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Title: Futurama
Post by: Hannes on August 05, 2012, 03:36:39 AM
There is no terrain, just objects and clouds. All objects are made by myself except
the little ships in line and the buildings inside the floating "greenhouses" (DAZ) and
the trees (free sample by Evermotion).
The "city" was made in 3ds max with multiple instances of Greeble, a free 3ds max plug in,
and then textured with diffuse-, alpha-, specular- and displacement maps.
It took quite a while until I got the glass shader right...
Postwork:
contrast, color grading, lens flare and chromatic abberation (again ;D)
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Post by: yossam on August 05, 2012, 04:19:56 AM
I really like this............great job.
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Post by: Seth on August 05, 2012, 05:54:25 AM
awesome !!!!!
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Post by: masonspappy on August 05, 2012, 06:24:54 AM
Great job!!
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Post by: cyphyr on August 05, 2012, 08:52:49 AM
Very nicely done :) Render time?
:)
Richard
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Post by: Mahnmut on August 05, 2012, 09:31:29 AM
Not a future in which I would want to live, but a great piece of art!
Best Regards,
Jan
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Post by: Hannes on August 05, 2012, 01:19:28 PM
Thanks, guys! @cyphyr: 25 hours at 2k resolution.
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Post by: Jo Kariboo on August 05, 2012, 10:35:24 PM
Very impressive!!! A large amount of work.
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Post by: TheBadger on August 06, 2012, 01:03:17 AM
Most excellent!

Should post it at http://www.cgsociety.org/ and see if you get any of the grief others have reported. I would be very curious, because I think its as good as anything there for Futurism stuff/landscapes.

I wish you had your own render farm Hannes, I would like to see the animation.

P.S.
When you say there is no terrain, you just mean you cant see any right? I mean, you placed your objects on the default planet, yes? Or is everything floating???
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Post by: Hannes on August 06, 2012, 02:26:55 PM
Good idea, TheBadger. Maybe I'll post it over at CG society. And yes, I love the idea of having a render farm too ;D
There is of course the default planet. I wrote it a bit confusing. I meant there is no fractal terrain or another heightfield shader.
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Post by: Dune on August 07, 2012, 03:15:07 AM
Incredible work, Hannes!
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Post by: TheBadger on August 07, 2012, 05:10:08 AM
I cant stop looking at this one. I would like to see a street view if the models have any detail at that level. I am betting it would look great (out door shots). It was argued to me that this kind of scene is something that TG is not good at or best for. But I think its best for some very specific reasons.
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Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on August 07, 2012, 09:57:29 AM
wow.  :)

this very impressive
the city looks good enough to be in a film.
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Post by: ares2101 on August 07, 2012, 04:39:16 PM
Not what I was expecting from the title, but very, very nicely done.
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Post by: Hannes on August 07, 2012, 04:57:52 PM
Thanks again for your kind words!
@TheBadger: unfortunately the models of this scene don't have any detail at that level. Only the portion that's directly under the closest floating greenhouse. I am testing some new models at the moment. So I'll see how detailed the models can be.
By the way, I don't see any reason why TG should not be good for that kind of scene. The lighting system is great and TG is fantastic in handling large high detailed models once they are converted to TGOs.
Take a look at Vue. A lot of great Vue images are good because the models are good. So it will look crappy with crappy models in Vue as well as in TG.
At the moment I am testing a model I created in 3ds max similar to the city model of this scene. It's very large and very detailed. 3ds max was terribly slow even without textures. It took quite a while to import it into TG, to assign some textures and to convert it into a TGO. It seems that it's a piece of cake for TG now. I can even create a population with it.
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Post by: jo on August 07, 2012, 08:13:18 PM
That's a cool image Hannes :-).
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Post by: mhaze on August 08, 2012, 03:45:58 AM
Great image!!! I'm curious as to how you managed to get multiple instances of greeble?  I've tried it before but have never managed to get it to work.
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Post by: Hannes on August 08, 2012, 04:46:45 AM
@mhaze: this is quite simple. I created a simple plane with four or six length and width segments with a length of 150m. I then added a greeble modifier with minimum and maximum height of zero, but taper of twenty. No widgets. If you check "select top" and add another greeble modifier you'll have space between the blocks. You can play with the settings and use an edit mesh modifier to select some faces you want the next greeble modifier to be or not. So you can add several instances of greeble, but be aware that at some point your RAM won't be enough.
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Post by: megacal on August 08, 2012, 07:18:44 PM
Hannes,

great image!

I like the lighting, mood, details, subtle shading, rendering.

Strong work.  :)
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Post by: inkydigit on August 10, 2012, 10:43:58 AM
excellent mood/feel here.... well done!
:)
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Post by: bobbystahr on June 04, 2014, 10:09:33 AM
Quote from: Hannes on August 05, 2012, 03:36:39 AM
There is no terrain, just objects and clouds. All objects are made by myself except
the little ships in line and the buildings inside the floating "greenhouses" (DAZ) and
the trees (free sample by Evermotion).
The "city" was made in 3ds max with multiple instances of Greeble, a free 3ds max plug in,
and then textured with diffuse-, alpha-, specular- and displacement maps.
It took quite a while until I got the glass shader right...
Postwork:
contrast, color grading, lens flare and chromatic abberation (again ;D)


Wow...dunno how I missed this except maybe 2012 was a big music year for me when I made my cd...fabulous Hannes...great work on the glass. Everything else as well....great concept.
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Post by: Hannes on June 04, 2014, 10:42:01 AM
Thanks Bobby. Long time ago...
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Post by: kalwalt on June 04, 2014, 10:49:19 AM
This is a awesome work @Hannes! :) 25 hours rendering time: which os and Machine do you used for that?
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Post by: Darknight on June 04, 2014, 01:47:27 PM
Clap clap! Fantastic work. I love the intricacy and detail!
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Post by: SteveR on June 13, 2014, 02:15:47 AM
Very very nice image there - beautiful.
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Post by: masonspappy on June 13, 2014, 06:32:50 AM
Man, that is beautiful
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Post by: kaedorg on June 14, 2014, 03:53:44 AM
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
You would deserve your own render farm

David
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Post by: oldm4n on June 14, 2014, 11:53:37 AM
fantastic work !
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Post by: Hannes on June 14, 2014, 05:30:17 PM
Holy cow, I didn't expect all those new comments on this old image  ;)
Anyway thanks a lot, guys!!!!!
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Post by: bobbystahr on June 14, 2014, 06:19:34 PM
Quote from: Hannes on June 14, 2014, 05:30:17 PM
Holy cow, I didn't expect all those new comments on this old image  ;)
Anyway thanks a lot, guys!!!!!

Sometimes it's good to bump the older great images when we have a new lot of folks posting eh? It is an inspiring image that shows what TG3 is capable of in a wider sense.
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Post by: j meyer on June 15, 2014, 11:06:20 AM
If we had a thumbnail gallery or a thumbnail along with each image thread
things wouldn't get lost in oblivion that easy.
Just a thought.
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Post by: bobbystahr on June 15, 2014, 11:10:03 AM
Quote from: j meyer on June 15, 2014, 11:06:20 AM
If we had a thumbnail gallery or a thumbnail along with each image thread
things wouldn't get lost in oblivion that easy.
Just a thought.

and a good one Jochen
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Post by: EoinArmstrong on June 17, 2014, 04:27:57 AM
Wow - wonderful imagination shown here.  Love the lighting too :)
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Post by: Lady of the Lake on July 01, 2014, 10:14:04 AM
I am glad this image surfaced to the top again.  It is spectacular.
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Post by: Oleg S. on July 01, 2014, 10:54:08 AM
Пrand picture
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Post by: Hannes on July 01, 2014, 02:05:12 PM
Thanks again. I'm glad you like it!