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by Dknight
Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:56 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Is Raylectron support forum dead?
Replies: 4
Views: 8368

Re: Is Raylectron support forum dead?

Nope. Think support checks it very often.
I check it every couple of days.
by Dknight
Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Background size
Replies: 9
Views: 24198

Re: Background size

The background image is automatically upscaled to be the side it needs to fit. however if you're looking to modify the proportions of it you'll need to do it in photoshop first. I do this at times. I'll add 2-3" of white on the bottom to make it a different proportion. Of course the white is no...
by Dknight
Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:58 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Crash when using high resolution (4K)
Replies: 18
Views: 24285

Re: Crash when using high resolution (4K)

I hope that you're not all answering as "support" - or else I've had some really strange conversations! :)
by Dknight
Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Crash when using high resolution (4K)
Replies: 18
Views: 24285

Re: Crash when using high resolution (4K)

I use raylectron V4.99 x64 for CPU and run on a 4k monitor without issues.
by Dknight
Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:52 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: It's all gone very quiet?
Replies: 9
Views: 14240

Re: It's all gone very quiet?

you dare not!
lol
by Dknight
Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:47 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: R%aylectron and skatter
Replies: 5
Views: 10251

Re: R%aylectron and skatter

NPS wrote:Thats cool, It will work out well with you as Skatter has a list of compatible render plugins, so good exposure and street cred:)
Yes, this is something the Raylectron team needs to get their name on. Free (hopefully) advertising!
by Dknight
Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:17 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Lighting and IES Files
Replies: 4
Views: 9343

Re: Lighting and IES Files

Sounds wonderful! :shock:

:D
by Dknight
Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:26 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Lighting and IES Files
Replies: 4
Views: 9343

Re: Lighting and IES Files

That's great news!

V4 was an incredible upgrade from V3. I can only imagine the differences to V5!
by Dknight
Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:42 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Lighting and IES Files
Replies: 4
Views: 9343

Lighting and IES Files

Just curious, Has there been any thoughts about incorporating IES lighting files into the rendering package and being able to apply that lighting info for rendering? Specifically the light fall off, and patterns. Ex: http://www.lithonia.com/photometrics.aspx Ex: http://www.indigorenderer.com/documen...
by Dknight
Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:52 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Parallel Rendering Projection
Replies: 6
Views: 16753

Re: Parallel Rendering Projection

Yeah. Facing the same problem with my project too. It is getting converted to a perspective rendering automatically. I think there is no way to keep the parallel projected camera till date. Please implement this feature soon. Thanks in advance. Sketchup does not provide a mean to extract this infor...
by Dknight
Mon May 20, 2013 7:57 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Explanation of "normal map"
Replies: 2
Views: 9329

Re: Explanation of "normal map"

I've had some really good renders with normal maps.

There is a free plugin for photoshop so you can make them yourself too if you need to.

https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-tex ... -photoshop
by Dknight
Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:52 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Missing PNG Transparent Texture
Replies: 2
Views: 9919

Re: Missing PNG Transparent Texture

I'm using 3.0. I sorted out my problem. User error. This is an old project that we're finally starting work on the last building in. Since the texture i linked was in the model, i presumed that's what i used on that area. Once you got it to work, i went and dug deeper. Embarrassed to say, i had used...
by Dknight
Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Missing PNG Transparent Texture
Replies: 2
Views: 9919

Missing PNG Transparent Texture

Hey, got a PNG texture for a wire mesh i'm using. but it's not rendering and i'm not sure why. There are no special raylectron settings applied, and it has no transparency set on it. Not sure why it wont render. Any ideas?
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by Dknight
Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Grass and Fur?
Replies: 15
Views: 32575

Re: Grass and Fur?

lol. morning laugh.
thanks :)
by Dknight
Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:43 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

looking sharp. can't wait!
by Dknight
Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:36 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

A few things: with 16gb of ram, you need to be running a version of windows that is 64bit. If you are running a version of windows that is 64 bit you need to BE SURE you are using the 64 bit version of raylectron. otherwise, all the memory is limited to 4gb. to find out what version of windows you a...
by Dknight
Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:54 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

Hey, thought id post this as it seemed somewhat relevant :) still a work in progress of course. Did this using the methods described earlier using an image for grass. It really ate my machine up having it displayed. It was very CPU hungry. Since sketchup is still a single-core single-process 32 bit ...
by Dknight
Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

CGtextres now has a yearly membership fee, and they moved the HDRI stuff off to a new site.

but I've never bought anything from them anyway. I use free textures.
by Dknight
Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:48 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

by Dknight
Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:48 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

this one for example is pretty good.
http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?i ... 8d3l7kg5t3

check out the tiled preview.
by Dknight
Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:45 am
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Question on slope grass
Replies: 163
Views: 282389

Re: Question on slope grass

You can look here too.. (i love sharing this link as it's so good) http://www.cgtextures.com/ Nature -> Grass -> anyting labeled "Set tile" should work. free materials are smaller in size, large maps require a premium membership. they do not include normal maps... But i've learned how to c...
by Dknight
Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:07 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)
Replies: 32
Views: 60214

Re: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)

The interior walls are there (just white at the moment). they are washed out though because I've pumped up the exposure gama, and other settings. might try doing it in Photoshop with the HDRI image instead. I get different results. We don't plan on rendering it at night, but we wanted to illuminate ...
by Dknight
Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:56 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)
Replies: 32
Views: 60214

Re: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)

playing around with this (still rendering)

i didn't not know about HDRI images, thanks for that tip! got great control over it here too.
by Dknight
Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:42 pm
Forum: Raylectron
Topic: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)
Replies: 32
Views: 60214

Re: Best way to illuminuate under a porch (the ceiling)

almost no shadow at all... it looks pretty good though.

if i turn the sun way down and amp up the daylight, i could probably get something very similar.