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tymx33 · Post by **tymx33** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:45 pm

this is like my 3rd render still learning but starting to like it

Alvo52 · Post by **Alvo52** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:28 pm

tymx33 wrote:
this is like my 3rd render still learning but starting to like it

i like

Atom6246 · Post by **Atom6246** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:46 pm

Finally someone that posts something that looks good. I hate it when people post half ass'ed renders and expect people to like it. Good shit Ty

John23 · Post by **John23** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:19 am

How does one make a render this good???? Do they use "cycles render" and nodes, or what? This is just amazing.

tymx33 · Post by **tymx33** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:59 am

John23 wrote:How does one make a render this good???? Do they use "cycles render" and nodes, or what? This is just amazing.

dbaum25moto · Post by **dbaum25moto** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 6:02 am

tymx33 wrote:
John23 wrote:How does one make a render this good???? Do they use "cycles render" and nodes, or what? This is just amazing.

John23 · Post by **John23** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:33 am

P2sta can do that good of renders? Holy sh**. That's crazy. I would love to see more of his work.

p2sta · Post by **p2sta** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:48 am

you can CHECK ME here

and thanks guys!

John23 · Post by **John23** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:04 pm

I just wanted to test out a render. I followed a Node tutorial for sim on youtube

All I did was copy his nodes as a baseline.

This is the render I got. I rendered it at 500 Samples. Do any of you have any tips on my node setup?

What do you think?

What can I change?

John23 · Post by **John23** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:48 am

Here it is with all the parts on it.

Rendered using 600 Samples. I am rendering an image with 800 samples right now to see how it will look differently.

Whatcha think?

model_90 · Post by **model_90** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:11 pm

not bad just got to work on lighting abit

John23 · Post by **John23** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:37 pm

model_90 wrote:not bad just got to work on lighting abit

I read you can't use lamps for "Cycles Render". You have to use objects such as the cone. That is what I do. Where should I put the lighting to make it better?

vortexracingleader · Post by **vortexracingleader** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:55 pm

John23 wrote:
model_90 wrote:not bad just got to work on lighting abit
I read you can't use lamps for "Cycles Render". You have to use objects such as the cone. That is what I do. Where should I put the lighting to make it better?

Alright time to break down cycles for ya... Cycles you use lamps for a outdoor scene such as this.. i used a sun lamp.. set the size to 0.005 and the strength at around 10-20.. i also use a hdri map ( some render scenes you can use either or but i tend to use both ).. lighting is a very complicated subject.. i still suck when it comes to lighting in my renders.. hdri maps are the way to go when lighting a scene.. a plane.. now that is something that is a little more complicated because i personally find it alot harder to get a cleaner looking result..but if you get that method down.. that is prob your best bet.. i would just look around the internet to find lighting tutorials.. and for nodes.. i use pretty much the same nodes for everything lol just mess around with the reflection.. im no where near as god like as benji with his complicated ass node setup :3 and my nodes dont use a spec map ( dont really understand how those work just yet )
For example this is used using 2 different methods.. the chain was used with just emission planes.. and the bike was used with hdri and sun lamp

These are the basic nodes that i use.. again just mess with the values and you should achieve something similar to what i am making.. it just takes practice.. again this is not the holy grail of cycles.. its not like the set instructions on how to do its.. its just a tip and input sort of thing.. also its just a matter of what kind of scene your achieving.. and remember that Compostiting is also a big factor on turning a okay render to a amazing render.. so dont forget to take your stuff into Photoshop and mess with it.. tweak the colors add your background make the image the final image in photoshop.. also a big thing that bugs the hell out of me when people start to render is having there background lighting not match the actual render lighting.. so like you would have a nice sunset style lighting and you have a mid day background.. it wont look right.. so what ive been doing is planning out what i want the render to look like before i do it then go in and do it.. hope this helps you some

John23 · Post by **John23** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:00 pm

vortexracingleader wrote:
John23 wrote:
model_90 wrote:not bad just got to work on lighting abit
I read you can't use lamps for "Cycles Render". You have to use objects such as the cone. That is what I do. Where should I put the lighting to make it better?
Alright time to break down cycles for ya... Cycles you use lamps for a outdoor scene such as this.. i used a sun lamp.. set the size to 0.005 and the strength at around 10-20.. i also use a hdri map ( some render scenes you can use either or but i tend to use both ).. lighting is a very complicated subject.. i still suck when it comes to lighting in my renders.. hdri maps are the way to go when lighting a scene.. a plane.. now that is something that is a little more complicated because i personally find it alot harder to get a cleaner looking result..but if you get that method down.. that is prob your best bet.. i would just look around the internet to find lighting tutorials.. and for nodes.. i use pretty much the same nodes for everything lol just mess around with the reflection.. im no where near as god like as benji with his complicated ass node setup :3 and my nodes dont use a spec map ( dont really understand how those work just yet )
For example this is used using 2 different methods.. the chain was used with just emission planes.. and the bike was used with hdri and sun lamp

These are the basic nodes that i use.. again just mess with the values and you should achieve something similar to what i am making.. it just takes practice.. again this is not the holy grail of cycles.. its not like the set instructions on how to do its.. its just a tip and input sort of thing.. also its just a matter of what kind of scene your achieving.. and remember that Compostiting is also a big factor on turning a okay render to a amazing render.. so dont forget to take your stuff into Photoshop and mess with it.. tweak the colors add your background make the image the final image in photoshop.. also a big thing that bugs the hell out of me when people start to render is having there background lighting not match the actual render lighting.. so like you would have a nice sunset style lighting and you have a mid day background.. it wont look right.. so what ive been doing is planning out what i want the render to look like before i do it then go in and do it.. hope this helps you some

Wow. Thank you for that imput. I just have NO CLUE what each "shader" thing does. I just follow tutorials. Again, thank you.

vortexracingleader · Post by **vortexracingleader** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:09 pm

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2 ... cles/Nodes
its a small read but i suggest that you go threw and just search what each nodes does.. will really really help when it comes to making your own

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