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  • wetcircuitwetcircuit Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    IamArtistX said:

    Here is old image i did using Luxus

    That looks HOT! Would you write a LUXUS article for Cafe??? :wow:

    Or a TUTORIAL?

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    IamArtistX said:
    After seeing some of the images in this thread I was going to try and make something, but after the issues I have had with Carrara and some of the Genesis figures and clothing, crashing Carrara to the desktop, I am not as inspired as I once was, maybe I should stick to V4/M4 for characters in future

    Here is old image i did using Luxus

    Wow, That is amazingly cool and very inspiring results. I'd love to see more and wish I could get those kind of results. =)

  • IamArtistXIamArtistX Posts: 119
    edited June 2014

    it was a simple scene, two area lights, two planes to reflect the light, and a plane for the back ground, most of which came from PhilW's Luxus pack for Carrara :p

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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    Thanks for the tips.
    This is another experiment with Carrara 8.5 Pro and LUXUS for Carrara. This time I used the Uzilite D 207 car model and some of your tips.

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  • IamArtistXIamArtistX Posts: 119
    edited June 2014

    if you take a look here - http://www.artistxinc.com/gallery/index.php/LuxRender - you can see a few of the other images I tried Luxus out on :)

    I did try a test using that same car, although I couldn't get it to a point I liked so deleted it in the end

    holly wetcircuit said:
    IamArtistX said:

    Here is old image i did using Luxus

    That looks HOT! Would you write a LUXUS article for Cafe??? :wow:

    Or a TUTORIAL?

    Would be a short tutorial/article - would be along the lines of,


    How i get my results from Luxus - pure luck :P

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  • wetcircuitwetcircuit Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    IamArtistX said:
    if you take a look here - http://www.artistxinc.com/gallery/index.php/LuxRender - you can see a few of the other images I tried Luxus out on :)

    I did try a test using that same car, although I couldn't get it to a point I liked so deleted it in the end

    holly wetcircuit said:

    That looks HOT! Would you write a LUXUS article for Cafe??? :wow:

    Or a TUTORIAL?

    Would be a short tutorial/article - would be along the lines of,


    How i get my results from Luxus - pure luck :P
    LOL

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    very cool stuff
    I am a frustrated with my results on the car too. I think I need to add something to reflect on it. More experiments are needed. =)

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    very cool stuff
    I am a frustrated with my results on the car too. I think I need to add something to reflect on it. More experiments are needed. =)

    Does LUXUS allow you to use an HDRI and render the object out with an alpha channel so that you can hide the hdri if you want? Better yet, can you do as in Carrara and set the hdri in the scene's Background slot, then add a color, color gradient or image to the Backdrop slot to hide the hdri if needed? Does LUXUS allow the use of shadow catchers?

  • AquilaAquila Posts: 19
    edited December 1969

    I've also been trying to get to grips with Luxus and Luxrender. Here's a couple of my recent trys.

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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    Aquila77 said:
    I've also been trying to get to grips with Luxus and Luxrender. Here's a couple of my recent trys.

    Amazing work. The skin and tattoos look awesome. And the clothes and light have a real nice feel to them.

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    This is another experiment with Carrara 8.5 Pro and LUXUS for Carrara. This time I used the Uzilite D 207 car model. I tried an HDRI on a LUX infinite light and added a city block from Stonemasons Urban Sprawl 2.

    I couldn't resist adding a little smoke in Photoshop. =)

    Click here to view the stereoscopic 3D version at 3dLive

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  • AquilaAquila Posts: 19
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    Aquila77 said:
    I've also been trying to get to grips with Luxus and Luxrender. Here's a couple of my recent trys.

    Amazing work. The skin and tattoos look awesome. And the clothes and light have a real nice feel to them.

    Thank you. Both these images were lit with a HDRI (Lux infinite) and a single mesh light.

  • IamArtistXIamArtistX Posts: 119
    edited June 2014

    I did have plans to try a few Luxus skin test renders, but someone showed me the PS3 Game - Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and I am hooked, so no renders from me for a bit :p - but don't let that stop you making and showing off what you manage to do, and of course with full details of how you got them, more documentation the better, and if you could, make it really easy to understand, as I am a bit dim when it comes to such things :P

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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    Thanks for the feedback and tips.
    This is another experiment with Carrara 8.5 Pro and LUXUS for Carrara. This time i tried some other skin and hair materials. Since I couldn't get Fur to work with LUXUS for Carrara, this image is a combination of a LUXUS for Carrara's render and Carrara's default render.
    Thanks for looking.

    Click here to view the stereoscopic 3D version at 3dLive

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    Thanks for the feedback and tips.
    This is another experiment with Carrara 8.5 Pro and LUXUS for Carrara. This time i tried some other skin and hair materials. Since I couldn't get Fur to work with LUXUS for Carrara, this image is a combination of a LUXUS for Carrara's render and Carrara's default render.
    Thanks for looking.

    Your render looks great as well as the skin tones, which makes me really reluctant to bring this up, but it's just nagging at me.

    The white woman looks cross-eyed to me, or at least like the left eye is aimed to far to the right. Sorry. It just jumps out me when I look at the picture.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,522
    edited December 1969

    IamArtistX said:
    ~ after the issues I have had with Carrara and some of the Genesis figures and clothing, crashing Carrara to the desktop, I am not as inspired as I once was, maybe I should stick to V4/M4 for characters in futureThat's what I do when I get frustrated with Genesis. I'm not giving up on it... as with generation 4, when it first came out, I'm slowly beginning to learn, and appreciate the new technology. But when it comes to actually digging in and getting something done... I find that my good ol' generation 4 figures just never seem to let me down!

    Here is old image i did using Luxus

    Very sweet!
  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,522
    edited December 1969

    Aquila77 said:
    I've also been trying to get to grips with Luxus and Luxrender. Here's a couple of my recent trys.

    Ouch! Fine work! Very nice!

    evilproducer said:
    very cool stuff
    I am a frustrated with my results on the car too. I think I need to add something to reflect on it. More experiments are needed. =)

    Does LUXUS allow you to use an HDRI and render the object out with an alpha channel so that you can hide the hdri if you want? Better yet, can you do as in Carrara and set the hdri in the scene's Background slot, then add a color, color gradient or image to the Backdrop slot to hide the hdri if needed? Does LUXUS allow the use of shadow catchers?My thoughts, exactly.

    Joe, the car shot looks much better with something in the background, but the red surface of the thing still doesn't look hard/solid like a car body should. Hmmmm....

    Love that last one, though... Love it! Very nice!

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the feedback,
    Her eye bugs me too. I am also not sure what to do with the car to get it look like a car should.
    More experimenting is needed. =)

  • IamArtistXIamArtistX Posts: 119
    edited December 1969

    up the reflection and shininess a bit

  • DUDUDUDU Posts: 1,945
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    Thanks for the feedback,
    Her eye bugs me too. I am also not sure what to do with the car to get it look like a car should.
    More experimenting is needed. =)

    Do you know Barbra Streisand ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand

  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    DUDU_00001 said:
    joeping said:
    Thanks for the feedback,
    Her eye bugs me too. I am also not sure what to do with the car to get it look like a car should.
    More experimenting is needed. =)

    Do you know Barbra Streisand ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand

    You mean Babs? Yeah, we hang out all the time. I really wish she'd quit singing every time we have a movie night! Do you know how annoying it is when she launches into, Hello Dolly when we're trying to watch the 1980s romantic comedy, Mannequin?!? I'm sure she thinks it's ironically hilarious. She gets like that when she has a bit much to drink. ;-)

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    IamArtistX said:
    up the reflection and shininess a bit

    Thanks, I'll give that a try. I get confused using LUXUS since roughness seems to affect the reflection and shininess
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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    DUDU_00001 said:
    Do you know Barbra Streisand ?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand

    That's funny I never noticed her eye before. John Ritter's right eye always bugged me, I think he had coloboma.
    Scroll down this page to see close up photographs of John Ritter : http://www.fluffytails.ca/johnritter1.asp

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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    IamArtistX said:
    After seeing some of the images in this thread I was going to try and make something, but after the issues I have had with Carrara and some of the Genesis figures and clothing, crashing Carrara to the desktop, I am not as inspired as I once was, maybe I should stick to V4/M4 for characters in future

    Out of curiosity, what problems have you had with Genesis in Carrara? I have only been using Genesis with Carrara. I haven't tried Genesis 2 yet.

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited June 2014

    Thanks for the tips and feedback.
    Here is a revised car image with the the reflection and shininess upped a bit. I like it better, but feel I am still missing something.

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  • evilproducerevilproducer Posts: 9,050
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    Thanks for the tips and feedback.
    Here is a revised car image with the the reflection and shininess upped a bit. I like it better, but feel I am still missing something.

    Do you have any lights besides the IBL? Maybe a rim light or something?

  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    I used two mesh lights and one infinite light. One mesh on the passenger side and one at the front. Maybe a rim light would help. I probably need to see how people light cars in real life.

  • SLoTH_XVXSLoTH_XVX Posts: 199
    edited December 1969

    I am just getting back to rendering after several years off...mostly due to a poor computer that was falling way behind the times and would not allow me to create as I wanted to...but also due other parts of life taking priority. I investing in a reasonable system and am revisiting some of my old Cararra scenes and cooking them through Luxus. WOW, what a difference, a difference in finished renders on the good side...but also a difference in cook time too. So far I will take the slower cook time for the results.

    This is my first re-look at a scene of mine. The first image is the one cooked (and tweaked) with Luxus and the second is the original straight through Carrara.

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  • JoepingletonJoepingleton Posts: 746
    edited December 1969

    Wow that is great work

  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,739
    edited December 1969

    joeping said:
    Thanks for the tips and feedback.
    Here is a revised car image with the the reflection and shininess upped a bit. I like it better, but feel I am still missing something.

    This may help with perfecting your car paint shaders
    http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/LuxRender_Materials_CarPaint
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