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Not sure what the adjustments in PS were , but the color and saturation is better in the original, you could try turning the Highlights down a bit and lightening the Shadows a bit , while keeping the color. The PS Image just looks a bit "flat" to me and seems to loss some of the "realism" M.

Nah be selfish the perfect PC to "drop back to" while your new i9 13900KS with 64GB DDR5 Ram and a 4090 is rendering I think that Video will definitely help , 1 comment , and it maybe deliberate? is it that it moves a little quickly at least for those of us who aren't Millennials who i assume are not the target demographic here. M.

That will do it ..... When you said I Do I thought you meant you offer Render Farm Services as well now , not that you Know someone who does.... M

In the Sort Term no but yes Chief has a Policy to only support the previous 8 Versions, so currently Libraries as far back as x7 are available, however as far as I know only the current Versions Files are ever updated/fixed. If you have the X12 version of a Library you can install it and Run the Catalog up Date ( good habit to do once a week or so anyway ) and it will be updated to the current X14 version for example , so saved downloads can work to advantage that way too ie save a redownload , one trick is if a Library is updated auto. but is now missing something you like or used a loot is to re-name the older version /calibz file and re-install it the normal way. The renaming seems to stop the "Updater" from recognizing older Libraries and leaves them alone. * I found this out by accident as some of Chief's naming schemes aren't all that intuitive, and added info to file name I was saving. M.

You Can save them for Future Use on an External Drive too if worried about space Chief now has over 430 Downloads available.....1 by 1 If Chief is Open and aNew Plan is Open , you can Click Open File once downloaded in Edge and they will install into X14 ( as long as .calibz Files are associated with X14. see Preferences if it doesn't work , there is a big button to click.) I haven't update this since Sept but the PDF will give to a List to start with.......

Your WEB link triggers my Trojan Blocker Rene............. M.

I haven't heard of anyone doing it for Chief, but if paying Hourly , maybe it's time to just buy a 2nd computer with a 4090, and YOU charging the Hours to your Clients ( and Forum Members as a Service? ) to eventually pay for it. * didn't I hear you say just a week or two ago "I only dabble in Rendering" - yeah right , some nice work in your other Thread(s) by the way.... M.

Well I'm sure most of us will all still be here , will be interest to hear ( for me anyway) how it all goes. M.

If you need individual Room Schedules you can do it like Bill suggests above or you can Add the Room Column to your Schedule as I do, I make it the 1st Column, I then roughly drag the Cabinets into "Room Groups" , Renumber the Schedule, and as I work through the Elevations, start the numbering Left to Right in each View, going clockwise around the Room usually. Mick.

perhaps consider doing Panels/Partitions out of Base Cabinets instead , one advantage is Base Cabinets accept Style Palettes, Shelves and Partitions don't. M.

I am sure there will be a few people interested in your efforts/plans going forward , but I'd suggest not spending too much until you know it will work. The article you link to is (was/started as) more about helping Users get their Laptops to NOT use the iGPU and forcing Chief to use the Nvidia/AMD Card in the Laptop , and now in Win10/11 setting up GPU Scheduling , so I'd suggest calling Support and asking a few questions for sure. M.

My thoughts too actually , if you want the "abstract look" , turning down Turbulence etc helps not make it too "arty" M.

Chief has never supported multi-gpu rendering eg SLI , made that mistake many moons ago myself, and I don't think CA has any plans to implement it, as Rene says it is slowly being faded out as modern GPUs are so powerful nowadays. ( as well as multi GPU's not be very cost effective , especially at todays price's ) M.

You can't by Selecting the Main Title, like you can with the User Library ( good habit as a Backup now and again eg monthly ) but you can Group Select Folders within the Bonus and Manufacturer's Libraries and export them , say in alphabetical Groupings.

Hi Steve, yes I think this looks better however I think personally you are "washing out" the Exterior a "little too much". Under- exposing Images slightly is a long time Photographer's Tip and usually brings better saturation, and it's easier to "lighten" an Image , post processing, if needed vs trying to "fix" an over exposed/washed out image.....though I realize that was your intent above, but I can also see it from Rene's point of View. M.

Yeah Thanks , it just very slow when cabinet 72 , needs to be Cabinet No#1 , but please add any thoughts to the Thread linked above.... M.

Thanks again...you know you read my mind right? ie a making a Library of all the BGs in this thread .... Have a good weekend. M.

Thanks again Steve, looks like you are having fun I am unfortunately deep in a set of Permit ConDocs that needs to go out for next week , so no time to play , but I appreciate the uploads. M.

New Drivers , confirmed OK by Chief........................... see two posts above. DESKTOP - GAME READY DRIVER January 25, 2023 Version: 528.24 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/198796/en-us/ LAPTOP - GAME READY DRIVER January 25, 2023 Version: 528.24 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/198797/en-us/ DESKTOP - NVIDIA STUDIO DRIVER January 25, 2023 Version: 528.24 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/198730/en-us/ LAPTOP - NVIDIA STUDIO DRIVER January 25, 2023 Version: 528.24 WHQL https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/198731/en-us/ Mick.

Sweet , thanks for the update Ed, I will update the Thread then. Mick. .

3D Warehouse Symbols are best edited in SketchUp, ( or other software that can open .skp files), many come with "extras" you don't want or need , but editing the Chief CAD Block does not remove those Items unfortunately. Some Homework https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00805/editing-2d-cad-blocks-assigned-to-3d-symbols.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00809/converting-an-object-into-a-symbol.html Not sure but Eric may have a Video on using the Surface Delete Tool ? Eric ? @solver M.

I was waiting for Ed's reply to be honest, but that does sound strange. M.

Yes, but why is it separate? why is it not just a bump out? it's at the same level , same materials etc , perhaps that's just how I'd do it.... M.

Thanks Perry , beginning to look like we can once again allow new Drivers on our Systems M.

I missed that in the Camera View , though I'd still call it an anomaly . I am not sure why you used a landing there though ( didn't occur to me) instead of just shaping the deck as needed for the stairs each side? Mick.