Forum: Carrara

Subject: How about a 10 minute challenge that doesn't require C4

Kixum opened this issue on Oct 23, 2004 ยท 22 posts

Kixum posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 4:28 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=792788&Start=1&Sectionid=10&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsN

I saw this paperclip image in the galleries and I was impressed with it. So,.... I thought I'd try it myself and it's not a trivial as it appears. I did this in 35 minutes. All spline in Carrara. Amapi would have naturally done a better job with the model but this isn't too bad. Let's see what we get. -Kix

-Kix

falconperigot posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 5:03 PM

Nice challenge (although there are spline paperclips in the browser tray aren't there?). This is a vertex version and the straight one took less than ten minutes.

Kixum posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 6:37 PM

Yes, there are paperclips in the browser but you have to make your own! -Kix

-Kix

chuckerii posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 7:49 PM

Thanks Kix... this is just what I needed to get motivated again while waiting for C4. :-) I did the sweep path in Illustrator, then imported into the Spline Modeler. Long Live the Spline Modeler!!! Still my modeler of choice... although I promise I will give Amapi a try when it arrives with my upgrade. Chuck

mmoir posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 7:50 PM

Here is mine , done in the vm in under 10 minutes. Good challenge. Mike

sailor_ed posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 8:21 PM

Seen here in its most useful configuration. Straightened to reset your PalmIII or remove a CD from the stuck tray etc., etc. 10min!

FWTempest posted Sat, 23 October 2004 at 9:01 PM

Did this in the spline modeller... just about 10 minutes exactly from the time I opened a new file to the time I clicked 'render'. Thanks for the challenge... makes me glad that I saved that money by not getting Lightwave... 8D

Message edited on: 10/23/2004 21:05

TOXE posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 12:01 PM

My clips, created with spline editor and Agrows in 15 minutes. I'm really glad when we have a challenge!:-) -TOXE


 

Nicholas86 posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 12:10 PM

What happens when you leave your paper clip in the car to long when its a metaball model? I know...I could have done a better one in the VM or SM but I wanted to give it a go. Only took like 2 minutes, probally could have done better if I took my time, but I'm in a hurry.

keithw posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 1:28 PM

Here's mine. Created using the Vertex modeler. Does anyone know why there are streaks in the shadow? I've played around using different settings but can't get rid of them.

falconperigot posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 4:43 PM

Isn't time these paperclips were put to good use? ;-)

falconperigot posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 4:44 PM

keithw, have you tried turn off Interpolation?

Kixum posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 4:54 PM

Keith, What kind of soft shadows are you using and how did you set up your render? Falcon, great idea! And just to show how much I liked TOXE's image, I tried it myself. I can never get AGrows to put tip objects on so I had to scramble them up myself. -Kix

-Kix

keithw posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 9:01 PM

Figured out my problem with the steaky shadow. I increased the shadow buffer resoulution from 256x256 to 512x512 and the streaks went away.

Kixum posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 11:23 PM

Glad you figured it out! If you have C3 (and hopefully later), you can go to raytraced soft shadows which are much better in bejuckets of ways. -Kix

-Kix

Kixum posted Sun, 24 October 2004 at 11:25 PM

I'm just going clip crazy with this! -Kix

-Kix

Nicholas86 posted Mon, 25 October 2004 at 9:32 AM

takes kixums mouse away BAD! When I was younger my mom used to work as a paralegal. I'd sometimes go to work with her when I was sick and home from school. I'd take all of her paper clips and string them together, and of course when done, put them back in the paperclip tray....imagine her surprise when she'd try and take one out:)

sailor_ed posted Mon, 25 October 2004 at 11:02 AM

Possibly because of the upcoming election my clips decided to get together and make a patriotic gesture. Here is the result. Remember Kixum started it ;-)

TOXE posted Mon, 25 October 2004 at 11:20 AM

Ehehe, really nice! I hope that the clips will make the right choice:-) -TOXE


 

rendererer posted Mon, 25 October 2004 at 11:23 AM

Hey, Nicholas86, I love yours! I don't know what exactly I'm looking it, but I know what I like.

Nicholas86 posted Mon, 25 October 2004 at 12:12 PM

HEHE! I was just goofing around renderer. Trying to use the metaball modeler for once. I'm sure if I took my time it would look nicer.

sailor_ed posted Tue, 26 October 2004 at 6:50 AM

Nicholas86 Looks like a paper clip from DOOM 3!