Archive for April, 2009
Posted by Allan Brito on April 30th, 2009 ~
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I still find a lot of experienced Blender 3d artists with problems to migrate completely to YafaRay, most of that is because they have a solid workflow with the old YafRay core, and lots of projects made with the old render engine. If you are one of those artists, with…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 29th, 2009 ~
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If you use Linux to create architectural visualization or develop architectural projects, how can you define your workflow? I have to say that I don’t know much architects or companies that have a workflow for develop architectural visualization or projects, based on Linux machines. Some of that is related to…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 23rd, 2009 ~
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If you work with architectural visualization and 3d modeling with Blender, you probably have faced a problem like receive a full set of technical drawings from a client, in DWG format. And to be able to work and import it to Blender, a middle application like DoubleCAD or another have…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 21st, 2009 ~
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A few weeks ago I was talking about ways to correct the topology of a 3d model, without destroy any faces, vertices or edges of the model. The inspiration to write the article was a pot at the CG Society forums, where an artist was in trouble with a messed…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 20th, 2009 ~
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The most common external renderer to use with Blender 3D is undoubtly YafRay, which is called today as YafaRay. In the past few years I was a heavy user of YafRay to produce architectural visualization renderings, but since YafaRay become stable, I`m always using YafaRay to setup new scenes, especially…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 14th, 2009 ~
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The look and feel of an image is very important for any kind of rendering related to architectural visualization. The challenge to produce a photo real image is sometimes difficult to overcome, and may let some artists disappointed with their first results. I see that all the time with my…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 7th, 2009 ~
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The correct and efficient use of solar energy to warm and illuminate environments is even important for architectural projects. Last week I was talking with a friend of mine, who asks me about a way to project the sun position in Blender 3D, to show a client the position of…
Posted by Allan Brito on April 3rd, 2009 ~
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One thing that I always encourage my students to do is to register in competitions and contests about architectural visualization. Be a part of a competition is a great way to put your skills to the test, and compare your work with the productions of other artists. In architectural projects,…