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[Jon Davis]

I'm getting horrible rendered images. I see photos online, on the website, here on the forum and some of ya'lls renderings look great.

 

I can't seem to get Softplan to produce these quality renderings. I'm thinking my hardware may just not be sufficient enough

to create a decent rendering. 

 

 

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[Allen McDonnell]

http://softplan.com/...?hl=illustrated

[Allen McDonnell]

I use Joes render settings in textured mode.  Anti alias at 10.

 

I then export to lumion.  However, I do not render is SP any longer.

[Jon Davis]

Thanks I'll try it

[Gary McKeon]

What is your video card Jon? That may/ may not be your issue.

[Allen McDonnell]

Does not matter.  Softplan uses CPU not GPU.

[Jon Davis]

What is your video card Jon? That may/ may not be your issue.

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[Steve Haarmann]

SoftPlan performance is enhanced with a dedicated video card.

Your video is not ... 

This will affect renderings up to textured mode as they all use the GPU not the CPU.

With ray traced mode the CPU is used rather than GPU.

[Gary McKeon]

Does not matter.  Softplan uses CPU not GPU.

Not fully correct Allen. See Steve's response. 

Jon, that isn't much horsepower to work with and could very well be your reason why.

[Martin Livingston]

Can you post a few of your renderings? Most of us have been developing our rendering settings to suit our own needs for quit a while. Seeing your results might enable us to make a few suggestions.

[Jon Davis]

here's one

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[Allen McDonnell]

I would use certainteed textures when possible.  They are really good.

 

Manuf-SP Plus-Certainteed.  

 

One thing that helps with renderings is adding "context" or "entourage".  

 

Think of rendering as painting a scene.

[Dennis Hilborn]

Windows show better if the walls inside are painted a bit darker.

[Martin Livingston]

Hi,

 

I noticed the sun is not hitting the front of the house at all. rotating the orientation  to get the sun hitting the front of the house at an angle creates some shadows and depth to the pictures. I also colour the glazing a bit and reduce the transparency to make them more realistic. Adding a background with trees and other features creates more realistic reflections in the glazing as well. Try creating a site plan with a bit of grading, walkways and other features like foreground trees and gardens helps to fluff up the image as well. Another add realism is to locate the camera and field of view at a natural eyelevel height.

 

Cheers!

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[Allen McDonnell]

Example...working on this one now.

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[Jon Davis]

I would use certainteed textures when possible.  They are really good.

 

Manuf-SP Plus-Certainteed.  

 

One thing that helps with renderings is adding "context" or "entourage".  

 

Think of rendering as painting a scene.

 

Not using SP Plus.... Just regular ole SP.

[Allen McDonnell]

Why not?  45$ a month.  You spend more than that on lunch every week.

[Philip Frank]

You can also get more realistic glass by changing the "Glazing" material to a dark blue gray with a transparency set to around 70. This was a tip I got from this newsgroup a while ago and it works great.

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[Jon Davis]

Why not?  45$ a month.  You spend more than that on lunch every week.

 

I'm just the draftsman.... just getting my boss to pay for the 2020 upgrade was aggravating enough. 

[David Zawadzki]

Wouldn’t the 2020 upgrade have been included in the $45/mth maintenance fee?