topic Re: How to learn Artlantis in Visualization

How to learn Artlantis

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:31:19 GMT

Hello,
I am using ArchiCAD for a long time, and i was quite happy with its own render(lightworks), but I got Artlantis, and as I can see, it is mouch better.
My question is how to learn Artlantis, maybe some tutorial?
thx

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Dwight — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:34:28 GMT

As a long time Artlantis user, I suggest that after you do the basic Artlantis tutorial that you just play with it.

Make small renderings. The real-time preview helps a lot in anticipating the result.

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Thomas Holm — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:50:22 GMT

Artlantis' user forums (abvent's website) are quite helpful too.

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Rafal SLEK — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:59:19 GMT

Videotutorials You'll find at
http://www.artlantis.com/community/tutorials/#
or in your Tutorials folder after installation.
They are quite useful - after looking at them only practice is needed...

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:19:19 GMT

I allready saw those tutorials...
I need some things about ArchiCAD+Artlantis...

Is it posible to make renders with Artlantis which are as good as in max?

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Dwight — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:33:45 GMT

The simple answer is "no."

Artlantis is designed to create beautiful renderings simply and makes certain functional compromises to do so. It is a medium-level product. You can quickly achieve good renderings with Artlantis and it is a good teaching tool because of its simple interface and preview capability. However, to mention only two shortcomings:

-- Artlantis lacks the material surfacing sophistication that Max users can access.

-- its radiosity, while fast and beautiful, lacks control over "caustic" and other subtle light energy effects that the higher quality rendering applications have.

Re: How to learn Artlantis

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:58:22 GMT

Best way to learn is to read Artlantis forum & test yourself a lot.
Here's a little artlantis R test i did recently using a mixture of artlantis shaders & external texture maps.