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Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:05 pm

Klog of the Kerkythea forum shared this model of a Gothic Cathedral for all to render. He also started a thread for it on SketchUcation here.
Here's my very first "stab". I only applied a Thin glass material template to all stained glass windows, and a rough stone template to the floor, polished stone template to the marble... and a couple more templates like this to the other major surfaces. No unique tweaks. Then hit render. I did not touch the sky/lighting at all.

This is a 6hr render on Easy 09.
Next thing to do is to find a better/more interesting camera angle.
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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by rangerrick » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:55 am

That's why Twilight is such a "Gem". Great results with minimal effort.

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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:17 am

Found this scene view in the model, and went for a "mood".
The cathedrals in Paris felt to me to have high contrast dark and light areas something like this.
(right-click>view image for full res)
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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Klog » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:49 am

Fletch

I love it
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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:12 pm

:hat:
Another one... (from a scene found in the model)
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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by alvydas » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:17 pm

latest looks nice. What is the secret volumetric light?

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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:24 pm

"God Rays" (volumetric light) = just 5-10 min. post pro.

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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:03 am

Having more fun with this than I expected. It's pretty much just "open model>hit render wherever you like".

post-pro = tiny lens blur, a little exposure/sharpness, a little noise reduction, glowing light effect from upper windows
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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Chris » Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:16 pm

That last one is a cool view. Great texture detail.

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Re: Gothic Cathedral

Post by Fletch » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:35 am

One more
Which is better, the "before" or "after" post processing?
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