computer Render art Topic

Vimenze · Post by **Vimenze** » 12 Mar 2007, 15:17

very realistic lighting!! darnit and i'm still figuring out how and what =P i'll give it some more work later hehe wicked job prince!

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 12 Mar 2007, 16:40

t3ice wrote:...it some how reminds me of the one from MW..

Gee, I winder why.

The environment looks really nice, however.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 12 Mar 2007, 18:42

Hehe, yeah the car model is from MW. I'm no modeler, so I'm trying my hand at setting up render environments. I just need to add some more objects into the scene because there's a lack of reflection right now.

BTW, if you guys want something rendered in an environment similar to this, you can let me know.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 12 Mar 2007, 20:34

I've never tried it myself, but you could probably just get the material to 'reflect' a texture such as buildings or something without actually having extra objects in the scene. Would certainly cut down on render time. But, like I said, I have no experience with that so you might try asking Ibi.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 12 Mar 2007, 20:37

I think I know what you're talking about. It's called HDRI lighting. I've got quite a few HDRI files on my hard drive, but there aren't any I'm too particularly fond of. If someone can suggest a website I can get some from, I'd be very happy.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 12 Mar 2007, 22:19

Could someone give me some tips on adding rims and tires to my model. Having somewhat of a difficult time figuring out how I would do it.

Here's what I have so far:

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 13 Mar 2007, 05:37

Experiment with the 'Follow Me' tool.

-EDIT-
Too shiny?

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 13 Mar 2007, 06:09

Looks like a dream. Except the rear right part. Something seems to be up with the reflections on the spoiler at that part.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 13 Mar 2007, 06:19

No, that's just the shape of the wing.

prince1142003 wrote:Looks like a dream.

Do you mean that literally, or as like a compliment?

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 13 Mar 2007, 06:51

Ah, makes more sense now. The car looks like it's in dreamworld, covered in fog, lol. Look in my Carbon garage to see why I say that.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 15 Mar 2007, 11:35

Hwy haz, how many poly is that car of yours?...BTW it looks very spiffy

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 16 Mar 2007, 05:24

1,279,594, I guess. That's how many faces there are, anyway.

-EDIT-
I added some more geometry to the rims and brake calipers, and I really liked the result. The chamfered corners just make it look that much more realistic.

It also pushed the number of faces up to 1,773,418.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 16 Mar 2007, 06:33

Hmmm, looking good, but you really need some texturing on the tires. They look too flat.

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 16 Mar 2007, 12:00

Also, brake rotors aren't shiny

Looking good though.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 16 Mar 2007, 13:35

Rotor reflect, it's just that the reflections are very blurred. The calipers should reflect a lot less than the rotors because they're usually made out of something similar to ceramic, and not the metal stuff the rotors are made out of.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 16 Mar 2007, 20:39

Nag nag nag.

Yeah, I'm still working on this, and I do appreciate the critique. And brake rotors are shiny, just not as much as chrome. I'm using default materials right now, I'm looking into using bump maps for the tires and brake rotors.

McLaren_dude · Post by **McLaren_dude** » 16 Mar 2007, 23:38

WHAT DO YOU GUYS USE TO DO THIS

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 16 Mar 2007, 23:50

Depends. A few here use Google Sketchup to create their models and then import them in 3D Studio Max to render them. I use 3DS Max and VRay to create my render environments.

Vimenze · Post by **Vimenze** » 17 Mar 2007, 11:53

or Rhinocerous 3D (Rhino3D) and also v-ray for rhino, but there are many more 3D programs but like prince said, the most used is 3D Studio Max and Sketchup is free for use, very handy tool once u know how to work with it =) (which at this point, i still don't know much of it so i keep using Rhino3D hehe)

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 17 Mar 2007, 19:46

Here's what i have made in Sketch Up.

Can someone tell me (or help me) with the rendering cuz it's a Mobile Phone and i want it to be silver ans shiny and stuff like that.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 17 Mar 2007, 19:57

If you can export it into 3DS Max (ask xHaZxMaTx how to), I can render it for you.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 17 Mar 2007, 20:40

Guess i need to wait for Haz to come online. (And that's on Monday)

Also i think i need help with the texturing too, not only rendering.

McLaren_dude · Post by **McLaren_dude** » 17 Mar 2007, 20:56

so whats the best one for a beginner like me to use

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 17 Mar 2007, 20:58

Sketch Up is the best for begginers

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 18 Mar 2007, 00:14

I need help with everything, I can't even make a simple can. <-- ROFL!