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Hardware / workstation build 6-10k €

« on: 2023-01-09, 13:13:21 »

Hi guys,

Looking to make a new workstation/rendering machine build for our office, with a 6-10K budget.

We have another machine with a 3990x which we are happy with but I am surprised that the price is even higher than 2 years ago when I did the build.
As I'm not very up to date with current processors I would like to know which cpu would you recomend to base a build on?

Thanks

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[Max] I need help! / Random Black frames when rendering animation

« on: 2022-04-03, 13:25:31 »

Hello,

Since the last two projects I am getting random black frames when rendering animations and also I find this errors device or ressource busy.

I am using Corona version: 7 (Hotfix 1) Full-speed, Non-debug, MaxSDK 2020 Build timestamp: Aug 11 2021 10:53:33  Defines: Wide RGB

It happend once before on another animation. Tryed on different computers, also renderd localy. Frames are 1920x1080, and it happens even on 3990x+128gb ram, also on some xeons or other computers.

I have also submited a ticket, but I have no reply yet, maybe someone has encountered this before?

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Jobs / looking for remote collaborators corona/3ds max

« on: 2018-06-01, 12:34:21 »

Hello,

As we have an increasing demand in projects, mostly done for France (www.octavtirziu.com) we are looking for collaborators willing to work remotely.

required:

-good 3ds max modelling skills
-good corona texturing and material knowledge
-understanding of architectural drawings, annotations

+french language is a plus

Payment according to profile.

Don't hesitate to send us your portfolio and rates.
atelier@octavtirziu.com

Thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / wood texture

« on: 2018-04-17, 11:57:54 »

Hi guys. I am looking for a wood texture like this one. Any ideas where to find one?

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Gallery / tropicalia greenhouse

« on: 2018-04-13, 18:49:09 »

Hi guys this is a project we did some time ago but only recently we could show it.

We also did this 360 spherical panorama

 http://www.vrto.me/_office/preview.php?p=3349&d=20180413184806&u=1393&c=1a1d2b81e043c6b8d9a79751d772a60b0e395734

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[Max] I need help! / I need some help on this 360 with Gear VR and vrto.me

« on: 2018-03-20, 14:25:15 »

Hi,

We did this panorama https://goo.gl/x6kCvG for some clients using VRto.me website (this is why I didn't post in Corona VR thread).

I have tested it with google cardboard and it works just fine (I just have to modify the overlap to 1.15, I think it was)
My clients who have a presentation today and of course they did not test it before called me to say the image is distorted and provokes dizziness  with the default settings for the S8+SMR325 headset.

Can anybody try it on gear VR (i don't have one) and let me know if there are some settings that work better than the defaults?

Thanks!

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[Max] I need help! / optimizing scene for animation (corona 1.7 hotfix 2 slower than 1.7)

« on: 2018-02-08, 18:44:36 »

Hi guys,

This time i'm trying to optimize a pretty large scene for animation.The plants cars people are all scattered with corona, and I reduced the number.
I am ok with about 5% noise after 15 minutes of rendering the problem is the big parsing and geometry time of around 11 min per frame. I have disabled displacement, I am using PT+PT and rendering at 720p.

Another thing is this is an older scene done 1 year ago, and a strange thing is parsing works faster on my 5960x with corona 1.7 where I did not get an RAM error message that on my 2x2699v4 with 1.7 hotfix 2 where it goes over 64gb. I also tried to merge everthing in a new scene but it goes even slower.

The plants are not moving but there are a lot of them, do you have any ideas on what more can I do to improve the performance?

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[Max] I need help! / achieving smooth animation

« on: 2018-02-02, 11:08:03 »

Hello,

I have recently started to test some animation. As you know animation testing is not that fast so I figured it won't be bad to ask for some advice to speed up the process.

This video is rendered at 29.97 fps, and it feels a little jagged especially the right side of the building in the foreground.

I used PT+UHD (precomputed)
GIvsAA : 16
LSM: 2
Animation (flicker-free) precision 1.0


Noise level 3% denoise 0.6.

Any thoughts on how I can improve this?

Thanks a lot!

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[Max] I need help! / [solved] REBUS says can't find missing HdCache.hdc

« on: 2017-11-01, 19:40:54 »

Hi,

First try I am trying to use rebus farm with corona 1.7 it says it can't find  HdCache.hdc. I have never had this error with 1.6, and I didn't touch any of these settings here.

Anyone has a cule?

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Gallery / cassina sofa

« on: 2017-04-19, 17:48:25 »

this sketch is inspired by a cassina catalog, it will probably suffer some modifications in the future if i'll have the time.

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[Max] I need help! / Varying brick texture

« on: 2017-03-02, 17:27:14 »

Hi guys,

A client has requested me some particular brick pattern. One dark (first photo) with deep joints like (second photo) and one light but also varied (third photo).  It's kind of a short deadline so I don't have a lot of time to experiment. What workflow would you approach ? paint a texture in PS, do a floor generator thing  I'm curios to know. I'll share the results of my tests also.
Thanks!

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Gallery / winning entry - social housing building in Paris

« on: 2017-02-12, 14:56:15 »

These were the images we made for Projectiles architects which won the competition to design this social housing bulding in Paris.

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Gallery / Social housing Paris

« on: 2017-02-02, 12:06:58 »

This is the first image from a series of shots of a housing building in Paris. This was done in collaboration with a friend, in order to show him my workflow and see whether we could work together.

the second image is a raw, lightmix option

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[Max] I need help! / [solved] Sometimes 3ds max PhysCamera disables my simple exposure

« on: 2017-01-30, 13:15:38 »

Hello,

Sometimes when I create a physical camera in 3ds max 2017 I can't control the exposure from the render settings.
Simple exposure is checked, I have no corona camera mod and in corona interactive i can see the exposure changing when I'm in perspective viewport but it's locked when i go to camera viewport.

Am I missing something in the settings of the physical camera?

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[Max] I need help! / Creating Moire

« on: 2017-01-26, 13:35:22 »

Hello,

I have a client that keeps asking for more of the "moire effect"each time. Is there any way i can influence the settings to produce more moire ? because if not i'm going to cheat it in photoshop.