Rarius wrote:
>> You *have* to do an animation with that thing going into battle :)
> 
> If you can lend me a render farm I'll gladly do one... Even at 640x480 it 
> will take 15 mins per frame!
> 
> Rarius 
> 
> 

Sure, I happen to have a render farm sitting right here... It's called 
IMP :)

www.imp.org

...Chambers

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"Rune" <new### [at] runevisioncom> schreef in bericht 
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>
> However, I once read on a FAQ on modeling space crafts, that the best way 
> to show it off is on a completely *white* background. Because while it's 
> easy to make something look impressive on a black or starry background, 
> perhaps with sparse lighting, you *know* that it's a good model if you can 
> show it on a white background and it *still* looks fabulous. Then you can 
> always put in the black background and moody lighting later. Just a 
> thought.
>

That is an interesting notion, and certainly true. Never thought about it 
that way.
Thanks Rune!

Thomas

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Rarius wrote:

> This render at 1280x1024 took 51m to render... Before I figured out how to 
> use light_groups, it took over 5 hours!

Just when you think you at least *know* about all the main
objects and concepts ... I completely overlooked light_groups.
Thanks for mentioning, they sound quite useful ;)

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Ben Chambers wrote:

> www.imp.org

That's a nice idea. But either I got lost navigating the site,
or the only project completed since 2003 is a 15 second logo
for the site itself?

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Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Rarius wrote:
>
> > This render at 1280x1024 took 51m to render... Before I figured out how to
> > use light_groups, it took over 5 hours!
>
> Just when you think you at least *know* about all the main
> objects and concepts ... I completely overlooked light_groups.
> Thanks for mentioning, they sound quite useful ;)

My thoughts excactly! :)
And very nice detailed ship!

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>> > This render at 1280x1024 took 51m to render... Before I figured out how 
>> > to
>> > use light_groups, it took over 5 hours!
>>
>> Just when you think you at least *know* about all the main
>> objects and concepts ... I completely overlooked light_groups.
>> Thanks for mentioning, they sound quite useful ;)
>
> My thoughts exactly! :)
> And very nice detailed ship!

Thanks for all the comments. Its nice to be appreciated!

light_groups only work properly if you put the light_sources directly in the 
light_group. They don't work properly if you put your lights inside a CSG 
like a union as I usually do...

Taking an example scene with two union, one of which has some internal 
lights...

union
{
    ...
    light_source{...}
    light_source{...}
}
union
{
    ...
}

In the following example this will work and render much faster...

light_group
{
    union
    {
        ...
    }
    light_source{...}
    light_source{...}
}
union
{
    ...
}

But in the following example this will work (i.e. the lights will only apply 
to the first union) but render in the same time as the first example...

light_group
{
    union
    {
        ...
        light_source{...}
        light_source{...}
    }
}
union
{
    ...
}

Rarius

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"Rune" <new### [at] runevisioncom> wrote in message 
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> Rarius wrote:
>> My take on BSG... pure CSG and inbuilt textures.
>
> As others have said, nicely done!
>
> However, I once read on a FAQ on modeling space crafts, that the best way 
> to show it off is on a completely *white* background. Because while it's 
> easy to make something look impressive on a black or starry background, 
> perhaps with sparse lighting, you *know* that it's a good model if you can 
> show it on a white background and it *still* looks fabulous. Then you can 
> always put in the black background and moody lighting later. Just a 
> thought.

    Nice tip Rune! Thanks! Will give it a try.

       ~Steve~


>
> Rune
> -- 
> http://runevision.com
>

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:45e0d073$1@news.povray.org...
>
> "Rune" <new### [at] runevisioncom> wrote in message
> news:45df2401$1@news.povray.org...
>> Rarius wrote:
>>> My take on BSG... pure CSG and inbuilt textures.
>>
>> As others have said, nicely done!
>>
>> However, I once read on a FAQ on modeling space crafts, that the best way
>> to show it off is on a completely *white* background. Because while it's
>> easy to make something look impressive on a black or starry background,
>> perhaps with sparse lighting, you *know* that it's a good model if you 
>> can
>> show it on a white background and it *still* looks fabulous. Then you can
>> always put in the black background and moody lighting later. Just a
>> thought.
>
>    Nice tip Rune! Thanks! Will give it a try.
>
>       ~Steve~

Ask and you shall receive... I have re-rendered it with a white background 
and more lighting...

Rarius

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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Ben Chambers wrote:
> 
>> www.imp.org
> 
> That's a nice idea. But either I got lost navigating the site,
> or the only project completed since 2003 is a 15 second logo
> for the site itself?

Nah, the Web site needs work.

Go to the IMP Farm Statistics, and you can see *some* of the past 
completed jobs.

And the forums are still active - posting there would be very welcome.

...Chambers

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"Rarius" <rar### [at] rariuscouk> schreef in bericht 
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>
> Ask and you shall receive... I have re-rendered it with a white background 
> and more lighting...
>

Aah! The ship in all its glory!
That looks pretty well detailed to me. I like the hull texture in 
particular.
Excellent work for an all CSG product!

Thomas

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