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Anyone know these guys?
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:40 am
by simmsimaging
Hey -
Found this site: some really good product viz on here. Not sure what they're rendering with but their product shots look very good overall.
http://www.protograph.co.uk/images.html
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:13 am
by Hybaj
Considering the average technology available to usertoday I would give their product viz gallery max 5 out of 10.
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:56 am
by Maximus3D
Good looking gallery there, but it looks like it's rendered with Vray. They got that typical Vray'ish look to them.. :/
/ Max
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:42 am
by dd_
very nice clean work, a little too cgish for me but nice work all the same
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:18 pm
by simmsimaging
I thought it might be v-ray, but wasn't sure. Agreed that some of their stuff is definitely CG looking, but it's mostly pretty tight and on average nicely lit.
Thanks
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:08 pm
by mtripoli
Nice product work... however I think that the rendering could have been done with anything. Lightwave can produce the the same images (look around at Otacons work)... In fact, the grainyness of the shadows is the same you would get with area lights that didn't render long enough... and the glossy finish on everything...
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:17 pm
by ivox3
3 years ago I would of thought it was pretty darn good, .....now, .... just so so ..
I believe their main app is Maya, ..so like Mike T. said, ......it could be any engine, but Vray makes the most sense for production w/their pretty sizable farm.
I know what you mean about the product renders looking good, .....industry-wise, ..they're more than acceptable, but like I said, ...being here has skewed the whole damn thing for me(and I'm sure many others). lol.......
Nowaways, ..if it's not sickly saturated w/realism, ... I'm not usually moved.
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:18 pm
by dd_
hear hear
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:17 pm
by jjs
If you like that sort of thing - look at Eric's stuff - much better.
http://www.ericlagman.com/
Jonathan
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:47 pm
by Maximus3D
Eric's work is great, i've seen it before and it's always impressive
..it sure makes me feel like a supernoob
but that's a different topic.
/ Max
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:04 pm
by ivox3
Yep. ... solid stuff from Eric.
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:07 pm
by simmsimaging
Eric's work does look good. I'd give him the overall points for realism, but I think the Protograph work has better lighting and more visual snap. Hmmm.. this is beginning to remind me of the photo-realism thread...
Anyway, Eric's stuff does look great.
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:28 am
by deadalvs
yep, i «know» Mark from an other forum, namely the art vps hardware forum.
he's been using art vps hardware now for quite some time. i wanted to sell my last two pure cards... he wanted «newer ones». well.
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as far as i know his background is photography and for photorealism he tried rendering.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:33 am
by deadalvs
maximus is right...
they do look like v-ray-ish
http://www.artvps.com/gallery/3/product-design.htm
You'll see a few protograph renderings on that link...
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:38 am
by simmsimaging
Wouldn't that suggest they're Mental Ray then? Isn't that box a Mental Ray only system?
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