Vue render … learned a lot about the new material zones on terrains as well as ecosystems. Soft focus applied post with Picasa.

Full view here.

I’m so behind the times … I finally got Vue 7 Esprit (at a discount 😉 ) as well as the Ecosystem and EcoPainter modules. This is my first official render with it, and I worked on it about 3 days, in between actual work, that is.

Vue 7 renders much much quicker than Vue 6, so for the first time ever I could use Global Illumination and still finish a render in just over an hour.

Another cool thing is that with the latest update you can now “paint” material zones directly onto objects … so what used to be almost impossible – road tracks on a terrain – was now just a case of drawing two lines and setting the corresponding materials.

And then of course there’s the awesomeness of “painting” your ecosystem the way you want it, and the ease and realism of dynamic populations.

Is it obvious that I’m happy with my new software? LOL, I just wish I had more time to play!

Full view here.

DAZ|Studio render … been preoccupied with other things the last week or so. My PC needs a mind wipe, it’s been acting really weird. And I’ve been working more often than usual in the shop. Cutting seems to be on the back burner for the time being. Ah well.

Full view of the picture here.

Vue render.

Full view here.