Posted on February 9, 2011

A few items to mention today. First, Members can now the new dual and triple-screen renders of “Inner Workings” Rather than simply widen the frame on the single-screen scene (as I almost always do for my multiscreen renders), I’ve chosen instead to zoom in tight and let the “central object” fill the entire frame. I hope it was worth the wait.

Second I wanted to mention an awesome bargain that came across my inbox yesterday. The good folks over at Project Messiah are offering their $499 3D animation software for only $10 (or the $1199 pro version for $40). The catch is the you only get your license if enough people take advantage of the offer (otherwise your purchase if refunded). Here’s the link and please share it with your friends who might be interested in trying out 3D rendering!

Lastly, my new wallpaper is progressing nicely and, while I don’t have an ETA, I have a feeling people will enjoy it. I definintely haven’t done a project like this for a long time.

Posted on February 7, 2011

As I mentioned last time, my “final” version of “Inner Workings” is ready for Members to download.

I’ve brightened the scene (the inner cells are now more transperant and reflect more light) and I’ve dialed back the DOF blur a bit. I also let Fprime “refine” it a about 12 hours longer than version 2 so it should be a bit smoother.

The new multiscreen is rendering on my other box and I hope to have it ready tomorrow. It’s a very different view than the previous multiscreen. . .

Next up, some magic…

Posted on February 3, 2011

Here’s a revised version of “Inner Workings” that I have been working on. Members can find the full res download in the Pickle Jar. Not sure if this clears up anything with regards to what exactly I’ve modeled here. I’ve really enjoyed reading the theories so far however.

You will notice I’ve changed up the colors. It was mentioned that the original version had Green Bay Packers colors so changes had to be made. I’m not bitter though…

Anyway, as usually happens when my renders go more than a few hours, I’ve found a thing or two I would like to tweak before moving on once and for all. Hope to have the final version up early next week.

Posted on February 2, 2011

Still digging out from the big blizzard this morning. I wanted to mention that I’ve created a “Tumblr” feed for DB. I will be using it to post random stuff (like the in-progress screenshot of some updates I’ve made to “Inner Workings”)

Posted on January 28, 2011

I’ve added the dual and triple-screen versions of “Inner Workings” this morning. Even with Fprime, it took over 48 hours to render at 7860 x 1600 on my dual xeon X5365s. I can only imagine how long it would have taken with Lightwave’s native renderer.