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Hi there!I'm currently working on different types of buildings for my CyGen Project:
Website: [link]
Demo I: [link]
Demo II: [link]
This is simply a demo to demonstrate a displacement mapping technique via mental ray, using the viewport depended subdivision controls. This will allow me to render very highresolution geometry close up to the camera, whereas further buildings will receive less amounts of details, due to the nature of it's tesselation algorithm.
I'm already very looking forward applying this technique on my next upcoming building types.
For the image itself. I've modelled the sculpture in Autodesk Mudbox (simply awesome program!!) within 2-3 hours. Generated a displacement map and rendered it with Mental Ray in Autodesk Maya 2008.
- 1 polygonface in the scene
- approx. 400000 polys during subdivision
- 4.5 hours rendertime on my old X2 4400+, with 2 GB RAM
- Maya 2008, Mudbox, Photoshop CS2
Thanks for watching,
Dan
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Thank you for letting us add your 3Dwork to our gallery!
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hey, awesome work.... is it possible to put up a tutorial on how create displacement maps using high polygon models in maya........ it'll be so helpful. thanks!
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love the face, and ripples. If that building existed in real life it would be the one of the best buildings created by man kind.
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Another awesome and wonderful test and you're really flexing mental ray! Thanks for sharing...
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Beautiful structure and so realistic. I'm just waiting to see her blink
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hast du zufΓ€llig bock davon ein kleines video zu machen? so nur kamerabewegung drumrum oder zB um die verschiedenen detailstufen von fern zu nah zu zeigen? ^^ wΓΌrd mich echt mal intressiern wie das aussieht
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This image was suggested for and included in The Best in 3D Manipulations Week of April 27 - May 4, 2008
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Congratulations! It is my hope that this feature opens up your amazing artwork to many new watchers!
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Hehe, yeah mudbox is totally awesome.
After looking at the images on your website I'm more convinced than ever this CyGen thing is going to be amazing.
Keep the updates coming
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i don't really (at all) understand the process, but it looks really awesome, like cg scenes in anime.
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I am astonished. This is the kind of coding that half of modern computer games struggle with, and really could benefit from stuff like this.
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Autodesk Mudbox sucks. Try zBrush 3 , it's much better, he have more options , efect and type of brushes, no bugs and clear interface.
When you finish CyGen for Maya, can you rebuild it for Autodesk 3Dmax 8 ?
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it would be good to see the mesh without the displacement map for comparison and stuff. It looks amazing. The self shadowing is particulaly good.
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Astounding. Your CyGen project seems even more phenomenally powerful now. I'll definitely be waiting to see this technique used in your next city rendering!
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wow...
just thinking about this project of yours always fills me with inspiration, what you're doing is so amazing
This is the kinda detail you'll see on the close up buildings!?
A few of my friends have used Mudbox...I never knew it was by Autodesk though, I must definitly give it a try. Have you used Zbrush before?
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Dude, you should work for movie companies O_O
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In fact I do ...
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That is absolutely fantastic. Moneys for j00.
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half you not run into any issues with memory limits using displacements in mental ray. I cant for the life of me get around that fact that using displacements and subsurface scattering on multiple objects keeps crashing every pc I work on. Seems like a setup like this would have the same issues
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Hello Steven!
Once in a while we run in "memory limits", but most of the time it's not really a problem.
Mental Ray handles displacement mapping pretty well, if the render- and approximation settings are set correctly.
Mental Ray loads and unloads displacement data at rendertime.
On 64bit systems with 16GB RAM / dual quads, I don't see a problem at all handling any kinds of setup like this.
In fact it wouldn't really require more RAM then if I'd use a highly subdivided geometry instead.
Thanks for your comment!
Dan
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Hey Dan,
Thanks for the response. I definitely don't see a problem on a 64bit system... 16GB of RAM makes me jealous. My home PC is only dual core with 3 GB, which has a lot to do with the reasons anything over about a million poly's in Maya begins to show signs of crashing. I envy your study setup 
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holy **** thats amazing mate. you have an awesome talent. i looks brilliant. cant wait to see this technique implemented in an environment setting.
peace.
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What the shit man I thought this was a photo.
I have no real clue as to what any of the stuff you said actually means but this project is looking good, looking very good.
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really reallistic looking ... keep us tuned, looks like some real amazing stuff
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That is a very nice looking piece. Looks very authentic.
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The procedure sounds wonderful, Dan. I struggle with the technical terms, understanding little of them. However, when I see what you do with what you are talking about, it is beautifully believable, and very worthwhile.
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sweeeeet, man! gotta get me some o this CyGen action....
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