Hey 'Leon' luv the hair do :D

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Well i'm convinced. I modelled it in Max with polys, but its just so much cleaner and natural to do it with Nurbs. Although if I were to do it tomorrow it would be with MoI because I just bought it 5 minutes ago!

My little bit of fun with the idea!

Brian

Hi Michael

i have forgot the name of the software you are using to make the gif tutorial/explanation, can you mention that again?

it have been mentioned in the forum before, but i could'nt find it, and it seems pretty good..

anyway, i really enjoy to follow the development of Moi, and am impressed about the effort and skills form your side.


best regards

// Leif

Danny, how long did that Hypershot render take?

The most popular screen recording package is TechSmith's Camtasia and Snagit.
Somewhat pricey but well worth it when attempting to show software behavior to developers, etc.

-Will

or you could try jing which is also produced by techsmith ( which is free) also a while ago they had a free version of camtasia which i downloaded, dont know if they are still doing it though

Free : camstudio.org

Free wink ;)
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

free and also quite interesting:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

needs java though..

~,
marco

DannyT - Thanks for sharing your model.

I also made a Hypershot render using their Kitchen HDRI. This is their low resolution version of the HDRI, so the background environment is not a sharp as it should be.

Using my quad-core PC, the "real time" image was instantaneous (and could not see a difference compared to the final render). I increased the quality settings quite a bit for the final render (not that it made any noticeable difference) and produced the attached render in 40 seconds. With default quality settings the final render took 6 seconds.

Ed
Marysville, WA

I keep it that way for the "ladies"!

Hi Pilou,

> Seems there is a little error ;)

Yeah it looks like a bug in the filleter when trying to handle sharp corners touching a smooth surface right at the seam area of the smooth surface.

Unfortunately that's not an easy area of code to work on fixing up, it will probably be a while before that bug can get fixed.

In the meantime since that object is symmetrical it looks like there are other fillet areas that were created correctly that can be rotated and trimmed into place to fix that one little spot if you want to correct the error.

It's awfully hard to see that little spot in the rendered model though.

- Michael

Hi Leif,

> i have forgot the name of the software you are using to make
> the gif tutorial/explanation, can you mention that again?

I'm using Camtasia Studio v5 (http://www.techsmith.com/) , as I've gotten more used to it, it has gradually become more natural to use it to explain things that take several steps. (rather than a longer sequence of static screenshots I mean).


> anyway, i really enjoy to follow the development of Moi, and am
> impressed about the effort and skills form your side.

Thanks very much!

- Michael

Hi TwinSnakes,

>Danny, how long did that Hypershot render take?

Same as ed, seconds, the picture you see there is is only a screen shot.

ed, your welcome!

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Here is my quick render in Carrara6Pro. Both HDRI and Caustics. 40secs.

Think I have the glass a fraction thick?

Brian

Hi Brian,

Yes. The glass thickness makes it on the side of heavy duty restaurant glass rather than on the elegant (but bulky?) Baccara crystal.
In other words, better for sundaes than champagne.

The foot is also too narrow and the stem too weak for the bowl.

Well, this explains why the blue one fell aside and didn't break :)

Also, the light source seems to be directly over the standing glass and creates a distracting halo.

Looking forward to see the next ones.

Have a good evening, night day or whatever hour it is now,

Michel

Hi Michel

Yes, I agree with all of that----I was too enamoured with the modelling principles/theories.

The Hdri lighting and etc were from a preset file----I removed the original objects, replacing them with the the glasses---I am afraid that I take the easiest/shortcut approaches to things--being too finicky shortens the range of life experiences one can practice?

Here in Aussie--where the day starts at the proper time, it is just after Noon , 26th Nov!

Have fun

Brian

Like I said this was poly modelled, but I thought I might post it here anyway.



Now for my next challenge, which I WILL do in MoI - cutlery!

Hi Brian,

Yes. It is a always a great pleasure to visit this site to find new ways of conceiving objects.
I am used to traditional techniques in plaster mouldmaking and modeling.
Some of these techniques and concepts are the sources of many of the 3D program tools. Extrude, Loft, Revolve, Sweep, Blend


All ways are interesting. So I'm returning another question - not being finicky* enough, shortens the life of experiences ?

*I like that word although I am not sure to fully understand its scope. It sounds quite whimsical in French.

Have a good ...time.


Michel