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100% it is worth learning-- One cool thing about it is to build and have different views (levels, section, interior eloevation, etc) you need to place the actual architectural symbols down, so it kind of trains you to draw in that way-- some people say BIM is 6d not 3d.... "4D (time) and 5D (cost) all aspects of life-cycle facility management (6D)" It is a little clunkier than some programs if you are designing/trying to be free and creative---

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turbosquid has lots of free content that is very good and lots of pay content that is also very good- whether you get a project file (with lights, etc) or model file depends on the author of the content-- 25 lights is a lot--my point was that there are many ways to achieve a certain effect-- i usually wait until I make a "mistake that works"

i think the thing is to keep adjusting all your setting until you are satisfied-- sometimes you have to "cheat" a shot in order to get a good result-- by "cheat" I mean dont use the conventional wisdom--if you think your light is too bright maybe make it grey ----or add more fill lights if needed or change the environment--or move the objects and light around, position makes a huge difference-- if you look on turbosquid you might find some furniture models to download that already have a backdrop and lights set up---I one downloaded a model that had 25 spotlights all set to like .05 multiplier, i downloaded another than only had 1 omni and a backdrop positioned in such a away that it did almost the same thing---

One of my favorite buildings-I have been there and walked past this view many times-- I think if you're in NH you should take some pics of this view or take some time to watch the light--- i agree, brightness and contrast and some overall sharpness-- maybe adding the digital message with a little glow or 1 solitary human figure or just a slight bit more detail or darkenss between the the two trees where you can see down chapel st- it looks really good though- do you have the rest of the building modeled?

the people are kind of odd- it looks like the man is recieving very bad news- maybe he's gone bankrupt renovating his house- or being handed a divorce- it might benefit from a camera correction --

never use containers or dummy objects, but I can say that well organized layers and xrefs have solved these kind of coordinate issues for me-- I do wish that max was at least 50% more user friendly in this area (or that I knew at least 50% more than I do about adjusting max for purposed of orthographic/right angle modeling---when using real world geo coordinates-

there was a thread that had some good thoughts on the subject years ago that got me thinking http://forums.cgarchitect.com/21740-principles-architectural-visualization-4.html#post152958 "I think (and this is a matter of philosophy) that true architectural visualization should accuratly portray: Light Site Materials Scale To produce a rendering that is an artistic expression exists outside the realm of architectural visualization as a communication tool. Artistic expression is good for conceptual or schematic design, but it is not true visualization. The light of the Sun or artificial light should exist and react as it will in reality- The site (and background) should be portrayed as it will in reality- The materials and their properties should be expressed as they will appear in reality- the scale of the building as well as people, furniture, trees and cars should stand how they will appear in reality.." but have fun and try to do conceptual stuff--- think outside the box and try to do even more crazy/interesting things--- use your skill with photoreal to make the surreal better-- [ATTACH=CONFIG]40198[/ATTACH] it all really goes back to archigram anyway...study the archive for a few hours and you will understand just about everything you ever need to know about the " artisitc architecture style" of presenting http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/ there is often little innovation in that kind of exhibit, so go nuts!!

the Ching books are great if you are trying to get a preliminary introduction.., building construction illustrated, form-space-and-order... other than that, magazines, history and designer books... my favorite is Detail magazine and their series of "In Detail" books- http://www.detail.de/rw_3_Archive_En_Hefte.htm everything is metric though-

I would use an opacity map for the object(s) in front of the mirror and reduce the overall transparancy to something less than 100

would be amazing if it could produce airflow diagrams- not sure where to suggest or if that is too complicated its basically revit style massing models-- i love it, had a dream about a program like this...but it made airflow and light diagrams

Why does he think he has the right to use it? Did the guy work on the house or design? He must feel some connection to it considering he has the floor plans, etc Its kind of a tricky area IMO...Considering there is so much work that goes into building projects, sometimes you see renderings and things for the people who supplied the materials, etc...Or a person has a building in their portfolio but their scope of work was only one aspect or as a draftsman, etc... I would let it go and move on personally...better the guy gets to design a house for someone...better for the overall economy...if you got paid for the original and you didnt design it, give it back to the world...

I would use the opportunity to drop a logo or see if the contractors might want renderings or graphic design for their other projects---not a huge tacky logo, but something tasteful... Think of it this way, you want everyone to look good out there so more work keeps coming in---if the developer gives his blessing then you want to please the client as well--- if it involves extensive labour on your end you might bill for additional services...but on some level nickle and diming is keeping things more stagnant than they need to be

there are lots of levels of realism in this art- depending on the stage of the design, intent of the work, and style of the designers or artists, you get some amazing variations on the architectural presentation-- Id like to see more... here are a few from my 'pictures folder':

awesome, cool, great, different, nice "Hey Tom, the speed of that new rendering engine is really rad." "Yes, Isn't it rad how we submitted the renderings ahead of schedule." "Yes, the client was happy, he said to me, "These are rad!" I just got this a rad idea." "Oh?" "Let's leave the office and go check out the CG in that new movie, It's supposed to be really rad" "Rad!"