vodka79 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Hi all, i wana find out is there any books or website or dvds etc that i can learn arch viz? I really wana go in depth on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Hi vodka, have you checked the resources section of cgarchitect, you should find almost anything there, tutorials, reading materials, articles & insperation. I am sort of at the same stage, starting up my own ArchViz company. Choose your 3D application and study it good before looking at another, I have done max the last 3 years and only now im starting to look at maya as well, the more tools you know the better, I have also given Lightwave a glance - (that is just a weird program) haha. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 Thanks, i'm actually using sketchup and learning maxwell render. What will be a better software that is easy to use and learn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vizwhiz Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Sketchup & Vray might be a good combination There may soon be a vray plug-in for Sketchup randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 I'm actually looking ahead for the v ray and sketchup combination. But there seemed to be not much news on that. Is Vray much easier to use then maxwell or artlantis R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I have also given Lightwave a glance - (that is just a weird program) haha. good luck Have to agree there. It's stable, intuitive, has great modelling, texturing, animating and rendering and it costs less than a quarter the price of Max. Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 What will be the industry standard modelling and rendering software to use? I basically use cad(last time) ;sketchup and artlantis R as well as maxwell for rendering. There isn't much place to learn rendering softwares in my country and how do i make myself more employable? Kinda lost now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Well, it doesn't get much easier than Sketchup and Maxwell. From an employable-skills standpoint, SketchUp is very hot in the industry but you really need a working knowledge of AutoCAD to tip the scales in your favor (sounds like you might have that already). From a rendering point of view, I'd recommend Vray because it is inexpensive, can be very quick and is used quite a bit in this field but it does have a pretty steep learning curve. Personally, I think Viz/Max skills would be helpful but getting good at SketchUp and CAD would be more than enough to make you 'employable'. Oh, and Photoshop of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 Thanks John, but from what i see in the job posting here @ cgarchitect. Most firms are hiring people with skills in max or viz? Not much in Sketchup. So is SU really hot in the arch viz industry? I would like to try out vray but there isn't anything for Su to vray. Maxwell is really slow at the moment. Would like to seek more opinions and advice from the gurus around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 You've sussed it out yourself-if you want to be employable, become proficient with Max/VRay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 You've sussed it out yourself-if you want to be employable, become proficient with Max/VRay. I would second that. Max or Viz for starters and then start looking at Vray. There are loads of references and tutorials for all of these on the web already and plenty of DVDs, books and magazine articles to absorb. You will be hard pressed to find better training for Vray than the DVD's by Christopher Nichols. Sketchup and Maxwell sounds like a bit of a niche to me. You will get more employable all round skills by starting of with Max/Viz. Oh and learn photoshop well too. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodka79 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Thanks all for giving me the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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