Tim Saunders Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Lately I have had to go back to so many of my past projects to do color studies. Many of the times the changes are drastic so it is more than a little hue and saturation adjustment in photoshop, I have to re-render it in several schemes. It seems like Drape FX is the answer. Their site just makes it seem too good to be true, too easy. If anyone has used it, please let me know how it has been working for you, how easy it is to use, and if you're happy with your purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCAD Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 well did you try it out yet ? you can download it from http://www.drapefx.com/DrapeFXInstall.exe and the Max Exporter Plugin http://www.drapefx.com/build0518111/Drapefx-max6.zip simple unzip the plugin and put it in your 3dsmax/plugins/ folder I'll be here if you need any help or have any questions Good luck Meher http://www.mr-cad.com http://www.drapefx.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Saunders Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 I didn't get time yesterday. We'll see how time looks today. What has your experience been using Drape FX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Tim Meher wrote Drape FX Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Also look into PSD-Manager/Ghostpainter and Renderpass Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Saunders Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Just in case anyone else was curious about how well this little program works, I finally had a chance to play with the demo a bit. It really is a breeze. This will make color studies a snap. Studying the tutorials a couple times each teaches all the ropes to get started. It is real basic, but it works. It does take some time to render the export, but not much. It might not be the answer for a super complex interior that takes half a day to render (unless you have another several hours for the export to render). But exteriors where you know you will have to study multiple colors and/or material options, it is a must. Thanks MrCad. We'll be placing our order soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCAD Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 its nice to know you finally figured it out well. Anyways I wanted to inform you that you dont need to actually render the scene if you have already rendered your scene from the same camera you can simply export the scene without rendering again. Tips : 1. Render your scene as you regular render them (filename xyz.jpg / xyz.tga etc) 2. export the .df file with the same name xyz.df 3. Start drapefx 4. Open your xyz.jpg or xyz.tga (drapefx will search for a .df file in the same folder and if it exists it will load the 3d info) 5. you are now ready with your editing in drapefx the Glare checkbox plays a major role while draping color or textures so try fill with glare on/off and see the results. The glare will keep you lighting/ambience intact. good luck, Meher http://www.mr-cad.com http://www.drapefx.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Saunders Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Great tip. That will save even more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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