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Graduated Architect living in Brussels, I'm specialized in the field of architectural visualization.
This blog covers mainly non-professional CG work, architectural rendering, WIPs, photography, CG materials & methods, tutorials, render theories etc.
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Archive for March, 2008

Opacity map performance tweak in VRay

I recently did some test to confirm that disabling the map filtering op an Opacity map in a VRay material improves performance. This is a well know trick that can save you some time if your scene contain a lot of these kind of maps. All following tests are done with the universal settings described in the help files, VRaySun & Sky.

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Posted: March 18th, 2008 under material, vray - 3dsmax.
Comments: 6

Tutorial/Making of Vincent Van Duysen Tower in Beirut

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I had some request on how this tower image was done so here is a small making of this particular project. Even if VRay is not really required for this tutorial, it will be explained with some of this wonderful render engine functions.

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Posted: March 9th, 2008 under 3dsmax, tutorial, vray - 3dsmax.
Comments: 30

Anti Smog – Vincent Callebaut latest project

final_axono_eoliennes, première mise en ligne par pixelab.

Check his website for more informations

Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under pixelab.
Comments: 4