[arkviz]

Perfect this is what i wanted to say at the begin.
BTW, thank You for comment.

[Q2]

Those who hit the drums the hardest are usually not the best musicians- but tend to think so.

Q!

[Neeper]

I believe Arkviz was kidding, it couldn't be different.
I had a look to his own gallery and everything is flat, total lack of vision (point of view are wrong), very poor rendering settings... what are you talking about ?

First of all I would suggest you a good class in Photographic techniques, then an intense study of material settings and texturing, finally, take your time for reading the Maxwellrender manual, just to have a start.
Then, before making sarcastic comments, count up to ten, take a deep breath, relax and think twice again.

Neeper, good job, although some annoying issues with the reflections, I also appreciate a lot your speakers, good design.
You possibly need some improving in texturing (some of the speakers veneer appear to be too flat and unnatural) just like every one of us.

Keep doing the good job

Paolo

Hello Paolo

Thanks for your kind feedback. Regarding the veneer looking a bit flat, that's actually close to how the real lacquered veneers looks like in a photo, take a look at the photos in my gallery: http://www.neeper-acoustics.com/gallery.html (note I shot these photos 4 years ago with a Nikon D80, standard 18 - 70 mm lens, after self-studying photography for 3 weeks - I'm a way better photographer today..) The look is due to the techniques used when lacquering the Alpi veneer (Real wood, but engineered look)

Hornslet (my cabinet manufacture) roll the first lacquer into the veneer under high pressure, to fill up every tiny little hole in the wood. This is to avoid a "smoke" pattern occurring in top of the surface later on. After this, the surface is CNC machined to get a totally smooth surface. This perfect look has advantages and disadvantages, it's so perfect it could be mistaken for being plastic. A photo though, can never do it justice, when you see it in real life, the surface is really 3 dimensional when you look at it from different angles, the light parts get dark, and dark gets light..

All that said, material settings aren't my strongest side, I'm still learning, and sure it can get better than it is...

Regards, Kim

[pavel59]

Hi Kim,
I know Alpi veneer, now I understand and I have a rough idea of the process you're talking about.
So far, don't consider my comment, just keep the congrats.

have a nice evening

Paolo