Interior Condo Renders

[Steve_Bennett]

Well, my first renderings checking light levels for my condo are posted for your viewing. I plan to post more as I progress with my project. This could take a while as I'm doing this on personal time which seems to be limited lately...

[Steve_Bennett]

Sorry. I suppose it would help if I actually READ the guidelines for image submission...

:-)

Modeled in ADT 2007
Imported into VIZ 2007 and all materials stripped.
Render time - FOREVER. No really. For the image live.jpg at 680x480 it took about 18 mins to render. I've attached images of the settings I configured for GI as well.

HP Pavilion zd8000 (laptop)
P4 3.2ghz
2gig ram
256meg ATI Mobility Radeon x600 supporting dual monitors

[H-Angus]

Lighting looks okay to me, I haven't played with viz since before it was included with ADT, those 18 minutes you mention used to take all night :( I guess things have moved on a bit since then.

Just out interest a couple of questions:

Why did you strip the materials, is better to apply them all in viz?
What are ya gonna use these for?

[Steve_Bennett]

Why did you strip the materials, is better to apply them all in viz?
What are ya gonna use these for?To check for light leaks along corners of walls/floors/celings. It doesn't really matter anyways since I'm going to build my own materials in VIZ from pics taken of the actual items in the condo. It's also much easier to build materials in VIZ from what I've found than to do so in ADT.

Practice. Then, BIG maybe, to help with remodel perhaps. First practice. Getting this going has been more of a PITB than anything. I'm beginning to realize how much goes into making something look, well, real. Each time I get measurements from something, I realize something else I need to add in/change.

[H-Angus]

I'm beginning to realize how much goes into making something look, well, real. Each time I get measurements from something, I realize something else I need to add in/change.

I can imagine, we stopped trying to do photo realistic renders years ago when we realised how much time it involves.

I still have an urge to play around with viz in my own time though (its that time thing again :wink: ).

[stelthorst]

Looks great!! The lighting looks pretty realistic.

I'd like to play with VIZ sometime. Like you I would need to do it in my "spare" time.

I guess I do waste 6 - 8 hours a day sleeping.

[Steve_Bennett]

Looks great!! The lighting looks pretty realistic.

I'd like to play with VIZ sometime. Like you I would need to do it in my "spare" time.

I guess I do waste 6 - 8 hours a day sleeping.It helps to have a job that requires me to know this stuff... :-)

[dkoch]

I guess I do waste 6 - 8 hours a day sleeping.Well, that certainly has to stop. Sleeping is like stealing from the company! ;-) As is using your own time for yourself.

[david_peterson]

How did I miss this thread ~Shake's head, hit's himself Doh~
I love the black and white phote effect. Was that the desired feel, or just the way it came out. Very Nice Work Steve.

[Steve_Bennett]

How did I miss this thread ~Shake's head, hit's himself Doh~
I love the black and white phote effect. Was that the desired feel, or just the way it came out. Very Nice Work Steve.Intended to have no materials. I was checking lighting levels from the sun system outside. Later I'll start applying materials.

[richelleharp]

Well, my first renderings checking light levels for my condo are posted for your viewing. I plan to post more as I progress with my project. This could take a while as I'm doing this on personal time which seems to be limited lately...

Have these been done with the ADT OoB tools?

[Steve_Bennett]

Have these been done with the ADT OoB tools?Yup. Only thing I customized was the window muntins and that simply requires button pushing to increase the number of them. Keep in mind that this was rendered in VIZ, not ADT.

[david_peterson]

Personally (if this was a selling tool for custom condo units) I'd leave it the way it is. It looks like something that's not complete so changes are easy. It also kind of give a blank canvas for a client to look at. "Here's the massing, you get to paint it!" Just a thought. You could also then provide an image with all the materials applied as a suggestion.

[Steve_Bennett]

Personally (if this was a selling tool for custom condo units) I'd leave it the way it is. It looks like something that's not complete so changes are easy. It also kind of give a blank canvas for a client to look at. "Here's the massing, you get to paint it!" Just a thought. You could also then provide an image with all the materials applied as a suggestion.Yeah, since it's my own condo, I could tell myself to paint it any color I want! :lol: Sorry, that just sounded funny when I visualized myself arguing with myself about colors and such...

[david_peterson]

Yeah, since it's my own condo, I could tell myself to paint it any color I want! :lol: Sorry, that just sounded funny when I visualized myself arguing with myself about colors and such...Well in that case, I guess you know what's there and what it looks like. Now you can find out if you can get an ADT/VIz Render to look like the Picture. I'd love to see the final results. I do like the black and white look though. It give a real soft feel to it.

[Steve_Bennett]

Well in that case, I guess you know what's there and what it looks like. Now you can find out if you can get an ADT/VIz Render to look like the Picture. I'd love to see the final results. I do like the black and white look though. It give a real soft feel to it.Yeah, that's my goal. The hard part for me is going to be in the materials. It's hard to take a picture of the surfaces in my place and get an even amount of light on the surface.

[david_peterson]

Yeah, that's my goal. The hard part for me is going to be in the materials. It's hard to take a picture of the surfaces in my place and get an even amount of light on the surface.Isn't that what they make flood lights and or flashes for? ;)

[Steve_Bennett]

Isn't that what they make flood lights and or flashes for? ;)My pint sized flash is not appropriate for the job...

[david_peterson]

Last I check you can get one of the 1000W halogen lights (http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,283.html) for about $30. That should brighten things up. ;)

[Steve_Bennett]

Last I check you can get one of the 1000W halogen lights (http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,283.html) for about $30. That should brighten things up. ;)erm... Need even light, not cataclysim sunburn amount... :lol:

[.chad]

if you know anyone who does any photography at all they probably have lights / flashes / cameras you can borrow. they might even take some pictures for you ;)

if you still have swatch samples, you can put them on a flatbed scanner and import them that way.

[Steve_Bennett]

if you know anyone who does any photography at all they probably have lights / flashes / cameras you can borrow. they might even take some pictures for you ;)

if you still have swatch samples, you can put them on a flatbed scanner and import them that way.ooo... Now there's an idea. I could just hold the scanner up to the walls and floors and such...

[.chad]

ooo... Now there's an idea. I could just hold the scanner up to the walls and floors and such...or that... :screwy: i suppose it would work as well, just need a way to brace it so it doesnt blur as you are scanning.

[Steve_Bennett]

or that... :screwy: i suppose it would work as well, just need a way to brace it so it doesnt blur as you are scanning.:lol: yeah, can you hold still? I'm cutting out the middle man (camera) and scanning your face directly to my computer...

[H-Angus]

Well, my first renderings checking light levels for my condo are posted for your viewing. I plan to post more as I progress with my project. This could take a while as I'm doing this on personal time which seems to be limited lately...

Well, a year later, have you finished this yet ;)

[Steve_Bennett]

HAH! erm... no. :Oops:

I did manage to swap most of the things into MAX 2008 and try the new sky portals for windows. It improved lighting conditions considerably inside the unit and re-did some of the materials, but thats about it. Been a little sidetracked with a girl lately and that's absorbed most of my spare time... :twisted:

[Steve_Bennett]

Ok, so the need for a possible project in the living room has resurrected this project with a vengeance. Enjoy the images - most are low resolution test shots to see how things were shaping up.

[Steve_Bennett]

Now that I think about it, Since I'm doing these renders in MAX, I really need to start a new thread in the DV Forums - sorry folks!

[david_peterson]

Dora on the TV is a great touch. Although I think I would have gone for a football pic.

[Steve_Bennett]

Dora on the TV is a great touch. Although I think I would have gone for a football pic.eh.

My daughter was watching Dora while I was working on this so that's what I went for. It put a smile on her face when she saw it...