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Haha, I'm completely lying. They're not all in the same scene.

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We just got a new computer donated a couple of weeks ago. Actually, the money was donated and we built the computer. We got a dual core AMD 3800+ AM2 and a geForce 7600 GS, and some other decent stuff (RAM and whatnot). Other than that, everything we have is utter junk. Old stuff that got handed down from the high school.

That tint helps the lake scene, as well as the fog, but I agree that it will be perfect if you get some blur to work. Looking good.

I might be able to get some pics up soon.

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Is there a way to add the blur without that plugin, just through regular raytrace? I cant download anything off of these computers and its too late when I get home. I will be bringing my computer from home into school because this one is starting to act funny, and something just happened to the 3ds I had up, its staying in the taskbar and wont maximise :mad: . Sometimes I think I would be more productive at home on my new dual core system, but I know I would get off track :p

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Well, with raytrace you DON'T want to blur reflections, believe me =p It's a LOT of render time!

I know its possible, but i don't remember how because I don't do it often...

But instead of raytracing, why don't you use the reflect/refract map?
It is a "previous" version of the raytrace map (well it isn't, but its engine is a bit simpler), but it has blur options, and its a lot quicker to render... I use raytrace for sharp relfections and reflect/refract for blurry ones =)

P.S. Anyways, mental ray has many reflection shaders that allow you to blur reflections =P

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Hey a little tip I learned in art class. If you want to make the mountains in the background seen farther away than they do add some fog but make the fog slightly blue. It looks a lot better than if the fog is white.

Its All Chemical
 

Check out the teaser. http://www.team1676.com

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Pretty cool teaser, z2!

Is that music copyrighted? If so you'll need to have the owner's written permission or Autodesk will disqualify your entry.

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Where the heck would they find somebody rapping about "chemical" anyways? I'm guessing they made it themselves.

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Nice work. cant wait to see what you did with it

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Ok, My team is at a rendering dilemma, trying to render this before Friday at 8PM (since we're at eastern standard time) so we may not be able to get our animation in, but I'm gunna give a sneak peak at our animation. It's gunna be our best image thing, but it's half of it ;). The other half would give the thing away. It's an old render, and the new one has smoke coming out of the plant and better water reflections, so here's the preview.

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Just one thing about the pic. The hourglass shaped power generation thingies, whatever theyre called, seem a bit too reflective to me. Also, it looks like all the light is concentrating on one point, which is unrealistic.

EDIT: See this pic

~Nick/1334