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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Razor on October 04, 2003, 10:58:56 am

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Post by: Razor on October 04, 2003, 10:58:56 am: It's been 5 months or maybe even more since I rendered something, so here's a one I did today. Any opinions? Suggestions? They are welcome as always.
Razor

I called this one: Up close and personal

Link removed... Don't use an0n's webspace - he loves doing crap like this. // Sandwich

EDIT. I just noticed that it looks very pixelised. If you get this too, please tell me.
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Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on October 04, 2003, 11:35:19 am: Hey, that's pretty nice! :yes:

You might want to make the shivan beam a bit brighter, the white center is a bit bland.
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Post by: Nico on October 04, 2003, 01:07:15 pm: rotate the turrets and remove the turret debris on the corvette, first.
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 04, 2003, 01:12:29 pm: Agree with the 2 above, I'd also suggest adding some incidental detail - i.e. more laser fire from the ships towards each other, maybve even flak - you've got the glow & the explosion looking pretty damn nice :)
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Post by: Razor on October 04, 2003, 01:35:04 pm: Ok thanks. guys. Yes, it's been a while since my last render, but I am just getting back into shape. A few things that I can't do. I can't rotate the turrets because simply said, I don't know how. So anyone know how to rotate the turrets in Lightwave? I guess I might be able to make flak explosions. I might use the test explosion i used here which was blended with other explosions so it may work. Now I don't egt this. When I view the immage my self, it all looks pixelised and blurry. What's the problem? I am having this only in my browser IE6, but when I made the render, it looked ok I guess.
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Post by: Ashrak on October 04, 2003, 01:38:07 pm: ok what i suggest is kill the specularity on the shivan ships... give em glow maps..... and set damage texture transparency to 100 on deimos :)
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Post by: Razor on October 04, 2003, 01:42:49 pm: The shivan ships allready have glows added, it's just tha tthey are small and a bit too far away to notice. Deimos has glows just like Rakshasas..
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Post by: Ashrak on October 04, 2003, 01:45:47 pm: hmm but still take off the specularity unless you have spec maps :)

Edit: on a BETTER not give the glossiness and specularity the same settings as the main texture aka press T set UV map XDS soft and the map then use texture this will give you PRETTY good shines :)
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Post by: Nico on October 04, 2003, 01:46:25 pm: it doesn't look pixelised to me, btw.
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Post by: Razor on October 04, 2003, 02:08:12 pm: Well then that's good, but how do I solve my problem?
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Post by: StratComm on October 04, 2003, 02:15:30 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
rotate the turrets and remove the turret debris on the corvette, first.

I agree 100%. The overlapping debris models kill more otherwise decent renders than any other flaw.
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Post by: Vilkacis on October 04, 2003, 02:24:16 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
I can't rotate the turrets because simply said, I don't know how. So anyone know how to rotate the turrets in Lightwave?
I never used Lightwave myself but I'm pretty sure there must be some way to rotate objects, just take a quick look into Lightwave's user reference that should get you the neccesary info. And you might want to work a bit on that explosion effect, it looks too 2D in contrast to the image
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Post by: Ashrak on October 04, 2003, 02:47:37 pm: id love to know how to rotate turrets easily
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Post by: CobaltStarr on October 04, 2003, 11:10:04 pm: Well the turrets would need to be either seperate objects or seperate layers (v. 6.0+ only) but either way they will then be available for rotation and the rest...
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 04, 2003, 11:20:44 pm: beautiful work razor.. really...

:wtf:

edit: hi cobalt. Welcome to the living.
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Post by: Anaz on October 04, 2003, 11:37:30 pm: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

ok...I'm going to go wash my eyes out with hydrochloric acid.

That's not what I expected to see.
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 04, 2003, 11:57:33 pm: Fag
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Post by: Fr3z3r on October 05, 2003, 12:11:23 am: Whooops, young brother's joke, Razor? ;)
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Post by: Turnsky on October 05, 2003, 12:20:43 am: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
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Post by: Setekh on October 05, 2003, 01:32:00 am: :wtf:

I feel violated, Turnsky. :p :D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on October 05, 2003, 02:12:41 am: :wtf:

Glad to see you too, Razor. :doubt: Incidentally, where did you find that wonderful picture?
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Post by: Bobboau on October 05, 2003, 02:27:02 am: well when you use an0n's web space, these things are bound to happen

...
no, actualy he's been stareing at this thread for a good long while now, my guess is he wants to get banned
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 09:09:52 am: It actually _was_ a render at one time. I can vouch for that. Now, if Razor would like someone to upload his original image, he can PM me, and I'll put it on United Space's server...
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Post by: kasperl on October 05, 2003, 09:17:29 am: ok, i missed the picture that caused all teh comotion, what was it, goatse?
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 09:34:27 am: Well, judging by the horrible n00b resonse, I'd assume otherwise...

Edit: I didn't see it either.
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 12:49:00 pm: Well...I guess that an0n is still acting like an idiot, but thanks for the advice. I didn't know it was his site. I uploaded this on my old Geocities account, so let's hope this one works http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/ucap.jpg
By the way, since Goecities stinks, does anyone know of a good place where I could upload pictures?
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 12:50:57 pm: Meh. 's nothing special.
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 12:58:25 pm: Well I am sorry.
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Post by: Gloriano on October 05, 2003, 01:01:27 pm: (http://www.swooh.com/peon/Gloriano/ucap.jpg)

i uploaded it to my swooh account i hope it's ok?
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 01:02:23 pm: Yeah that's ok. Thanks.
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Post by: Gloriano on October 05, 2003, 01:05:23 pm: np:)
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 01:08:14 pm: By the way, I noticed that Setekh came back. Welcome back Setekh. :)
(http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/return.jpg)
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 01:10:59 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
no, actualy he's been stareing at this thread for a good long while now, my guess is he wants to get banned
Maybe he just liked the new pic.
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 05, 2003, 01:12:46 pm: wouldn't suprise me.
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 01:14:23 pm: *didn't see the new pic* :nervous:
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 01:14:32 pm: Ok let's drop that "An0n being an moron" thing and talk about something else. Anyone got any other good renders out there?
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 01:15:53 pm: Ah, Tantalus asking for a cup. How.....quaint.
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 05, 2003, 01:17:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Ok let's drop that "An0n being an moron" thing and talk about something else. Anyone got any other good renders out there?

I was never talking about an0n being a moron..
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 01:17:44 pm: Lose the glows on tcov1a, and the debris from under the turrets (glowing red)
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 01:18:16 pm: And... how did you not know it was an0n's site? He's got his name plasterred all over it...
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 01:19:43 pm: And he was the one who posted the link to the uploader all-over HLP to start with........According to the Search :nervous:.
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Post by: Knight Templar on October 05, 2003, 01:23:53 pm: Who doesn't know the Fattony-an0n thing by now? :blah:

I mean, besides Comrade Razor.
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 01:29:24 pm: Even I knew.

Mind, I was the one who first paid for that goddamn domain. Leeching mofo. But with those puppy-dog eyes and glossy Pedigree Chum coat, who could refuse?

Was worth it though. I charged him double to transfer it to over his name. Hehe.
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Post by: Flipside on October 05, 2003, 02:06:19 pm: Really nice pic, but I agree about losing the glow on the Tcov, it looks a tiny bit odd, but other than that, very nice :)
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Post by: Razor on October 05, 2003, 04:19:26 pm: Thanks for the advices, and KT I never knew it was an0ns site because I always went directly to the image upload page. Secondly, I din't know that he would be such an moron to replace my pic with something else, but let's drop this. OK?
Now, here's a scene from a nebula, The Fall of the psamptik which I mad ea couple of minutes ago. It's my first nebula attempt so cut me some slack if it's not very good because I am still working on it.
http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/psam2.jpg
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Post by: Tian Guan on October 05, 2003, 04:27:50 pm: Ah, well. Live and learn.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on October 05, 2003, 05:39:11 pm: Ahh, I see what happened. Apologies for my last post, I thought it was an intentional swap...

First image looks good, the second image seems a bit too nebularish and consistent.
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Post by: Turnsky on October 05, 2003, 05:39:31 pm: Razor, those renders are pretty damn good :nod:
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Post by: Taristin on October 05, 2003, 08:22:33 pm: I think they removed the link...
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Post by: Setekh on October 06, 2003, 05:30:40 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
By the way, I noticed that Setekh came back. Welcome back Setekh. :)
(http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/return.jpg)

Wow, thanks dude. Appreciate it. :nod::yes:

Btw, sweet render - errr, sweet renders. ;)
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Post by: LtNarol on October 06, 2003, 06:29:31 am: Nice lighting and glow effects on the Deimos and cool glows on the Rakshasas.

I'd go though the Deimos model and find the turret debris though, it looks kinda out of place ;) I'd also dump the reflection lighting on the Rakshasas, it'd bring out the glows a bit more.
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 06, 2003, 06:37:00 am: Killer render, dude! Explosion and lighting are great, you just need some more stuff in the background ;)
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Post by: Razor on October 06, 2003, 07:18:25 am: Quote
Originally posted by Unknown Target
Killer render, dude! Explosion and lighting are great, you just need some more stuff in the background ;)

Ok Thanks. Are you talking about the Deimos-Rakshasa render or the Psamtik render? I know that nebulas may be a bit odd, but I am working on it.

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Wow, thanks dude. Appreciate it.

No problem. :) Sorry about sending it in a little late. I had problems with my account. Glad you liked it.
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Post by: Razor on October 07, 2003, 06:32:31 am: Here's another render. I was inspired by the ETAK mission. Enjoy. :)
(http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/etak1.jpg)
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Post by: Ashrak on October 07, 2003, 07:41:50 am: can not see
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Post by: Turnsky on October 07, 2003, 07:52:02 am: Red X dude..methinks Geo****ies is working against you

EDIT: Nice render tho...:nod: :yes:
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Post by: Ulala on October 08, 2003, 01:50:12 am: Both renders look good, however in the second one the Shivan beam seems a little... I dunno, squared off too sharp in the explosion. Like you can tell it's a flat edge at the end of the beam. Maybe if you expanded the explosion a smidge to cover it up. Other than that itsy bitsy nitpick, :yes: :yes: :yes:
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Post by: StratComm on October 08, 2003, 05:12:53 am: I dunno, makes it look more like thebeams in FS2 to me :p

Seriously though, covering the end of the beam with one round explosion rather than an oblong one will fix the problem.
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Post by: Razor on October 08, 2003, 07:11:01 am: Ok I'll try to fix it. :p
By the way, here's another render that I made last night. It's from the mission where you assault the SJ with Bakha bombers. I know the background may not be the "exact" one from the mission, But I kinda liked that new one I made.
One of this picture is without noise effects and the other has a little of it so tell me what you think.
http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/assault.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/assault1.jpg

Didn't want to post both pictures in same post because I didn't want to overload the page for those who have 56K.

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I dunno, makes it look more like thebeams in FS2 to me

Well ok. The beams are not made in 3d because I don't know how. I started using this progie from January this year so I can't make 3d beams. And beams in FS2 aren't exactly 3d so this fits em right. And I saw that 99% of renderers make their beams in Photoshop, so what's wrong with that? Mine are not made in Paint or something. :blah:
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Post by: Turnsky on October 08, 2003, 07:16:32 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Ok I'll try to fix it. :p
By the way, here's another render that I made last night. It's from the mission where you assault the SJ with Bakha bombers. I know the background may not be the "exact" one from the mission, But I kinda liked that new one I made.
One of this picture is without noise effects and the other has a little of it so tell me what you think.
http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/assault.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/zaki_no/assault1.jpg

Didn't want to post both pictures in same post because I didn't want to overload the page for those who have 56K.

Well ok. The beams are not made in 3d because I don't know how. I started using this progie from January this year so I can't make 3d beams. And beams in FS2 aren't exactly 3d so this fits em right. And I saw that 99% of renderers make their beams in Photoshop, so what's wrong with that? Mine are not made in Paint or something. :blah:

beams are bloody easy in photoshop.. and can make a half-way decent lightsaber:nod:
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Post by: Razor on October 08, 2003, 07:18:52 am: I made a lightsaber blade for 2 seconds using a plugin. Damn easy, but it doesn't work with beams because the plugin can't exactly rotate the glowing stick. I can show you an example.
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Post by: Turnsky on October 08, 2003, 07:21:35 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
I made a lightsaber blade for 2 seconds using a plugin. Damn easy, but it doesn't work with beams because the plugin can't exactly rotate the glowing stick. I can show you an example.

in photoshop, take advantage of the layers and the transform tools..

observe:

(http://users.bigpond.com/turnsky/images/corhellion.jpg)

(http://users.bigpond.com/turnsky/images/kalfireth.jpg)

see?:nod:
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Post by: Razor on October 08, 2003, 07:28:00 am: Impressive. What transform too are you talking about= Where can I find it? Which menu?
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Post by: Turnsky on October 08, 2003, 07:35:36 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Impressive. What transform too are you talking about= Where can I find it? Which menu?

(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Turnsky/screen22.jpg)