Ice ar.. can you get me more RAM?

I need more RAM! I need 1GB sticks! LOL

Here's a finished rendering... can't see much details once compressed.
Rendering took about 8 hours for 2k.


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wohh 8 hours aaa wat vga card u use ??

Uh..rendering speed depends on the processor The card merely displays what you see on screen, not the math processing.
Anyway rendered it on a P4 3.0E. I think it's time to upgrade to a dual or something.

phuck. 8 hours? on a 3.0E? phuck
you can use your graphics card to render, you know, if you have a quadro or something.

BTW.. nice GI

This post has been edited by chewxy: Nov 9 2004, 12:21 PM

how to render by using graphic card? can teach? lightwave also can use graphic card to render?

READ

Get it here!
BTW, I don't think Max works very well with ATi Cards, which is why, once more, nVidia pwns all

what if using lightwave or Maya? still can use this plugins to render by using graphic card?

Maya obviously also support hardware rendering.. read a book about it in MPH

i used Maya a couple of months ago...
if i'm not mistaken, it does support hardware rendering

Well, I suppose my 8 pipeline card can still beat your 4 pipeline, no? Oh wait, my ATi 8 pipeline can beat some nVidia 8 pipelines! Enjoy!

Then again, maybe you should look at this and think hard about FireGL cards.
3ds max 7 news

i know this sounds noob... but how did u make the glass transparent and make it look so real?

Trade secret. If I tell you, I'd have to kill you

Nah.. it's simple. texture. opacity 30%
The feel real part does not come from the glass.. it comes from the surroundings.

Don't forget to add some refraction values to it... & incidence

Speaking of which : WHAT THE HELL is the index of refraction of glass?
Google is stupid

Happy Raya to all!


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i dun remember much bout 3D anymore, but as i got through Gnomon Workshop b4, Maya do support hardware rendering. but... the performance of hard-ren performs very well in low numbers of rendering. hence, if u render an animation, computer power is still the main key.

p.s. guyz in 3D should really get hold of some Gnomon Workshop stuff. they teach pro-level Maya. things u won't find in books or e-books.

This is what I think :

I suppose that would depend on the thickness of the glass, the curvature etc. Refraction index is used for optics mostly (spectacles especially) It determines how much the glass "bends" the light that goes through it. So the answer is, it depends. How thick is your glass ? what is the curvature ? convex or concave ? both sides curved or only one side ? or maybe it's wavy ? all this will affect the refractive index. So there's no one RI, it depends on the characteristics of the glass

But I could be wrong I guess

This post has been edited by wodenus: Nov 14 2004, 02:20 PM

yup
Gnomon Workshop rawks... but too bad no $$ to pay for the video tutorials