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denes_isti · 06-06-2006, 06:23 AM

Hi guys, a few weeks ago I was asked by an assosiation to make a 3d image about their new building. They going to host workshops and confereneces about traditional craftsmanship, tradition preservation, and stuff like that.

So here is the model of the new building. The pic was made with 3dsmax 6.0, rendered with scanline renderer. As lighting I used a skylight with light tracer plugin.

As the next step I want to set up my lights for the scene. I would like to use mental ray with GI, but I'm kind of having problems with the setting up of the GI. If anyone has a tip how many lights should I pu into the scene and what should I set in the GI please share it with me.

Oh, any comments?

Anifacted · 06-06-2006, 07:02 AM

Wow that looks really good! Well, actually I would like to ask you why you want to use mentalRay instead of Scanline? Do you think that you could get a better result? Because what you have now looks great! :)

I sugest you to use a lightsource with raytraced shadows in your lighting setup. You should get some good results by combining a skylight and a light with raytraced shadows. (Also use raytraced shadows on sunlight!)

Good work! :thumbsup:

*minimus* · 06-06-2006, 07:05 AM

ye realy nice house.
like it and looks good
3dtotal have a realy nice tut that tels you much about mentalray alsow GI setup.
check it out if you will learn more about mentalray

denes_isti · 06-06-2006, 08:24 AM

Thanks guys for the comments.
Anifacted: ususally my scenes look better with mental ray, but never tried GI, usually faked it with a bunch of lights, but that doesn't look ok.
I also tried the tutorial from 3dtotal with my model and somehow it doesn't work. Or withe spots apear or the shadows are wrong.

denes_isti · 06-13-2006, 08:15 AM

Well, after a few days of test rendering I come to the conclusion that the scanlnine rendering can be as good as mental ray, after a good postproduction in photoshop there is no difference. So I will render the scene with scanline renderer. Here is the same model rendered as in the final scene.
Any comments?

bestxhack85 · 06-13-2006, 09:00 AM

my comment is that , do you think it looks like realistic building or not? i can't see the roof and wall paths, texture and realistic shadows. maybe you will try to imrove the rendering, option, thanks, but the model is very good, keep going

J.Bradley · 12-12-2006, 06:53 PM

Hey

Model looks good, are you planning to texture it?
The roof looks a bit sharp on the edges what is it made of?
I'd also look at making some of the edges a bit ruffed up
everything looks to be perfect, so a couple dents here
bit of surface detail there.
But great start i like the concept. Hope it helps.

Joel

06-06-2006, 06:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
denes_isti Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Transilvania Age: 26 Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 6	New Building Hi guys, a few weeks ago I was asked by an assosiation to make a 3d image about their new building. They going to host workshops and confereneces about traditional craftsmanship, tradition preservation, and stuff like that. So here is the model of the new building. The pic was made with 3dsmax 6.0, rendered with scanline renderer. As lighting I used a skylight with light tracer plugin. As the next step I want to set up my lights for the scene. I would like to use mental ray with GI, but I'm kind of having problems with the setting up of the GI. If anyone has a tip how many lights should I pu into the scene and what should I set in the GI please share it with me. Oh, any comments? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I made this : http://www.isti3d.uv.ro http://www.kelengye.tk

06-06-2006, 07:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anifacted Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 18 Posts: 224 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Wow that looks really good! Well, actually I would like to ask you why you want to use mentalRay instead of Scanline? Do you think that you could get a better result? Because what you have now looks great! :) I sugest you to use a lightsource with raytraced shadows in your lighting setup. You should get some good results by combining a skylight and a light with raytraced shadows. (Also use raytraced shadows on sunlight!) Good work! :thumbsup: Last edited by Anifacted; 06-06-2006 at 09:17 AM.

06-06-2006, 07:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
minimus SkoleSlasken View My Portfolio Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Norway (Trondheim) Age: 18 Posts: 2,592 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 10 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts Rep Power: 6 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 11	ye realy nice house. like it and looks good 3dtotal have a realy nice tut that tels you much about mentalray alsow GI setup. check it out if you will learn more about mentalray __________________ Det som ikke dreper deg gjør deg stærkere :thumbsup: Norge

06-06-2006, 08:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
denes_isti Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Transilvania Age: 26 Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 6	Thanks guys for the comments. Anifacted: ususally my scenes look better with mental ray, but never tried GI, usually faked it with a bunch of lights, but that doesn't look ok. I also tried the tutorial from 3dtotal with my model and somehow it doesn't work. Or withe spots apear or the shadows are wrong. __________________ I made this : http://www.isti3d.uv.ro http://www.kelengye.tk

06-13-2006, 08:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
denes_isti Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Transilvania Age: 26 Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 6	Well, after a few days of test rendering I come to the conclusion that the scanlnine rendering can be as good as mental ray, after a good postproduction in photoshop there is no difference. So I will render the scene with scanline renderer. Here is the same model rendered as in the final scene. Any comments? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I made this : http://www.isti3d.uv.ro http://www.kelengye.tk

06-13-2006, 09:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
bestxhack85 Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	my comment is that , do you think it looks like realistic building or not? i can't see the roof and wall paths, texture and realistic shadows. maybe you will try to imrove the rendering, option, thanks, but the model is very good, keep going

12-12-2006, 06:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
J.Bradley Registered User View My Portfolio Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 19 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Hey Model looks good, are you planning to texture it? The roof looks a bit sharp on the edges what is it made of? I'd also look at making some of the edges a bit ruffed up everything looks to be perfect, so a couple dents here bit of surface detail there. But great start i like the concept. Hope it helps. Joel __________________ Mental Ray Training for Max users everywhere www.mentalboutmax.com

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