is anything like lightscape out there?

[Alex Boeckheler]

one of the old school ls gurus said somewhere else in this forum its not the same... and besides gettin max for my purposes would be like buying a ferrari just to use the ashtray that comes with it...
and i also really dont like max. had to work with it (long time ago though) and found it completely illogical compared to cinema4d.

[Mario Pende]

Hi Alex!
I remember that there was an program called Inspirer, wich was something like Lightscpae only more powerfull and not known at all! Very bad advertisment!
If I remember correctly we had a user here called Asim who used Inspirer...

[Alex Boeckheler]

some of the lightscape vetrerans on this forum mentioned its not the same. besides gettin max for my purposes would be like buying a ferrari only to use the ashtray that comes with it...
maybe ill find someone who has been working with lumenRt...

[Gaudenz Jehli]

you say realtime; just navigating through the radiosity processed model.
yeah, that was kicking ass, back in the old days.

if you look for some similar stunning stuff today, give the octane gpu renderer a chance.

just import your whole archmodel from revit, archicad or whatever in obj format.
no need for "radiosity tight" modeling.
adjust some materials and set the location, date and time for the physical daylight system.
if you change the archmodel, import it again. all materials will be preserved.

get an impression of the realtime workflow here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSc1...eature=related
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ1IRQTqMMY

-rpict

[Mario Pende]

I think that all this GPU talk will have to wait for 5-10 years.
If you read at OCTANE forum rendering times with 5 GPU cards around 24 hours and more!
Give me a break!

p.s. you might wanna check this out:
http://mirye.net/shade-12-overview
I remember 6 years ago this apps radiosity was compared to Lightscapes...seems that they have continued to develop

[Jeff Mottle]

I know some people are still using Lightscape so maybe you can find someone that is willing to sell theirs. I'm taking my Lightscape box to my grave I started this group as a bit of a joke and tribute to one of the founders comments on my Facebook page. Feel free to join: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128999287113503

[Peter Gruhn]

From what I could tell at the time, the radiosity in Max is not Lightscape.

[Gonzalo Elias]

Hi Alex,

I also love Lightscape, and I am afraid to answer this as a "NO", there is nothing like lightscape, even 10 years after they just stop it from any upgrade or support.

I've been using Lightwave as a good alternative (fast for previews and affordable price, just not good final renders), and for final renders the best option seems to me Vray+Max (kind of expensive but the quality is just amazing and easy to import the project from LW, just texture+camera+light time), sketchup is ok if you have long time term renders in your schedule (lack on 8000 RAM) plus limited amount of polygons, not good for big projects. All the other softwares/plugins (Octane, Fray render, Kray, Maxwell, blah blah blah are just there and you will need a render farm at the end).

I also wish some news of Lightscape coming back from graveyard.

[Cecile Laurens]

Hi Alex,

Regarding LumenRT2, there is a demo a demo available at the following address:
http://www.lumenrt.com/download/

There is also a impressive video at the following address:
http://www.lumenrt.com/ShowYoutube.php?k=4JiJ44gbS8Q

Check it out!

Bye

Cecile

[Christian Bauer]

DIALux and Relux!
If you want to walk around inside the final model then use Dialux or Relux. Both tools are free and stable. Relux uses a selfdeveloped raytracer if you need more then the shaded walkthrou; Dialux uses Povray for raytracing ..and the best of all - you get ..like in lightscape.. a failproof lighting design