aston martin DB9 restyled

[grafiks]

hello

I'm sorry for my english because I don't speak very well but I hope you understood
I have seen the hight level of your model and I hope don't disappoint you

It my first post in SMcar and I have made a aston martin restyled with Blender and yafaray for render engine

I have finished the modeling (exept some detail), and I begin the texturing
I have already post my project in two website (in french, sorry):
- Forums - [WIP] et travaux terminés - aston martin | probleme shader | debut decor page 2 - The Blender Clan
- aston martin | probleme de materiaux | debut décor

I wait your comment
if you want some detail, don't hesitate

[tom120934]

Welcome here, grafiks. I've seen and commented your project on BlenderClan (ThomasBaron, as you may already have guessed )

I hope you'll enjoy your stay here. But I'm sure you'll get constructive feedback.

Try to add a sun to your scene, to get more contrast. It's really hard to tell the surfaces of the car. Hey, it's even hard to distinguish the car from the background.

[Krystian]

Hi and welcome to SMCars. Enjoy your stay here!
Honestly, I can't see too much in this render. You should work on your lighting settings. I'm sure that a lot of blender users can help you
Good luck

EDIT: Tom was faster

[grafiks]

hello

thanks for your comment

I have made a new render with just photon mapping as path+photon
I am sorry for the grain (black pixel) but I'm a newbies with yafaray and I don't know the right settings

a new picture

[tom120934]

juste (fr) != just (en)
juste (fr) == right, correct (en) : the right settings

For Yafaray interior renders (as your scene is almost one) I use this tutorial : really good results ! Getting started with YafaRay and Blender 3D for interior design

Hope it helps.

[grafiks]

thanks Tom120934 for the correction, I have confused these words

and thank for the link, I try it tomorow if I have some time and I post a render

[grafiks]

hello

I have made a new render because the other are not very well
I have used the settings that gave me tom120934 and I love this render, don't you ?

[Big Ron]

The car and the interior scene is great. I like it to put cars in complete scenes. I am waiting for the texture. Keep on going

[grafiks]

hello big Ron

thanks you very much for your comment

I begin the texturing but I have a probleme with the shader of a rim, he stop yafaray and blender close

I have an error message in the windows console but it is not a great help
somebody these had it been ?

[Big Ron]

Please post a pic of the error screen. It could be a wrong shader, which is not supported by the renderer, the scene is too complex and your computer does not manage to render the scene or your texture memory is overloaded by too many and too big textures.

But it could be more to crash your program

[tom120934]

I second Big Ron. Please post the Yafaray full error message.

Which hardware are you rendering with ? Because 3h for the render you posted is overkill. It may be either low-end hardware, or useless quality settings.

[Big Ron]

You can call me just Ron, it is not necessary to add the "Big" I am just 1,78m

[tom120934]

Or maybe RonRon like in Harry Potter ? Just kidding of course, it's just more convenient to use full nickname of someone you don't know.

Oh, btw, call me Tom

[grafiks]

hello

for this render, I have used yafaray and your tutorial Tom with the original settings (of this tutorial)
the scene haven't texture, just some shader

I have taken a screenshoot of the console and the settings of my rim shader

my computer can be overloaded because I haven't a great configuration (intel core2duo, Nvidia GeForce 8400m g 128mb, 2Go of ram (RAM memory)

I my scene, I have 427264 vertices

[tom120934]

You have a pretty recent setup, just make sure your laptop is on AC and your CPU at full speed (as Intel SpeedStep is often activated as default on laptops)

Can you post a view of your Settings tab, and also of your World tab ?

[grafiks]

hello

Originally Posted by tom120934 Can you post a view of your Settings tab, and also of your World tab ?

where can I find this information, in the panel configuration of Vista or yafaray

my CPU isn't at full speed every time when I make a render but at ~50/~70%

[tom120934]

I meant the Settings and World tabs from Yafaray, of course : they're visible on your previous Yafaray screenshot.

About the CPU being not at 100%, this is because you're still rendering with Threads = 1 (check it in the Settings tab) As you run with a dual core CPU, you should use at least 2, to make sure there is at least one thread per core.

What I meant about the frequency is not the number of cores or the load of the CPU. A laptop Intel CPU with SpeedStep technology can downclock itself on its own, to save some power. Saving power is a good thing, but it's obviously not what you want when rendering. So check the CPU frequency in your computer properties (if you're running with Windows) to make sure you're using the full power of your laptop.

[grafiks]

hello

I'm come back, I had a problem with my mouse and with the touch pad, it's not very easy

I have made two screenshot, setting panel and world panel

I have always my problem with the shader, I upload my .blend files, if you want to see and understand my problem

Fichier DBx_2.blend

[grafiks]

hello SMcar

I restart my aston martin after a little pause

I have made a new render with some Shader and I think, the Superstructure's color is the great, I like this

I have many project for my aston martin
I want rebuild the rims because they are not very solid
and I will probably make the interrieur

I'm waiting your comments with impatience

[tom120934]

You should focus first on getting your model finished, then you'll have plenty of time to build a scene and play with shaders.

About the model, you should work on surface smoothness, because reflections are really weird, and it ruins your project a bit. Also, the windows/windshield are looking thickness-less. Are they a simple surface ? If so, Yafaray can't compute proper refractions, so the bad result.

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(french version as the thread's author and me are both french )

Tu devrais d'abord te concentrer pour finir ton modèle, ensuite tu auras tout le temps pour faire une scène et jouer avec les matériaux.

A propos du modèle, tu devrais travailler le lissage des surfaces, car les réflections sont vraiment bizarres et ça nuit un peu à ton projet. De plus, les fenêtres/pare-brise semblent sans épaisseur. Sont-ils une simple surface ? Si oui, Yafaray ne peut calculer correctement les réfractions, d'où le mauvais résultat.