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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:18 pm

Which do you prefer?

Silver

Large version: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=461283541&size=o&context=photostream

Gold

Large version: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=461369200&size=o&context=photostream

Both versions made using blender which is free mainly because its open source.
(http://www.blender.org).

puppy

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:22 am

Nice work!! In real ife, I'd prefer silver goblets to gold ones, but here I prefer the gold because they stand out better against the background.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:00 am

Thanks for the feedback WW. You are right about the Gold standing out more. Hopefully both graphics will see well on Shutterstock.

puppy

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:41 am

Lovely work! I too prefer the gold ones, they are far more effective at showing all the wonderful reflections and highlights. The silver ones looked washed out and insipid in comparison.

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:48 am

As they are I prefer the gold but it may be worth trying the silver on a different coloured background (e.g. gold) and with the ambient lighting lowered and the specular lighting raised (silver should be more definitely shiny than gold).

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:58 am

That's an excellent point! You are right about changing the lighting settings / atmosphere etc. Yesterday I did a tutorial on lighting the above goblet and the silver version looked much much better than the gold!

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:49 pm

Very nice, also using some HDRI in the lights will make the image even better.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:21 pm

Cool tip. Now I just need to figure out where the HDI setting is! Right after I learn how to do a whole lot of other stuff.

I think learning this application is going to take a while.

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:01 am

HDRI and raytracing used in the light make some nice eefect, this is just a test