TPU's own 3D renders

[Solaris17]

well i was looking at my arsenal of rendering programs and i thought wait.....i remember a few ppl on TPU ahd render programs while i was flexing my card so i thought i know we have a wallpaper thread and i know we can go to devian art or cognative distortion but what about a thread dedicated to the artists of TPU? what about instead of other sites we make some of our own from our own users?..i think this would be really fun what we'll do is post what progs we have..what ones we used for the pic and then post the pic...then other ppl can download it if they wish..post their own or tell you what they'd like to see/change about your own...so ill start (i also figure we can help each other out show them how to use the program give pointers settings etc..)

Please use this lay out when posting a picture list programs owned followed by the program used to make the picture followed by the picture.

I have the following programs

Poser 7
Cinema 4D
Lightwave 9
3D StudioMax 9
Bryce 3d 6.1
Macromedia studio 8
Adobe Photoshop CS3
DAZ studio 6


this one was made with bryce.....im going to try and make the clouds and waves more defined but this is what i have so far....


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Free Programs for those of us intrested

Maya 8.5 PLE (personal learning edition)
Terragen (scenery render)
Povray(like bryce)
Blender (like 3dsmax)
Gmax( like 3dsmax)
Gimp (like photoshop)
Paint.net(also like photoshop and gimp)
Coffeecup firestarter (makes flash films)
Wings 3D(3d render program like Terragen and 3dsmax)
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/ (Daz studio is like Poser its made by the same company that makes bryce. and they made it free in the newest release!)

Guides/Plugins/Links
Water guide for photoshop
Link for other free programs
3D rendering plugin for photoshop (CS3 only)
Pixel2life Amazing resource for all your tutorial and guide needs

 

[ex_reven]

You can render in 3D in photoshop?

 

[Solaris17]

no...i was just stating what pro image manipulation progs i have.

 

[Scrizz]

you should check out terragen 1 and 2 they're great for landscapes etc

 

[ex_reven]

I see.

Bring on the artworks then

I already have a deviantart that I created a while back and itd be cool to see other peoples work. I need to start uploading my crap to deviantart I guess, since I only used it to get critique on one of my high school major works.

 

[Solaris17]

ahh yes terragen i used to have that ill get it aain i liked working with it though i couldnt figure alot of it out.

 

[Scrizz]

^ Yeah Terragen has a very steep learning curve, I joined the terragen group and they have tons of tips tutorials, and you can ask your own questions; So it makes the experience much easier.
Terragen 1 is much easier to get a result than with 2.

I need to get back to actually creating things

 

[Solaris17]

you should id love to see ppl's work iv seen some from the ppl here i know an old old member G.T. had a bunch of things fraxframe maya etc...including bryce his fractals were amazing i want to see some stuff from the ppl here...and why not? i mean our rigs are crazy insane good..its not like our cards would have a problem

i have an angled ocean shot its AA atm at 40% should be dnioe pretty quick

sneak peak this is were the magic happens

 

[Cold Storm]

I used bryce all through high school and loved it. The same with poser. I was the person to go to on that. but that was about 5 years ago... lol.. and I've used rhyno on things also. Then done stuff with 3d studiomax... I love the stuff and love everything on the programs. really nice stuff you have there man!

 

[ex_reven]

On water reflections, this mightnt be a 3D landscape (constructed in PS) but I find this to be extremely realistic representation of water (and its reflections).

Check out the tutorial here -
http://photoshopcontest.com/tutorials/26/displacement-water.html

 

[Solaris17]

you should get back into it i dont want to be the only one in this club....o and must i say this isnt limited to 3d renders per say but anybody with gorgeous photoshop work also!!

 

[ex_reven]

So are you creating a dev art of some description?

 

[Solaris17]

not sure what your talking about...dev art like devian art? well klinda its kinda like the photoshop clubhouse really pretty pics but more geared to 3D render progs but not limited too and kinda like a support syndicate too we'll help each other with the progs settings etc....i know theirs a photoshop club house that could encompass this but i kinda wanted them to stay seperate as IMO they are diff.

 

[Scrizz]

I've recently been doodling with Google Sketchup, lol

 

[ex_reven]

not sure what your talking about...dev art like devian art? well klinda its kinda like the photoshop clubhouse really pretty pics but more geared to 3D render progs but not limited too and kinda like a support syndicate too we'll help each other with the progs settings etc....i know theirs a photoshop club house that could encompass this but i kinda wanted them to stay seperate as IMO they are diff.

I was more referring to an off site thing.

Im not sure, but deviantart MAY (not sure) have some sort of area where you can create a "channel" for different users to post their art and comment on the art of others in that channel.

That would be a good idea IMO, since in a forum based sort of thing, the artworks will be lost within a whole pile of peoples posts. Whereas on another site the artworks would remain the central object of the clubhouse.

Btw - PS Clubhouse has been dead for ages anyway, so they'd have to be seperate regardless LOL....I stopped using photoshop for a long while....

 

[Cold Storm]

you should get back into it i dont want to be the only one in this club....o and must i say this isnt limited to 3d renders per say but anybody with gorgeous photoshop work also!!

Yeah I just might have to get the new stuff. I just haven't got into computers until a few months ago, and now i'm in the full swing of things!

 

[Solaris17]

well i think ill leave this thread here for a time see what happens though id really like ppl to post work of theirs....i mean with any luck it will get stickied

 

[ex_reven]

Question of interest, are any of the programs you mentioned free?

 

[Cold Storm]

I know bryce and poser was a grand or more each when i was in school.. don't know of any one else...
I got school credits to get those programs for free with my name only... Love reps that work for the school board! lol

 

[BXtreme]

Hey! I'm Back you know
oh ya, photoshop has an additional plugins for 3d rendering, it's available for CS3 Extended only.

the tutorial was nice, checking it out now.

 

[Triprift]

Heres my first try of one with paint.net basically two layers with a cloud effect and ajustment of curves.

 

[Solaris17]

that looks cool i like it kinda like its wet and idk it looks good like alot of peices of cloud getting thrown around because of a tornado but reall shiny and well defined.

 

[das müffin mann]

i like it trip its pretty cool, i had a bunch of stuff, but i formatted the wrong hd and well you can figure out the rest :\, ill post some stuff once i find my jump drive
i use mostly photoshop cs3, 3dsmax, ive used bryce a little bit, love using flash and dreamweaver to make sites and utterly retarded games

 

[Solaris17]

EXCELLENT!! i cant wait post away it would do nothing but please me in the extreme!!!

 

[Scrizz]

I just recently downloaded Maya 8.5 PLE(free btw). gonna give it a whirl soon.