beakers and chocolate (WIP) and dof test

[Gijs]

Hi,

beakers need some coffee in it, more details to be added.

C&C welcome

Gijs

EDIT: Thanks LJaffe, replaced the first image. But the mesh is not clean, which is becoming very obvious now.

[ljaffe]

Add details to GI, too. Your settings are too low so things float.

Regards!
LJ

[freak]

negative......settings r fine..... :P.......very cool btw.......

[Chris Brown]

:P Yum I'll have one of those chocolates !!! (caramel centres I hope)

Nice images. Tone down DOF it will look even better.

Chris

[natty]

yeah settings look fine ... nice and tight ... abit heavy on the dof

[Gijs]

Thanks guys for the comments

The DOF is indeed very heavy here. This was mainly done because I wanted to see what settings were needed to get a smooth result without too much grain. I still think though that the front of the beaker nearest to the camera looks a bit 'dirty' instead of purely out of focus.
I used 30 subdivisions, rendertime was about 36 minutes with DOF (@1280 x 960)

Gijs

[Spinoza]

is it for an animation?

vrays DOF is great but i prefer doing DOF in photoshop.
it´s a matter of seconds and you see not much differences (in most cases).

[Gijs]

No, not intended for animation. For me it is just a way to get familiar with Vray's possibilities. I think DOF in Photoshop works quite well but not if you have objects in front of each other (like in this case).

Gijs

[Spinoza]

gijs dof in photoshop works very well.
i would not recommend doing it in photoshop if what you say is correct.

the only thing that does not work well are transparent objects, because the z-depth image can only represent the front face of a transparent object.

you can use the new filter in PS 8 or plugins like simulated dof or better (imho) frischluft lenscare.

have a look at lenscare and be suprised:



http://www.frischluft.com/gallery/Le...MuscleCar.html

http://www.frischluft.com/gallery/Le...Breakfast.html

[DaForce]

wow, very nice....those cups are begging for a latte

Can you post your chocolate material settings....very nice

actually you know what could look really cool.....if you had a napkin wrapped around the cups.

[Gijs]

Actualy I am still working on the chocolate material, because I did not like it that much This one was done with Vray material and glossy reflections. Now I am trying to use a standard material with mixed highlight. I'll post an update soon.

Gijs