Theatre for Children

draconic · Post by **draconic** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:41 am

Hi everyone,

This is the project I've been working on. These are the final renders.
The building is in construction and will be completed next year.
I'd like to hear your comments and suggestions.

P.S. Environment credits go to Jeff. Thank you pal.

CTZn · Post by **CTZn** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:40 am

it's a nice set of images, they serve their purpose well.

Headroom · Post by **Headroom** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:50 am

Very nice architecture! I love the colored glass. The scenes are very nicely lit as well.
I really like the colored window front. I would love to install one of my lighting systems in it

The materials could use a little more..... hmmmm.....complexity/depth but that's nitpicking.

ENSLAVER · Post by **ENSLAVER** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:02 pm

That coloured glass is awesome

ninopiamonte · Post by **ninopiamonte** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:07 pm

i love the grass, weeds & the trees.....
also the theatre building.

dcm · Post by **dcm** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:01 am

which render mode and supersample factor did you used? Lightning is based on EXR or Sun/sky model ?

draconic · Post by **draconic** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:43 am

I used Bidir MLT and Supersample factor is 3
Sun&Sky with 9 light layers. I used them all. I wish there were more layers

Headroom · Post by **Headroom** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:30 am

I am not sure what exporter you are working with but I've set up scenes with 16 light layers without problems in Blender.
This may just be a limitation of the exporter you are using.

draconic · Post by **draconic** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:49 am

I'm working with Sketchup Skindingo. I'm not sure it supports more than 10 layers.
Including layer 0, there're 10 layers. I set sun&sky to layer 0 and layer 1

CTZn · Post by **CTZn** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:48 am

The exporter for Maya is exposing 16 layers as well, however it's not Indigo's limit wich I do ignore. Ideally exporters should not introduce a limitation to this feature.

Expectedly, being able to specify layers settings from within the exporter will force developers into reviewing the respective layers interfaces. This is not possible atm for what I know.

Note that successive light layers are expansive in terms of memory usage, linearly to their count. RAM, and HDD if the IGI is saved also. A reasonably large IGI with several light layers can weight a few gigas bytes eventually.