lucho Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Hi: Well, i am thinking to buy some RPC objects collections but i dont know if this technology is good enough , some of you can say somethig about RPC objects?? is the best technology?? Is this has real appearance??, Are there another stuff best than this? See you soon. Lucho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallku Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Do you really want to buy a rpc objet? Don’t you think they are a little expensive? I didn´t use yet the rpc objets but some told me that they’re good because look good and you can use a lots of then without use a lot of virtual memory ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard McCarthy Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I think it depends on what you want to do, and the complexity of it. RPC objects are good when you want to do a city-ful of people. You really can't beat RPC objects because they are just really planar images. The problem with RPC is that they don't receive radiosity solutions (ofcourse, they are really just a quad polygon) So, I suggest if you want a good renering at the same time good performance, a mix is probably required. Like Speedtree, and Lowpolygon3d.com's people and cars are GREAT for mid distance rendering , (and they receive Radiosity lighting too), and RPC stuff for far distant object renderings and also large scale renderings. Speedtree = http://www.idvinc.com and http://www.lowpolygon3d.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skana Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 What 3d modeling application are you using? ADT 2004, 2005, Viz 2005, 3ds max? Because for low poly trees and plants, you might want to check out EASYnat from Bionatics (http://www.easynat.com). The software is compatible as a plugin for all of the above applications, and the same library of trees can be used with all of the applications at the same time! The recent release of EASYnat also allows you to create large scenes with tons of trees as it automatically starts to re-use textures after generating a few trees in the scene! Also, since the technology stems from one of the world's largest agronomic research centers, the quality of the models are second to none. For people and cars, RPC is great, but for trees check out EASYnat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Easynet is great looking, but talk about expensive!! $100 or more for ONE tree!! That's kept me from upgrading to Max 6 (that includes it), otherwise it would seem to be a great solution. I'd suggest looking at XFrog, too. They received a great review here (look through the archives, about a month ago) and you get an entire LIBRARY for $100!! The models I've purchased have been incredibly detailed. I've not used their software, though. RPCs are great for speed. If you work in an architecture office where it's most likely you will make images with no time, all the time, they can add scale and detail in minutes, without a huge rendering penalty. But as noted by others, they don't receive the light of the scene so they tend not to look perfect, esp. the trees. The trees are great for evening shots, though. I would love to see a comparison between SpeedTree, Xfrog, Bionatics, and RPCs. Maybe like the lighting comparison from last year? Same scene, and each person just renders it. Any takers? This would help those of us undecided which way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skana Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Actually, single EASYnat trees are only $60 each and when you buy bundles they go as low as $24 each! Also, you're not just buying a model with EASYnat, you're buying a "seed" with which you can generate thousands of different varieties, with different ages, seasons, levels of detail, etc, within seconds... And all of the models take on the lighting of the scene and cast great shadows... True, X-Frog has some nice detail, but try rendering out a whole forest of them when you're under a deadline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroke Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I have some old RPC objects that a guy from the Accurender newsgroup made but I don't know how to place them in my scene using Max 5. They are trees that I need to place. Can anyone please help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernaching Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 You can find single alfa channeled trees in http://www.alfanature.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 RPC's are great, but expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 You'd also want to check http://www.marlinstudios.com. They have some great trees for you to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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