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Before and after

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:09 pm
by Leonardo
I decided to re-work an old project, let me know what you guys think
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AFTER

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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:30 pm
by NicoR44
So much better Leonardo!! :)

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:49 pm
by glebe digital
Really like the stucco wall, looks great. 8)
.....not sure about the roof tiles though....

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:57 pm
by Leonardo
glebe digital wrote:Really like the stucco wall, looks great. 8)
.....not sure about the roof tiles though....
Funny, right now I'm working on redoing the material for the roof tiles (so I don't have to re touch it so much in photoshop)

This is a pic showing the redering out of maxwell (no-photoshop)


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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:09 pm
by JTB
glebe digital wrote:Really like the stucco wall, looks great. 8)
.....not sure about the roof tiles though....
I agree, the roof seems to have no thickness.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:08 pm
by Bubbaloo
Such a big improvement! I like the discoloration at the bottom of the stucco walls, even if it is just a photoshop trick...

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:44 pm
by Stinkie7000
Indeed, quite the leap forward. Very nice. Wish I had those PS skills! :D

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:18 am
by Leonardo
guys... tomorrow, I'll be posting the new improved roof :wink:

Such a big improvement! I like the discoloration at the bottom of the stucco walls, even if it is just a photoshop trick...
I wouldn't call it a photoshop trick :lol: Photoshop is a tool just like maxwell.

I used to think I needed to do "everything" before I hit render, including custom multilayer textures showing the extra details.... But why? :P


leo

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:17 am
by Hervé
he he cool Leo, but the weather is very corrosive in your area (Tchernobyl..?).. the walls look like they are falling apart.. hehe :D 8)

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:49 am
by pendi
Hi Leonardo, what software are using for landscape like trees and other, there are looking real..and the images are looking very good.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:44 am
by Fernando Tella
To give thickness to the tiles you can move down the displacement map so the end of the roof is coincident with a change of tile in the map. On the sides just take care it always ends with a full tile.

The color could be a bit more desaturated.

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:55 pm
by abed-sabeh
Nice work, I agree with Hervé, I think you should work more on the wall material, it looks a bit wet, also work a bit on the age and the proportion of the coconut trees, correct me if I'm wrong :)

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:32 pm
by Leonardo
Hervé wrote:he he cool Leo, but the weather is very corrosive in your area (Tchernobyl..?).. the walls look like they are falling apart.. hehe :D 8)
you have no idea how much damage the weather can do to a building in less than a year here in Miami... the humidity + rain are unreal :D I have been paying attention to those things and trying to replicated (+/-)
pendi wrote:Hi Leonardo, what software are using for landscape like trees and other, there are looking real..and the images are looking very good.
I use Vue, xfrog, and Ivy (in this particular render, there no xfrog trees)
sabkarim wrote:Nice work, I agree with Hervé, I think you should work more on the wall material, it looks a bit wet, also work a bit on the age and the proportion of the coconut trees, correct me if I'm wrong :)
I'm not showing any coconut trees :lol: Those suppose to be Alexandra palms. You see, we have many type of palm trees over here... just to give you an idea:
Alexandra Palms (we usually use them in clusters)
Canary Island Date Palms
Veitchia Palms,
Phenix Roebeleni (also clusters)
Raphis Exelsa (aka Lady palms... this ones we use them as shurbs)
I think the one that you were referring was our Cocos Nucifera (aka Greeb Malayan coconut tree) :lol:

There are plenty more like the fish tail, and fan something... but we don't us those in our landscape :wink:

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New roof 8)

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:47 pm
by Hervé
cool.. I like it... maybe crack a couple roof tiles...

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:50 pm
by Leonardo
Hervé wrote:cool.. I like it... maybe crack a couple roof tiles...
:shock:

we need the rendering to get a loan from the bank.... :lol: I don't know if a cracked tile is what the bank is looking for, but it would sure make it more realistic :D

here is a test of my new material
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I'm pretty happy with it. It's simple, fast to use, and gives decent results :D