrophe whats happening over there. Hopefully the hardest part is over. 

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