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Gallery / Halcyon Hotel

« on: 2021-04-26, 16:23:53 »

This film was written, directed, designed, produced and edited by myself and my co-worker during a quiet month at work.

Our goal with this piece was to explore a a different take on what a marketing campaign could look like for a fictional new hotel development. We wanted to create a strong feeling of anticipation - a warm, comforting sense arrival as the color tones shift from cold blues to the warm interiors.

I could not be happier with our result. The film represents my first opportunity to both fully art direct and also color grade an entire piece from beginning to end, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Personally it also represents a major milestone in my confidence levels when it comes to both interior design and overall art direction for a short film.

The intention is to some day finish the piece, exploring what the bedrooms and amenities  could look like.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/118268973/Halcyon-Hotel

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[Max] I need help! / Re: Caustics Issue

« on: 2021-03-08, 20:52:59 »

I had a feeling that might be the case, but it's great to hear from someone else. That makes sense, thanks for your thoughts!

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[Max] I need help! / Caustics Issue

« on: 2021-03-08, 20:01:07 »

Hi all,

I'm having an issue rendering caustics in my scene.

If I isolate the geometry, it renders perfectly fine, however if I render it with everything that's in the scene turned on, it doesn't render correctly at all. As you  can see from the shadows, there is nothing 'blocking' the light from causing the caustics so I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the issue.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

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[Max] Bug Reporting / Animation Frame Issues

« on: 2020-07-28, 17:38:47 »

Hi there,

Recently (last 3/4 weeks or so), our whole studio has had an issue where when we're working in a Corona Camera viewport, sometimes it will just randomly leave the Camera and switch to perspective without us pressing anything. Usually this is a little annoying but takes 1 second to just hit C and go back to the camera so it hasn't been an issue.

However this past week we've been working on two large animations, and in every sequence of 300 frames (on average), we're getting 10 or so frames which are rendering as perspective, and not the camera that is selected.

Is this a known issue? Is there a fix/workaround?

Thanks very much!

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Hardware / Amazon Prime Day 2019

« on: 2019-07-15, 19:42:29 »

Hey guys,

Just wanted to make this post quickly as I'm looking to buy a new machine for rendering. I would ideally prefer a laptop as it would mean I could be a little more mobile.

I was wondering if anyone had any idea if any of the laptops below (or any of the other Prime deals) would be a good fit for small interior/exterior scenes (I don't have any plans to do large scale scenes at home).

Thanks so much in advance!

ASUS ROG Zephyrus S
https://www.amazon.com/Zephyrus-i7-8750H-GeForce-Military-Grade-Chassis/dp/B07G5Z9H8R?tag=igndeals14-20&ascsubtag=a96d6ee2-8c72-42da-88f0-7a1cf5409312

Razr Blade
https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Blade-15-Smallest-i7-8750H/dp/B07HPQPNV1?tag=igndeals14-20&ascsubtag=2a70114a-6ae9-4b81-a0f1-911f0fa4ebf9

ASUS ROG Strix Scar Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Gaming-8th-Gen-i7-8750H-Processor-Windows/dp/B07BP9G913?tag=cnet-buy-button-20&ascsubtag=ag%3A81cfa005-682b-4922-a166-30945758e083%7Cvg%3A2bb0bb40-a722-11e9-b865-9b5cda57ed02%7Cst%3Adtp

Acer Predator Helios 300
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Predator-i7-7700HQ-1060-6GB-G3-571-77QK/dp/B06Y4GZS9C?tag=cnet-buy-button-20&ascsubtag=ag%3A81cfa005-682b-4922-a166-30945758e083%7Cvg%3A2bb0bb40-a722-11e9-b865-9b5cda57ed02%7Cst%3Adtp

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[Max] I need help! / 32bit EXR from Corona Image Editor

« on: 2018-05-22, 20:36:48 »

Hi all,

We're having an issue here in the office and I just wanted to double check that we're not doing something wrong.

When saving EXRs from the Corona Image Editor, they seem to be saving as 16bit EXRs instead of full float 32bit that we can get if we save the image directly from Max. Is this the case or are we doing something wrong?

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Gallery / Brooklyn Apartment

« on: 2017-11-23, 18:57:58 »

Just a small side project I've been working on for the last 2 weeks. An imaginary apartment in Brooklyn. All designed and visualized by yours truly. Let me know what you think! :)

Head over to my Behance profile if you want to see the high resolution images: https://www.behance.net/PhilRyan

Tools Used: 3DS Max, Corona, Photoshop.

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Gallery / Islington Maisonette - Photo Recreation Study

« on: 2017-07-04, 14:14:08 »

Hey everyone,

With some free time over the last couple of weeks, I decided to try and recreate some photos of a gorgeous project by Larissa Johnston Architects which I found on ArchDaily.
The original photos can be found here: http://www.archdaily.com/805379/islington-maisonette-larissa-johnston-architects

Hope you all like them, I wish I could have done them all but work at the office is getting busier so I said I'd wrap it up and post it now in case I never get around to it!

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Gallery / Loft 9b

« on: 2016-12-11, 23:54:43 »

Hey guys!

First time poster here :)

A couple of months back I stumbled across an amazing project in Sofia, Bulgaria by architects Dimitar Karanikolov and Veneta Nikolova. The space itself is a small loft apartment with some really amazing material and furniture choices. I was really inspired by the project and had been looking for a small scale project to test out Corona on for some time so a couple of weeks back I started the task of modelling the basic structure to see if I could use it for testing purposes.

Working 9-5 as a 3D artist usually means that in my spare time I try to get away from the computer but once I started the project I found I was soon dedicating all of my spare hours in the evenings (which was roughly 1 or 2, so...not a lot!) to constructing the spaces. The the modelling portion itself, which is something I usually don't enjoy so much, was actually really rewarding, and not being the strongest modeller I found that I learned a lot in a short space of time.

When it came to lighting and materials, as I mentioned earlier I had been wanting to test out Corona for the longest time, and so I figured this project would be perfect. I couldn't believe how great an engine it is! Unfortunately my computer at home isn't the greatest so testing any of the heavier scenes (the living room and kitchen had a lot of assets) was laborious and slow, but I found being able to move my region renders in the frame buffer as it was rendering to be an absolute lifesaver and the interactive rendering viewport is a GODSEND when it comes to lighting! Material creation is so incredibly simple that it really allows you to focus on creating very detailed materials without getting bogged down in huge amounts of settings (plus the material ball preview is so much better than Vrays!) Even the error messages when a normal/displacement map has been loaded with the incorrect gamma was a huge benefit when converting Vray materials over and you don't have time to check every single one.

As I said, my computer at home is about 6 years old, which meant that I could have worked much quicker and refined the scenes more had I had access to a faster system, but I found Corona handled it very well overall. I had intended to try and use the existing shots of the space as inspiration for all of my shots, not necessarily to recreate it exactly (that would have taken way too much time!) - so I just made do with what models I had access to which includes a lot of Model+Model and Evermotion assets. Again, the purpose was to get to grips with Corona, not necessarily to focus on recreating the space exactly as it is in reality so I hope you forgive the differences!

Here's a link to check out the real life project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/23385259/Loft-9b-(-photos-not-3D-)
And here's a link to my Behance (very unpopulated right now!) https://www.behance.net/PhilRyan

Hope you enjoy the images, I think I'll keep working on the space in the new year, but with Christmas just around the corner, I figured I won't be rendering anything before January so I thought it would be a nice time to post the images!

Thanks very much guys!