Battlestar arts old

[gmd3d]

here some pic old and new .BATTLESTAR

[gmd3d]

>Next picture Viper and Raider Battle


>Next picture Galactica discovers Earth: based on Dark Exodus

any Ideas for renderings My skills are limited but I will give anything a go.

[Stevew]

Did I inspire you

There can never be enough. I put up a pik of DS9
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[Darrell Lawrence]

Scenes look good. Set up very well.

But those tS glows... ugh!

Not the artists fault, I don't think. It's the program.

BTW, find any tutorials online regarding tS lighting/shadows? Maybe they have a fix for the glows too...

In fact, I'm gonna point a member here who's a tS wizard (besides Steve).

[Stevew]

LOL
I am as bad as it gets in texing
I just make models.
T I just uploaded the DS9 meshe and there is a runabout there as well
http://www.firedragon.com/~cfleets/d...notforrel/?M=D

[Solar]

Hey. Firstly, what version of the program are you using? That may be the problem right there. 5 and up have a much more complex lighting engine than any of the other versions. Secondly, how many lights are you using in the scenes? It looks to me like you're using a single fill light in all the scenes. You should have at the VERY LEAST two fill lights and an accent light. Pick your light sources when you're setting up the scene. Anything that would emit light should have it's own light source. If you don't have the rendering resources to use radiosity, you can just expiriment with omni lights etc. Lastly, glows are a no no. Never use the onboard settings for any kind of blooms, glows, lensflares etc. That should all be done in post in photoshop. Render in layers and composite them later. Much more control. Much more efficient.

I don't really have any tutorials on hand, as I've taught myself most of what I know.. I'd suggest checking Caligaris own site.. And try googling moonmans truespace resources. I don't know if the site still exists, but he might have some tutorials there. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.
If you want to send me the scene file from one of those pictures, I can try and light it, and show you what truespace can really do. Even if just to shut Darrel up about truespace.

Jon

[Darrell Lawrence]

Thanks for replying, Jon.

But you *know* I'll never stop bugging you about toySpace

[Stevew]

Wait til you see the TS7 Vray renderer

[gmd3d]

Originally Posted by Solar

Hey. Firstly, what version of the program are you using? That may be the problem right there. 5 and up have a much more complex lighting engine than any of the other versions.

Solar thanks for helping me out. the prog is TS5.2 SSE.

Secondly, how many lights are you using in the scenes? It looks to me like you're using a single fill light in all the scenes. You should have at the VERY LEAST two fill lights and an accent light. Pick your light sources when you're setting up the scene. Anything that would emit light should have it's own light source. If you don't have the rendering resources to use radiosity, you can just expiriment with omni lights etc. Lastly, glows are a no no. Never use the onboard settings for any kind of blooms, glows, lensflares etc. That should all be done in post in photoshop. Render in layers and composite them later. Much more control. Much more efficient.

Yes I see, I did use one light source in my earler stuff and in the later two sources , the prog out side TS that I use is called Dogwaffle (a free prog) photoshop is on my wish list. ..

That is some thing I have no idea about

radiosity: I have not worked in that yet. so much to learn


I don't really have any tutorials on hand, as I've taught myself most of what I know.. I'd suggest checking Caligaris own site.. And try googling moonmans truespace resources. I don't know if the site still exists, but he might have some tutorials there. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.
If you want to send me the scene file from one of those pictures, I can try and light it, and show you what truespace can really do. Even if just to shut Darrel up about truespace.

Jon

Ok that great , I will and do have loads of questions but have to go to work now

[gmd3d]

Warrior: thank for pointing Solar my way : I can use a teacher in TS and
if my work is ok now .. just wait and see as I learn more... watch this space

[Darrell Lawrence]

No prob. Jon's a good guy and a better friend. Learn as much as you can from him

[gmd3d]

Originally Posted by Warrior

No prob. Jon's a good guy and a better friend. Learn as much as you can from him

Will do does Jon have art around the web ??? love to see some .

[gmd3d]

Jon.
I would like to learn more about lighting and how I can add the engine glows which I have to do later ... can I do them in TS ?