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Hey, Jens--
I finally did a scene with NO retouching. To prove it, I left part of trueSpace's interface in the screen dump.
What do you think? BTW, the palm trees were hand modeled.
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
Hey, Jens--
I finally did a scene with NO retouching. To prove it, I left part of trueSpace's interface in the screen dump.
What do you think? BTW, the palm trees were hand modeled.
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
Gary,
Cool looking image. I like the palm trees. Must be the planet of the sun worshipers, since they engrave the ground with a sun image [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
--Randy
Ditto on the cool [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Stu.
Nice Gary! Though, I must admit, I'm surprised you were able to resist touching it up externally. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
(not to suggest that it needs touching up, just that we know how much you love to touch things up [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] )
I like it!
That's a great image Gary.
I too like the palm trees. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Gents...
I have been to Florida numerous times and to Nassau once, and I've taken plenty of pictures of palm trees.
I've yet to see *any* terrain modeler that does "faithful" palm trees, coconut or any of the other variety.
Thanks for the vote of confidence!
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
Gary, that's a cool one. And I don't miss retouching at all. It's perfect just as it is.
Palm tree modeler: Plant Studio should do it, but I'm not sure because I haven't installed it on this machine I'm currently working with.
http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/
Check it out & have a nice weekend!
jens
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net
here is another one:
http://jens.highspeedweb.net/samples/coatstand.jpg
No retouching, right off the raytracer.
It's a product I had designed some time ago - a modular coastand system.
Element 1: with hangers
Element 2: with drawer and picture frame
Element 3: with mirror
The elements can be combined in any lenght and order... no drilling of holes in the walls required. You simply connect the parts, erect them and lean them against a wall, that's it. Based on the gravity and the center of gravity the don't move (unless you will try some pull ups...)
The Yucca palm is handmade ;-}
Large hallways galore!
jens
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net
I like the weird photographic angle, Jens--
And the flamingo on the plant potter was a nice touch!
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
[This message was edited by Gary David Bouton on September 03, 2001 at 15:10.]
Okay, okay--
There's a limit to the universe of things you can do without retouching after rendering.
But this one here doesn't need retouching.
Is that the point?
BTW, this was done entirely on a Macintosh using PIXAR software.
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
Jens, splendid design - as always!
Glad to see you are still around, after you threatened to leave us over Webstyle!
K
Gary,
well, I don't know if this is the point. I never retouch any 3D image. I only use a picture publishing software to scale or crop a picture from time to time. Your picture is fantastic, however, I'd say the grapes are a bit too purple ;-}
Klaus,
I left the XARA X - there are too many Mr. Cool's in there. From time to time I will check the X gallery, that's it. Now I'm learning the C4D XL v7.1. Lot's of new features, and since 3D gives me more support for my product designs, I guess I will stay away from the X forums for a while. I have so many ideas I want to turn into reality... there is hardly any time left for me to churn out illustrations at this very moment (yup, of course I have kind of a job as a sideline to finance my ideas: you know I'm coding a lot just to survive though I really HATE coding. On the other hand it's well paid ;-} )
Guess what's in the pipeline: accessories for the breakfast and dinner table. A totally new product line. I'll post some of them right here, but I can't tell you when because I've just discovered a bug in C4D that forces me to model my ideas in Rhino again <sigh>
jens
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net
Jens,
What bug did you find in C4D? I have V7.1 also and still find my self going back to Rhino to model some things.
--Randy
Jens--
You folks have impressed upon me to only goof with a rendering if it needs it; you can say, and with rightful pride, that you don't retouch. And I know I tend to swing the other way...I routinely retouch as a matter of getting something done quickly.
Here's another model I created. This time, as opposed to the fruit picture, the rendering was done in trueSpace. I like to see how PIXAR's RenderMan stacks up, reality-wise, with other rendering engines.
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
Randy,
if you model an object with FFD, deformers and convert it into a polygon mesh, add a boole and subtract i.e. a cylinder, some polys appear to be slightly tilted off the normal direction. I'm still experimenting, so it's too early to say if I will find a solution or not.
Gary,
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I routinely retouch as a matter of getting something done quickly. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I don't mind, because what counts is the result. However, for me it's easier and faster to modify the objects and their textures - don't ask me why, it's just the way it is ;-}
The rendering is great - the floating phone and cord and the floating line cord are great. Just the phone with the cradly looks a bit blocky, but I have to confess that I don't know anything of the old US phones...
jens
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net
Jens--
The telephone I modeled is from like 1960 or so, and yes, American telephones looked blocky and un-sleek.
Of course, today, a telephone can look like anything!
Yikes! I'm writing this message on a [b]telephone[/i]!!!
My Best,
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
Free education! The Writings Web site
and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.