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Competition Voting.

DAKLOL — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:15:09 GMT

Below you will see all the final entries which qualify, which means they are valid and can be voted on, thus entries not seen here can't be voted on. If you think your entry should be here but isn't, please contact me or any other staff member.

How voting works:
Basically the same as earlier competitions, you select the 3 entries you think are best, of course, try not to be biased, and do not vote for your own entry.

Example:
1. 3ds max
2. XSI
3. Maya

Of course, critique and reasons for picking this list is also allowed.

Voting by staff will be done separately, and will be shown when the winners are announced.

RWKnope

fahid_2003

stephn

agrmrs

decosouza

theredbob

Ervis

krzychoo

Good luck to all participants!

Carpet Tutorials

reptar — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:50:09 GMT

Hi, i'm modelling an interior room and i would like to lay down some carpet. Does anyone know of any good tutorials for modelling/creating carpet?

Thanks!

3D BPC Building

DMR — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:54 GMT

Hello to all this was some of my latest works for a client. About perspective the client wanted this kind of view, is not my way to work but i like it.

I hope you like it

3ds max 2009 - Vray sp2 - Ps Cs4

Greetings

DMR

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My shot at the contest

frankyplata — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:45:38 GMT

Well, I hope I'm not late. This is my girl, which has been giving me lots of headaches (insisting in using hair simulation was a bad, bad, bad idea). I hope you like it, because I'm not too fond of it right now (I'm really tired).

The default pass:

The almost decent render:

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	cowgirl01.jpg (112.5 KB)
	cowgirl02.jpg (118.2 KB)

Multi Matte Render elements

Bundie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:06:01 GMT

I read in 3D World magazine issue 116 in the Pre Viz-Architecture section that they render the entire scene and they use render masks for all materials using MultiMatte render elements, as to have full control of individual materials in Photoshop

I guess my question is, how is this done?
I looked in the render elements rollout but could not find any multimatte option.
Is this a VRay option?
Im a MR user :)

VRayspawner missing maps issue! Solved.

MrTom — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:50:22 GMT

Although this problem is now solved I thought I'd post the solution up here, (would be nice to post in a VRay forum...HINT, HINT, ;)) for future reference. The lack of info about this problem has meant it's taken me a couple of days to sort out, even though the final solution is really simple....just like most problems then!

So, for those of you that have no idea what VRayspawner is or does......go make a cuppa. Those of you that do, read on.

I have used DR more or less from the word go. I've not really had any problems with it apart from the initial teething problems with bitmap paths but that kind of goes without say really. The problem I've recently had didn't stop DR working at all, just not the way I wanted it too...so it was kind of a self-inflicted problem but one which shouldn't have occured. Anyway.....

The senario:

DR uses VRayspawner on the server machine either by.......
1. Manually starting......(double clicking the .exe file) or
2. Run as a service. (From the program menu chaos group).

Now, I'd always run the spawner manually, probably due to the fact that having had problems with it before, this way worked. It was time though to get the spawner to run automatically from boot-time....after all, the option to do this is there and it would mean I wouldn't forget to start it just when I needed to render.

So in a nutshell, running the spawner as a service didn't present any problems until it came to rendering....and the ever popular 'Missing Maps' routine. No matter what I did the server just would not find any bitmaps located on the client.....period. Everything else ran fine though.

The analysis:

Several google searches didn't really come up with much, and what I did find related to occurances several years ago, so no go there....but one bit of info did stir something in the one brain-cell remaining in my head.....it simply said...."didn't run as localhost." Now I'd seen this several times before for various applications so this wasn't exactly new but, how did it relate to the spawner? Well, quite simply when the spawner is run manually it's run by the 'user'...ie: me! When it's run as a service it's run by the 'LocalHost'...ie: Not me!

The simple answer then is to get the service to run, (Log On), under 'user' rather than 'LocalHost', as this seems to work faultlessly. Was this simple to do? Yes.

So for those of you that use VRay, and also use DR..........

The solution:

On the SERVER machine use the option under the 'Chaos Group' in 'All Programs' from the start menu to run 'Spawner' as a service.

Check that the spawner is a service by opening the services from the control panel, (Administrative Tools)......it should be installed but not running (Started).

Right click the spawner service and choose 'Properties'.

Click the 'Log On' tab.

Select 'This Account'.

Click 'Browse'.

In the box provided type in your username...(As used to log into windows).

Click 'Check Names'....this should display the machine name followed by your login name....eg: SERVER\Username.

Click 'OK'

Your account name should now look like " .\Username ".

Type in your password (Same password as to log into windows).

Retype your password.

Click 'OK'.

If you now refresh the services list you should find that the service is now 'logged on' by the 'User' and NOT Localhost.
You can start the service from here or reboot the machine to see if actually works and starts it automatically.

Hopefully this will save someone tearing their hair out, it didn't matter to me....I don't have much left anyway!

Regards.

The end of Wild West (by Krzychoo)

krzychoo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:27:44 GMT

Hi everyone,
My idea is skeleton with bottle of whiskey:D and the canyon in the background.
I started my work four days ago when I listened about this great competition;).
Well� First, I made a scene � canyon, and chest with whiskey.
I have nine hours to finish my work, I must hurry up!

and skeleton model:

Longy & Shorty

pkowal1982 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:53:50 GMT

Final version in HD (history of changes below):

Ok. There's still five days to make submission. I'm going to make a cartoony one.
It'll be about two lonesome cowboys (Longy a taller one and Shorty a fatter one) walking through the desert in the direction of Brokeback Mountain.
Rough sketch of scene:

And some sand and sky:

And little up:

And next up:

Shorty, the man with knive:

Longy, the man with gun:

Longy & Shorty together:

First try:

Steercg--Looking for outsoucing project

steercg2008 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:37:34 GMT

Dear sir,
Steercg is a outsourcing studio providing top-quality service to the global animation,game,and other industry.
our main business on:
3D Animation ( modeling,texturing,lighting, rendering,rigging ,animation ,both for character and building)
Virtural reality.
our animators have a lot of experience in animation industry ,usually have 3-6years experience,until now we have 30 animators ,and we also have own education department for animation training ,excellent graduated students will be absorbed by steercg.We are good at Maya,motionbuilder,3DS Max.
We are looking for company can cooperate with us .
Our reel for your reference:

YouTube - Sample of Character Animation

We will be appreciated when receive your early reply.
Best Regards,
Anna An
Offshore Marketing Manager
MSN:steercg2008@hotmail.com
Tel:+86 411 39750858

Sticker on car paint material

reptar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:42:32 GMT

Hi, i have a toy car which has a Paint Material applied to it. Now, i would like to place a sticker on the side of the car (ontop of the car paint). Is this possible using Opacity maps. There is probably a very simple solution to this. I have the toy car unwrapped as a UVW map in photoshop. The UVW map has the sticker design. Not sure what to do with my UVW map in the material editor alongside Paint Material.

Any ideas most welcome...

Creation of Old, Dirty, Stained, Mossy Materials

Bundie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:46:56 GMT

Hi

I am wondering what peoples work flows are for creating weathered materials?

I am doing an Arch Viz project and want to include an old weathered concrete corner of a building.

I know I can take a photo of a weathered wall and map it to my object, but I want to be precise and have control of the amount and location of the weathereing. for example a concrete wall with a downpipe were I can control the amount of water stains and moss growing around the pipe.
When I speak of control, I mean painting a certain amount of moss and water streaks (dirtyness in general) using Photoshop

Ive heard of texture baking and uvw unwrapping, but not sure what the best option would be.

Can someone point me in the right direction or possibly a tutorial that may help?

Thanks

New Texture Collection "Sky"

AssistCG — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:05:29 GMT

New texture collection was added at assistcg.com: "Sky" category.

The collection comprises:
- 3 sky panoramas;
- PSD file of sky background;
- 11 objects of clouds on a transparent background that can be put on the sky background.

Textures are very handy for creating realistic environment.

Sky textures downloads

architecture WIP: My Bedroom

OzziGuy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:36:04 GMT

Made this up from an old scene I created, re textured it and added a couple of things, also changed the lighting set-up.

Anyway, still working on it, I've attached my latest render, but also along with my original render that I attempted about..oh..3 or so years ago.
Lol..you can really tell the difference, taken me almost 3 years to improve and refine my technique with modelling/vray, but overall I think I'm really happy with how it looks now.

Cheers.
PS: Critiques are essential :p

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Potrait of Buffalo Bill - LostSoul

lostsoul — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:15:32 GMT

Hi everybody, i am a new member here and found this great competition :ecg:...

Maybe it little bit late but i try make my entry for this competition, i hope i can finish it right on time :). I'll post my WIP a soon as possible.

F. Fadly

Eight percent admit to downloading video illegally

OnurCc — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:27:47 GMT

Hi,

Before adding my first post I want to say that congratulations for this great forum.

Last week I came across a survey and according to that 80% of Britain, France, Germany and U.S people admit to downloading video illegally from the net. What do you think about this issue? I mean who will win governments or piracy? As you know, torrent site piratebay is a political part in Sweden and already won a seat in European Parliament Elections.

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