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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326
    edited July 2016

    Cool render, Phil! Love the SP work/experimenting, Mark! 

    Here is something I'm using a lot now, since it renders fast and works really well and predictably in Carrara: Using the Light Cone effect as the volumetric effect that it is.

    I've always looked at that Fog option, and then ignored it. No more.

    I've just made a simple image to use as a gel in the spot light. This controls the volume to a point - along with the other cone controls. 

    Then it's a matter of setting up the differences between the General light settings and the effect. 

    When it comes to building a stage like this one, light cones can really look corny, especially if we're after a semi-realistic (or realistic) result. This process changes all of that.

    Since we're using a gel to control the volume, and Carrara's image-loader interface has various flip and rotate functions, we can easily adjust duplicates of the same spot light to provide quite unique-looking results before we even think about changing other aspects of the light settings - as this image shows.

    For sake of this demonstration, I made certain that my post work didn't alter the cone effect made in Carrara. Yes, I added some glow to the other lights in the scene, but not the ones using the cone effect.

    Each cone-producing light is using the same image. I only changed (flipped/rotated) the gel of two lights which was the speed of pressing a button. The other differences are simply due to how Carrara's cameras deal with volumes - in that, the more consumed the camera becomes, the less opaque the effect - which is true of real fog as well.

    Anyways... just thought I'd show this because I know that some folks (rightfully so) tend to stay away from cone effects. The main principle here is that I was originally just seeking to alter the evenness of the edge of the cone(s) to be rid of that prop cone effect look. A black and white gel image could certainly do that. But a gray scale cloud rendering really makes for a wonderful fog gel, as it changes the density of the fog throughout the volume, not just along the edge... which is even more than what I was hoping for!

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  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,584

    Have you tried using photometric / IES profiles for the lights? They're starting to appear in Iray renders, and while they're supported in Carrara, I've never seen anyone talk about using them.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,038
    TangoAlpha said:

    Have you tried using photometric / IES profiles for the lights? They're starting to appear in Iray renders, and while they're supported in Carrara, I've never seen anyone talk about using them.

    Old forum sadly

    was lots said esp. by Dimension Theory

  • TangoAlphaTangoAlpha Posts: 4,584

    Ah, alas. :(

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326
    edited July 2016

    Ringo has done a bunch of renders with them (photometric / IES profiles for the lights) in the earlier parts of this thread, I believe. If not this one, the 'Renders' thread just prior to this one. I think it's this one though.

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  • MarkIsSleepyMarkIsSleepy Posts: 1,496
    edited July 2016

    I use IES profiles on my lights all the time. So much so that I downloaded a free IES file viewer/editor just to play some more with them.  They work very well in Carrara, although in my experience you have to turn up the strength of the light a little bit.

    There's a video on using them in Carrara here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhj5xulB8r4 (no sound sadly, but still informative).

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326
    MDO2010 said:

    I use IES profiles on my lights all the time. So much so that I downloaded a free IES file viewer/editor just to play some more with them.  They work very well in Carrara, although in my experience you have to turn up the strength of the light a little bit.

    There's a video on using them in Carrara here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhj5xulB8r4 (no sound sadly, but still informative).

    Cool! Yes, I love GKDANTAS' video tutorials. So there's no sound... no biggie. I just pause when I need to. He has a LOT of them! Here's an index I've made of them:

    ► GK Dantas' Video Manual Index

  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

    test on hdr + sunlight, IL mode

    slightly touched up in post

    the model can be grabbed here: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/character-people/man/casual-male-walking-pose

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  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

    close-up, same settings

    very nice model indeed, lot of fun

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  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,144

    Very good - great realism!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326

    LOL! I just browsed past that very model at CGT!!! I came in here and... well looky here! :)

    I agree with Phil... Very good - Great realism!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,964

    Dartanbeck , thanks for the heads up on the fog, used it the other day after many years of not using it,  after reading your post, works pretty well.

     

    @magaremoto   nice render. love the blackheads in the nose pores

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,989

    Using Ken's new lizard base in Carrara... and all the morphs work .. yip ya yes

  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

    thank you all, my compliments to the french author of the figure; the map is way better than those provided by daz (!). carrara is capable of rendering realistic outcomes but very often shaders and maps suck. by the way it took only ten minutes for each render

  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

    Belit (V4 based), study on skin

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    first render of Lagoon Living in rara, heart
    haz to fix all the glowy surfaces.

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  • stringtheory9stringtheory9 Posts: 411
    edited July 2016

    A house, from the old Google house... of 3D wares, for a scene I'm building. It's been modified and completely retextured. Rendered in the Carrara native rendered.

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326

    Beautiful render and just gorgeous shaders! Good job on the reconstruction! Very nicely done!

  • stringtheory9stringtheory9 Posts: 411

    Thanks Dart laugh

     

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,964
    stringtheory9 said:

    A house, from the old Google house... of 3D wares, for a scene I'm building. It's been modified and completely retextured. Rendered in the Carrara native rendered.

     

    super, looks real

     

    :)

     

     

     

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,964
    Stezza said:

    Using Ken's new lizard base in Carrara... and all the morphs work .. yip ya yes

    ah the old lizard fetish eh?

    good to see works in carrara

     

  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

    very cool shaders stringtheory and realistic outcome as well; maybe too greenish reflections for a cloudy day, but it's gonna be very funny to play with

  • stringtheory9stringtheory9 Posts: 411

    Thanks head wax!

    Thanks mageremoto, yes now that you point it out the green reflection doeds look out of place. Something to work on. Thanks!

     

  • FifthElementFifthElement Posts: 569

    Just an old calculator, modeled in Silo and rendered in Carrara, some texturing done in Substance Painter, DOF and glow effects added in Fusion, cheers smiley

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  • PhilWPhilW Posts: 5,144

    Very nice model and textures!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,964
    edited July 2016

    highly recommend vwd plugin

    this poncho was a vertex plane that i booleaned with a cylinder the same size as k4 neck 

    then ran through the sim - took about 30 seconds

    lots of caustic caused that fog in background

    philw's excellent portrait studio and philw's bright eyes for glint in eyes

     

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  • bighbigh Posts: 8,147

    very nice

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,326
    bigh said:

    very nice

    +1 yes

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,964

    thanks bigh and dart ! the caustics really add something else, so glad we worked on them for the challenge

     

  • chickenmanchickenman Posts: 1,202

    Glad the challenge inspired you to try something else with the caustics

     

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