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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: plugsnpixels on October 30, 2016, 03:41:04 am

Title: Today's artsy
Post by: plugsnpixels on October 30, 2016, 03:41:04 am

Created this piece today using a lo-end 3D terrain app (TerraRay (http://"http://plugsandpixels.com/terraray.html") for Mac) with included ship model, then post-processed with Topaz Texture Effects (http://"http://plugsandpixels.com/review_topaz.html").

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: marton on November 13, 2016, 06:06:22 pm

Good fun innit

At one point I was planning on creating a series of work using modeling/rendering apps. I have a bunch of stuff archived on my external HDD. I wasn't sure I liked what I was doing, but here's one that I'm not overly embarrassed with.

Modeled and rendered in Softimage XSI - Mental Ray renderer

 (https://s17.postimg.org/rryb8ydn3/wil3.jpg)

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: plugsnpixels on November 13, 2016, 07:03:01 pm

Thanks for sharing marton!

Here's one I did today in Terragen 4 with postwork in Topaz Impression. The tree shadow is messed up somehow so I am now doing a new render with a different tree which is behaving correctly.

(http://www.plugsandpixels.com/forum/treesmall.jpg)

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: Telecaster on November 13, 2016, 07:29:15 pm

Back in the late '80s I did a whole bunch of ray-trace rendering on an Amiga 2000. I should have many of the files backed up on 3.5" floppies, assuming the disks are still readable…

-Dave-

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: marton on November 13, 2016, 07:38:49 pm

Quote from: Telecaster on November 13, 2016, 07:29:15 pm

Back in the late '80s I did a whole bunch of ray-trace rendering on an Amiga 2000. I should have many of the files backed up on 3.5" floppies, assuming the disks are still readable…

-Dave-

Love to see a few

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: plugsnpixels on November 13, 2016, 10:12:51 pm

Dig 'em out, Telecaster!

My first Photoshop 2 works actually survive, first saved on floppies, then Zips, then CDs, etc.

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: Telecaster on November 14, 2016, 01:27:09 am

I still have my Amiga 3000 from the early '90s. What a trip it would be if I plugged it in & turned it on…and it booted up! Might have to try it when I get back home. It hasn't been powered on in over 20 years.

-Dave-

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: plugsnpixels on November 14, 2016, 03:16:37 am

It might well work, or the hard drive might have lost its magnetism integrity having not been spun in so long. Let us know what happens!

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2016, 08:08:04 am

I miss my Commodore 64! Hard drive? What's that?? 
Backing up the floppy onto another floppy could take a half hour or more, and the floppy drive often overheated in that time.   :(

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: marton on November 16, 2016, 10:29:03 pm

Here's another just to keep this thread going

I think I used 3ds Max for this one - modeled, lit, and rendered.

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 06, 2016, 05:15:28 pm

Quote from: Telecaster on November 14, 2016, 01:27:09 am

I still have my Amiga 3000 from the early '90s. What a trip it would be if I plugged it in & turned it on…and it booted up! Might have to try it when I get back home. It hasn't been powered on in over 20 years.
-Dave-

Do it, Tele!  You could run Deluxe Paint! 

Title: Re: Today's artsy
Post by: Telecaster on December 07, 2016, 04:34:59 pm

Quote from: Peter McLennan on December 06, 2016, 05:15:28 pm

Do it, Tele!  You could run Deluxe Paint!

:D  Yeah, that's on the harddrive! Well it was anyway…dunno if there's anything there now. Still haven't gotten around to digging out the A3000. Finding a monitor that works with it could be an issue too.

-Dave-