Development 3d Renderings (56k unfriendly):: Update 7/17 - Model Download

i re-lit it and re-rendered with skylight what do you think?

 

very nice but something about the plastic doesn't look right.

 

Very nice I'd still bevel the edges a bit to give a less harsh edge to some of the parts, but looks nice

 

It has some artifacts and would benefit from anti-aliasing

 

yeah i know im not happy with the artefacts is there any way i can get rid of them in the render-- it took 20 mins to do in a 2000+

 

There should be, but I can't recall off the top of my head.

The only time I really encountered the problem is in the shaded viewpoint when I wasn't using a proper OpenGL card (this was in XSI btw). But the problem never cropped up when rendering.

Could try something as simple as nudging the camera by a few degrees.

 

Does anyone know how i can create construction lines in 3dmax so i can place objects EXACTLY where they are meant to be and align objects right with each other.

I am trying to make an exact copy of my computer screen, and then my room .

 

I use Lightwave from time to time, I find it much easier then 3DMax. 3DMax looks so old...

 

Those artifacts are backfaces inside the structure arent they?

Have you disabled backface culling?

 

Arien, loplyofxion@hotmail.com (MSN)

 

ok i added you (i'm robin_hawkes@hotmail.com if you think it's a crazy person ).

 

no probably should

 

It's still there .

 

RJ45: Inperfection is the key to realism. I'd round of those edges and dull down the lighting a little to get it lookign more real, ditching the artifacts would be good but there hardly noticable in that render.

ASUS MoBo: looking seriously amazing, i'm glad you picked the same mobo make as me

 

Bit OT, but heres a nice example of global lighting:



The skylight comes out great on the overhangs and details on the cogs on this crankshaft... I cant wait to see what that mobo will look like mounted and lit up

 

some sort of ranom bump map overlain on the surface of the connector might look like random inperfections in manufacturing as well.

 

Or, just make it look crap

 

Just a though
I find that I can usaly spot CG in movies because of a distict lack of randomness. For example, most cast surfaces are never perfectly flat, they are slightly bowed. Other 'flat' surfaces also have some sort of texturing like tool maks, inperfections due to the material's grain structure, ect.
Then there are issues with lighting some surfaces so they appropriatly blurr their shadows.
Thesea re just observations I've made while compairing CG to the real thing.

 

For a realism guide, goto www.dvgarage.com, best tutorial on realism on the net


Small update, added the parallel port (Thank god that's done)




Detail Shot

Wireframe (The parallel port is a little face heavy, I'll have to fix that later).