rockyshepheard Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Is there a way to stop in the middle of a spline walk through path, and wait 10 seconds, then pick up on the rest of the path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Not sure you can stop unless you press pause when playing the video but you could try reducing the speed to almost 0. Or throw in something interesting like a real slow pan while you narrate ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Or create three videos and stitch them together...I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 You should be able to get something close to what you need without editing. Just add extra cameras and play with the settings. The Absolute Camera Angles are a little more difficult to setup and require a lot more cameras but offer more control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 30 minutes ago, rockyshepheard said: Or create three videos and stitch them together...I suppose. off topic but have you considered uploading your model to CA and sharing your 3d viewer file via the mobile/tablet apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Good ideas. I have been experimenting with the 3D viewer a bit. Another off topic. I really like the rendering you posted a while back indicating you use Lumion and Photoshop etc. Would you be willing to TeamView with me sometime and offer some tips on how to stunning renderings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, rockyshepheard said: Good ideas. I have been experimenting with the 3D viewer a bit. Another off topic. I really like the rendering you posted a while back indicating you use Lumion and Photoshop etc. Would you be willing to TeamView with me sometime and offer some tips on how to stunning renderings? Happy to, I use Thea Render plugin for sketchup- I still feel as if the Chief renderings are formidable in most cases and only my high end clients will pay top dollar for the photo-realism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Awesome. I'll acquire both of those and we can set up a time that's convenient for you. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Renerabbitt said: Happy to, I use Thea Render plugin for sketchup- I still feel as if the Chief renderings are formidable in most cases and only my high end clients will pay top dollar for the photo-realism If you might consider doing a workshop I am sure there would be others that would love to join or sit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Just now, Chopsaw said: If you might consider doing a workshop I am sure there would be others that would love to join or sit in. Someday yes, I've been organizing like a mad man- I need to get resources for people to download good materials, that's half the battle. Might look into creating a website to host my materials...Prob is they aren't organized for an end user- someday! I know @Alaskan_Son is starting to train in PBR and he's an excellent coach- he just taught me how to write some basic macros and the benefit has been ten fold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Renerabbitt said: Happy to, I use Thea Render plugin for sketchup- I still feel as if the Chief renderings are formidable in most cases and only my high end clients will pay top dollar for the photo-realism How would you compare the value wrt cost, quality and functionality of Thea Renderer $450 vs CA rendering? And maybe Lumion, if you've used it. I would assume a CA file would be exported to 3DS and then imported into Thea for rendering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, rockyshepheard said: How would you compare the value wrt cost, quality and functionality of Thea Renderer $450 vs CA rendering? And maybe Lumion, if you've used it. I would assume a CA file would be exported to 3DS and then imported into Thea for rendering? Cant really compare the two on equal basis as CA produces con docs, imagery, material lists, etc...so much more Thea has paid for itself 20 times over- but I have a client base willing to spend an extravagant amount of money on the service- it can be meticulous and time consuming--- furthermore for its newest offering you need to purchase a software like Sketchup as Thea V2 is only available as a plugin, Thea standalone studio may be discontinued. A case in point, a developer wants to market a home before they've even broken ground- they hire me to produce realistic renderings of the home to market so they can sell before the project is even finished. I enjoy rendering and it makes decent money after an extraordinary amount of time invested in material cataloguing- I make my money on design and CD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 I guess I mean can you get way better renders out of Thea than CSA? If so, I would guess it is worth the $450. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Have you tried having the Walkthrough follow a Spline? Along the Spline, add a Key Point. Click on the Key Point and adjust the speed of the camera movement to near zero. Add another Key Point and return to normal speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Electromen said: Have you tried having the Walkthrough follow a Spline? Along the Spline, add a Key Point. Click on the Key Point and adjust the speed of the camera movement to near zero. Add another Key Point and return to normal speed. Yes. I tried that and did not notice any appreciable slowing down of the camera. I wish CA had a way to concatenate several spline paths so I could make one regular path, then a path consisting only of rotation, then another path completing the walkthrough. Then l could simply string them together seemlesly.,another one for the suggestion box. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, rockyshepheard said: I wish CA had a way to concatenate several spline paths so I could make one regular path, then a path consisting only of rotation, then another path completing the walkthrough. Then l could simply string them together seemlesly.,another one for the suggestion box. That is all possible with a walkthrough path. There must be something you are missing. Each camera you place along the path can control the angle speed and direction of the view. Maybe post your plan file with some specific questions and they will be answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Thanks. I will post tomorrow. I do put key frames where I change parameters. But i’d Like the camera to stop and hangout for 15 seconds without moving forward...looking at a painting on a wall..then continuing on. It would have to slow to zero speed for a specified amount of time. I don’t think the given parameters can accommodate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Could something like this work for you or are you looking for something totally different ? Art Gallery.avi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Yes. Thank you! I see you slowed down and approached then reversed it. Did you use a .0001 speed or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Just stack 2 key frames right on top of each other (line length of zero) and set the time between frames to 15 seconds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, rockyshepheard said: Yes. Thank you! I see you slowed down and approached then reversed it. Did you use a .0001 speed or something? It was actually .033 because I made another adjustment and it seems to compensate for you sometimes. .01 seems to be the lowest entry possible but maybe Michaels Idea would also work fine or even better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyshepheard Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 8:39 PM, Alaskan_Son said: Just stack 2 key frames right on top of each other (line length of zero) and set the time between frames to 15 seconds. Thanks much. Not sure I understand. Not sure what variable 'line length' is. It's not in the dbx. I did as you said but it did not stop. I created a path with an beginning and ending keyframes. I added two additional keyframes. I changed the two additional keyframe durations to 15 seconds on both. Then I move #2 keyframe on top of #3 keyframe. Did I do something incorrectly? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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