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Whenever I get the time, I'm fooling around with Kerkythea, trying to learn the ins & outs of this great free program. The attached image was modelled in SketchUp, rendered in Kerkythea, followed with some post-processing in Xara Xtreme.
Regards, Ross
Hi Ross
Looks like your being ignored which is a pity. This is really a great piece that you accomplished, maybe too good since it looks like a photo. The only negative thing I will mention is that you posted it too large for my screen resolution so that I have to scroll over 50% to see the whole image which remove some of the pleasure of viewing. But the work itself and the talent involved want no questioning, they're both great..........frank
Looks Great!!
For what it's worth, just 'cos a response isn't received doesn't mean a post is being ignored.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seagull
Sure there are many like me who look at mostly everything and while appreciating and enjoying what is posted have no valid comment to make other than, perhaps, "That's cool, I like it."
All quality work posted is of great value both as inspiration for new ideas and also for a mean by which one may judge one's own work.
So keep on posting your work - 'tis appreciated by many.
Hear hear
Ross, that is totally excellent!!! Great job!!!!!!!
Ross,
Excellent renderings. Thanks for sharing.
Can you do that from Google SketchUp?Quote:
...image was modelled in SketchUp, rendered in Kerkythea...
EDIT: Obviously not. Visiting Kerkythea site in IE I couldn't see the scroll bars. It wasn't until I viewed the site in Firefox I realised the scroll bars existed!
Ross, very nice china vessels.
Although I'm quite proficient with Sketchup, rendering has always scared the life out of me, 'cos I have no idea what any of the terms mean and it all appears so difficult. Anyhoo, I read your post with the Smart cars, and I thought I'd have a go at this Sketchup/Kerkythea lark. Armed with a couple of excellent basic tutorials (from the Kerkythea site), I bashed off a quick test scene in Sketchup and rendered it. The whole thing took about an hour and the result is below. It's not that great, some funny reflections here and there, but I'm amazed at how easy it was to achieve and I'm now motivated to explore further. (By the way, the odd rectangle on the left wall has nothing to do with the scene, I just wanted to try and create a reflective translucent plastic object.)
Thanks for the comments Guys!
Egg - the free Google SketchUp does not provide the necessary export formats to get the geometry into most rendering programs. For now at least you'd need to purchase (or use the demo) of SketchUp Pro. [Model in the free Google SketchUp and then use the demo of Pro to export]. If you want to try it -- the Kerkythea tutorials are critical to making sense of it. It's pretty easy if you go through some of those tutorials first. In the coming months you might find there will be renderers that will directly import the GoogleEarth format that Google SketchUp exports.
Bob -- Your bathroom is looking good. Have you tried a bump map for your tile?
Cool glasses Ross. Stratocast, nice interior space. Its good to see you'all exploring 3D graphics. Keep it up.
I have had sketchup for some time, Unfortunately I don't use it very often.
Kerkythea? I know nothing about.
Mike - the link to the free Kerkythea is above in my opening post. Well worth checking out. Some folks are achiving quality similar to Vray or Maxwell.
Thanks. Using a bump map will subdue the reflections a bit, yes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Macintosh
Bob - I've made an example that I hope will clerify the impact of adding a bump image. The tile box was modelled and textured in SketchUp. In Kerkythea I modified the material by adding some specular to add some gloss. The first -no bump- one shows how the material looks rendered. Next I added a bump map (image) to the material definition - all other render settings were unchanged. Notice how the tile appears more 3d with the grout lines slightly recessed. Below I show the original texture image and the bump map image I custom created in Xara Xtreme. In the bump image whatever is black gets recessed. It was really easy to create the bump image using Xara Xtreme. I imported the original texture image and drew over it to get the tile sizes. You'll note (if you have eagle eyes) that I feathered the edges of each of the 'tiles' which has the effect of making the tile edges look more rounded in the render. I also used a fractal bleach overlay to give some toal variation that makes the tiles less flat when rendered -- in keeping with the rustic style of the tile. I did that to show you that your bump map can in itself be a little creative exercise. I could for instance have drawn a black line -- it would have rendered as a crack in the tiles. If you make a bump image to use note that it must be exactly the same size as the original texture (otherwise the two won't align properly & you'll get wierd results).
Regards, Ross
I seeee... Oh, the light it's so bright! :D Thank you Ross for taking the time to post such a detailed explanation. Using a bump map is obviously the way to go - far more realistic. I'm going to play around with it for a while and see what I can come up with.
I find this 3D stuff exciting and intimidating at the same time. However, when I observe what has been achieved by others, I'm determined to try and see where it takes me.
Here's another example. By changing your bump map image you can significantly alter the look of the rendered texture. Note how the 'bumps' even get highlights/shadows.
Regards, Ross
the vessels lokks great and real.
But i dont feel that much satisfied with the living room