badpixel Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 HELLO EVERYONE, THIS IS MY QUESTION....DO I NEED V-RAY OR LIGHT WAVE SOFTWARE TO HAVE PHOTORELISTIC RESULTS IN A RENDER.....OR I CAN ACHIVE IT ONLY WITH AUTODESK VIZ ?????? HERE´S A BUNCH OF DAMN GOOD RENDERS TO ILUSTRATE WHAT I MEAN WITH PHOTOREALISTIC render credits TIM WOODS (WOODY79) HAGEN SAEHORST (SMIGHTY) JHON VOLTAIRE (VOLTAIRE IRA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Not sure what you meant by that... First, don't compare oranges and apples. VRay is a renderer going standalone soon, while Lightwave is a full modeling/rendering/animation package. There are so many great things done with both (and another hand full of awful stuff too). One thing I've learned after all these years in CG is that the difference lies not in the car, but in who drives it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 a talented hand and eye will produce great results in both, contrary to popular belief, the software does not do everything. vray may be faster than Lightwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badpixel Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 Ok Sorry, I Thought That V-ray And Lightwave Were Like Lightscape...you Know...first You Model In Viz, Max, Autocad Etc, End Then Export To The Program For Get A Good Render. Well My Mean9ing Of My Question Was If A Can Get The Photorealistic Results Of The Renders Above With Viz 4 Alone. (and Yes, Im Awere That The Artist Is The Soul Of A Render Not A Machine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I'm going to say yes, you can get those results with Viz4 alone. However, you don't have to work with Viz4 in its fresh install state. VRay has a free version you can download that is limited in features, but will still give you great results. I've used the free version for probably a couple years, and only today got the full/Advanced version up and running. Attention to detail, and patience, and you can create nearly anything you want! Also, check out www.erco.com for IES driven lights for your scenes. There are probably more, but Erco is the only one I mess with. IES/Photometric lights will add a lot to your scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 .. IES/Photometric lights will add a lot to your scene. Be careful - they can add a lot to your render times. Use them sparingly. Check out the vray forums for more help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badpixel Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 Not Noticed That........i Always Use Photmetric Lights For Interiors (from Thomas Lighting Website, `cause Thats The Luminaries Are Used By Owr Lighting Engineere) One 3d The Plant Probably Slow Me More Than 20 Photometric Lights. At Least In My Case. ....so therefore ill stick to viz,just need to improve a lot my shaders......if i switch to another....i guees it will be maya....but at least not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 Hi Carlos, Jan Ray Brookes (do a Google search for his website) has a good tutorial for interiors using VIZ 4 radiosity. That's how I got up and running with it, though I came from a Lightscape background. If you are using VIZ 2005, the materials need to have Diffuse and Ambient colors locked. In VIZ 4, the materials Ambient colors should be black. Anyway, Jan goes into controlling color bleed, over-saturation and brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hi Fran, I was browsing the Autodesk site today, went to check out the Viz2005 page, lo and behold I saw one of your scenes being used in their marketing images. I hope you had a say in that...and if you did congrats. Excellent exposure for your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hi Fran, I was browsing the Autodesk site today, went to check out the Viz2005 page, lo and behold I saw one of your scenes being used in their marketing images. I hope you had a say in that...and if you did congrats. Excellent exposure for your work! Oh yes, they have my permission. I can't find any of my images on their site though. Where is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 check this page - click each feature and enlarge images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Thanks Xavier. They had asked if I would provide a test scene for them to show some of the features. I'd forgotten about that - I was looking for something along the lines of an image gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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