Rotating a Texture without effecting the rest - Page 2

# 16 20-10-2009 , 10:46 PM

The Nurb Herd
Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: London

Posts: 2,381

Dude, if you hate NYC you should never visit London.

Quote

# 17 21-10-2009 , 12:43 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Its the people and the parking rules.

Quote

# 18 22-10-2009 , 10:35 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Ok,
Sorry for the delay, got busy doing school work and other things.

Here is the newest with lighting/shadow/ and a new floor

user added image

Its getting there but still want to make it stand out more - more real (ya i know redundant term there).

I'm all ears to hear more ideas on what to do.

Quote

# 19 22-10-2009 , 11:05 AM

The Nurb Herd
Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: London

Posts: 2,381

for a start i would increase your anti-aliasing settings to get rid of the jagged edge. Then change the reflectivity on the material for the ground (its too reflective imo) and soften the shadows a bit by increasing the filter.
I also think the lighting looks like its burning out the floor a bit.

Quote

# 20 22-10-2009 , 11:32 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Changed the setting of the light so floor looks better.

user added image

Quote

# 21 22-10-2009 , 11:44 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

I think this is much better:

user added image

Any better? Is it improving or do I need new glasses?

Quote

# 22 22-10-2009 , 01:37 PM

The Nurb Herd
Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: London

Posts: 2,381

yeah, the anti aliasing quality made loads of difference.

next thing to read about is bump mapping.

Quote

# 23 22-10-2009 , 01:53 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Hammer,
I tell ya I'm learning a lot with this! I'm going to be so ready for the Maya classes when they start!

Quote

# 24 22-10-2009 , 08:28 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Ok.. Boss is loving it but of course wants better.

I know that I can't achieve this quality but its what is in his head:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glasses_800_edit.png

What else am I missing then to get this to look like a real piece of furniture? Just point them out and I'll go from there.
Learning is all the fun these days!

Thanks,

Quote

# 25 22-10-2009 , 09:24 PM

EduSciVis-er
Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Toronto

Posts: 3,374

Just off the top of my head, you should try adding a few different lights, add a strong directional light like you have with ray-traced shadows, (small light angle and bump up the number of rays I think), add a fill light with low intensity to relieve the really dark shadows (shadows are seldom so dark), add a "rim" directional light from behind maybe to make it pop a bit more. I would add some minor detailing in the furniture and walls, add baseboards and maybe an electrical outlet to break up the wall a bit. The handle looks a bit boxish and harsh.

Lots of stuff you could add, just some thoughts, but it's definitely improving!

-stwert

Website - Blog - YouTube - Vimeo - Facebook - Twitter

-->How to Effectively Ask Questions on Forums<--

Quote

# 26 22-10-2009 , 09:32 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

I'll take any thing to improve it I can.
Gives me something to do when I get up at 4am! lol

Thank you very much!

Quote

# 27 22-10-2009 , 09:51 PM

The Nurb Herd
Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: London

Posts: 2,381

there is still a lot to learn... when does your maya class start?

Quote

# 28 22-10-2009 , 09:56 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

I believe in the spring. The layout of the classes are weird. I have Foresight Development and an internship right now.
The classes are every 5 weeks though (except for the internship - 15 weeks). They go by quickly. So have I'm doing sooo much better then when I was taking Mechanical Engineering at NJIT back in the early 90's.

Quote

# 29 24-10-2009 , 04:53 AM

Technical Director
Join Date: Feb 2004

Posts: 2,988

Your wood is lacking specularity. Take a look at a real piece of processed wood, and you'll see a slight sheen to it.

If you're very ambitious, and want things to look "photo-real" without much effort, take a look into un-biased renderers. There are a bunch out there.

Maxwell (commercial $$$)
Radiance (was free)
Lux render (free and open source!)

I've used Maxwell and Lux before. Both are good, but be aware, these will take upwards of 10+ hours to render! The nice thing about Maxwell, is that there is an extensive shader library, including pretty much any type of wood, metal, etc.

Also, if you haven't already, take a look at this tutorial here: https://www.simply3dworld.com/movie_p...tml?tut_id=164

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Last edited by NextDesign; 24-10-2009 at 04:56 AM.

Quote

# 30 24-10-2009 , 11:07 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: PA

Posts: 46

Thanks NextDesign.
I will look into them - I heard about Maxwell I think there is a demo version to get and play with.
So among the other crap I have to do today, I'll be playing with it.
And I think I am getting a job finally after being off since March. God I hope so.. Unemployment only goes so far.

Quote

Posting Rules Forum Rules

Similar Threads

Topics

Free Courses

Full Courses

VFX News