Material Tests (RT)

[simmsimaging]

Thanks z1pp3r - maybe when the project is done It's really about the maps anyway, the materials are just VrayMats and VrayBlendMats.

Savio: these images are not raw renders and most use displacement. The RT renders were not a match to these images, but were matched to steps in the process.

Attached is a quick RT and Vray render of the last one, but right now I don't have time to go back and re-render etc to create useful comparisons. You'll have to experiment on your own

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[natty]

Impressive stuff.... nice work ..

[simmsimaging]

Thanks Natty.

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[thomasfenger]

Beautyfull renders. The first image is really soft and pleasing to look at.. Top dollar!

[s0real]

excellent work! very impressive!

[simmsimaging]

Thanks Thomas and sOreal.

[jujubee]

Those images turned out awesome.

[BELCORP_SAC]

realy nice

Congratulations!!!, nice work!

Onz

[devin]

Savio: these images are not raw renders and most use displacement. The RT renders were not a match to these images, but were matched to steps in the process.
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Did I understand this correct, the RT images didn't match what came out of the VFB? Wonderful work by the way.

[simmsimaging]

The RT renders were excellent guides but because almost all the mats use displacement it could not be exact. I was also making it clear that posted RT renders wouldn't match these because I had done post work on all of them.

RT was hugely useful in developing the details of my mats.

Thanks for the kind words
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[Bathyscaph]

Great feedback on RT as well as some fine images.

[simmsimaging]

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Thanks Steve. I have been working with RT in some capacity for about a year now, but the release version has been awesome. I use it constantly.

Here are two more pics. Hammered silver, old steel, and aged oak for the box. I've been working a lot with 3D Coat lately and have used it extensively for texture painting. Also a fantastic program.

[BLADE]

These are by far the best materials I have ever seen. You really know what you are doing and you have a very smart eye for all the little details.
Make a tutorial dvd about your workflow and become rich and famous!

Greets
BLADE

[Preisler]

These are by far the best materials I have ever seen. You really know what you are doing and you have a very smart eye for all the little details.
Make a tutorial dvd about your workflow and become rich and famous!

Greets
BLADE

Agree!

Preisler

[simmsimaging]

Thank you. I am really pushing for new realism levels and have been very happy with the level we're hitting on this stuff.

I don't really have that much of a consistent workflow really, so not much to share. My advice would be create maps for everything, minimize non "realistic" parameters (always use real reflections etc.) and create a lot of custom maps.

Probably the most key would be mapping reflection and reflection gloss, even just slightly (mixing a map in at low percentage etc.). This goes a long way to bringing up subtle realism.

Other than that the biggest thing IMO is having a tool like RT which allows me to play with the variables across a much broader range in much less time. It makes tweaking so much more practical, and fun.

Having a program like 3DCoat to make texture painting smooth and easy is also a huge bonus. (I know Bodypaint can do it but I always found it clunky and limiting for myself, and Zbrush was also problematic for me. 3DC is far easier - although I only use it for painting so far - and way cheaper too.). I am making heavy use of it on these images.