[johann.dugge]

I already posted some earlyier versions in the maxwell forum, but now that it is final I thought it'd best fit in here. It does include minor postprocessing, I had to correct some meshing problems that made two tiny areas (4 pixels or so) appear black. Also, this is a composite - the main image rendered 85hours, reaching 23 samples at 16 bounces (imagine getting that in 20 hours with the beta!! . I did another render of only the plastic materials as I wasn't happy with it and pasted it in. Also I rendered the "tube" on the left cap with 100 bounces to get better result due to TIR.

Hope you like it!

[Thomas An.]

Very nice. The materials look very real.

If you could let it cook a little more to rid the noise on the cap (right hand side) it would be awesome (easily pass as a photo).

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[Maximus3D]

Very good work!

With the exception of the noise and the floor the parts are spread on, u could have come up with something more creative than default grey

/ Max

[johann.dugge]

thomas, max, thanks for your comments. I'm rerendering the noisy part, should take just another 40h till it gets 24 samples! Also increased abbe to 1000 from 150, so I can compare the difference it makes.
max: it is not default gray: 143 instead of 128 I was thinking to have a "real" floor, but getting that right with a close up is kinda a project of its own, at least to me! please suggest something nicer so I can do a better rendering once the beta is out! Also then I would render it all in one go, should be faster than rendering different parts of the image on their own and pasting them - also there'd be a bit more maxwell spirit in!

[Thomas An.]

I think the ground is alright. In product design you don't want the ambient stuff stealing the focus of attention.

What I would do is maybe play with the rear emitter you have there. Keep the front one as D65 but try a type B (or A) for the rear and see if the warm glow improves the overall aesthetic.

[johann.dugge]

thomas that's what I really like rendering for, you can have studio like setups without the cost involved, particularly for maxwell that is true. I'll try with the other light when the beta's out!

[abgrafx3d]

looks like a plastic yo-yo to me! very nice work

[jotero]

hello all
hi johann.dugge,

very nice works you can give it freely for all ? to test of materal
type no Bounce control

ciao
torolf

[johann.dugge]

abgrafx, you're right, it's a yoyo, one of those that spin freely before they come back. I should have stated that at the beginning of the thread, glad you figured it on your own
torolf, please call me by my first name which is just johann
I converted my model to 3ds, so most people should be able to use that:
http://www.dugge.de/publicfiles/maxwell ... lDugge.zip
I could not export the maxwell materials, so you'll have to make your own. I'd really like to see what you come up with!

[jotero]

thanks tested so directly times

[subspark]

Thats great mate but its missing a MAJOR peice!!!

Wheres the string?

How is the cat going to play with it now?

Very very impressive. I like technical models like that.

Beers,
Paul W.

[johann.dugge]

thanks makaka and subspark for your nice words.
@subspark: I did not put it in cause I thought of it as a "soft" part that is kinda not belongin into the scene. However give it a try doing the string if you have some spare time, I'd like to see what it looks like anyway. That's what the model is there for too!

[Siegfried Kircheis]

I have nothing to say...such a master piece !
85 hrs .... I can't imagine the time spend on it, I have only one computer to manipulate in the office, so please forgive me.

[johann.dugge]

Thanks Siegfried! I too have only my laptop to work with, but while it was rendering I was not doing so much cpu / ram demanding work. And I don't have to make a living from this yet...

[Siegfried Kircheis]

I have to wait minutes to start another applications when the MW renders, so normally I would only set a high value and hit the render button when I leave office, and check out the outcome in the next day.