HIGHEST RESOLUTION IN LIGHTWORKS

[Anonymous]

I am currently working on some aerials in ArchiCAD 9 with the station point at around 200 feet high. Can anyone here please tell me what to set the resolution at in Lightworks to get the highest, clearest resolution? Mainly I'm asking because all my clients have the "Jones" for huge graphic reproductions....especially for aerial renderings.

I usually use ArtLantis, which gets crystal clear shots for me, but LightWorks renders bricks SO much better (it renders brick walls much less "patterny" than ArtLantis....another subject for a future question).

I know the new LightWorks book will undoubtedly be recommended (and yes I do plan to order a copy soon), but I need help with this problem today (and couldn't get the book here in time even if ordered right now).

As always, any and all suggestions will be muchly appreciated!:0)

thanks...

[__archiben]

the max archiCAD rendering resolution is 4048x4048 pixels regardless of which rendering engine you're using.

~/archiben

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:
the max archiCAD rendering resolution is 4048x4048 pixels regardless of which rendering engine you're using.

~/archiben

Does anyone know if ArchiCAD ever intends on expanding this?

[__archiben]

grenderer wrote:
Does anyone know if ArchiCAD ever intends on expanding this?

i'm sure it's in their interests to provide bigger and better rendering features, but don't forget that archiCAD isn't primarily a rendering application.

how big exactly do you need to your images to be? maybe you could enlarge and sharpen in photoshop?

~/archiben

[Djordje]

For more than the ArchiCAD max resolution, you will have to go to Art•Lantis ... the effect you talk about depends mostly on the texture/shader used. I rendered huge pixel counts from Art•Lantis, no glitch - so I would go that way if I were you.

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
For more than the ArchiCAD max resolution, you will have to go to Art•Lantis ... the effect you talk about depends mostly on the texture/shader used. I rendered huge pixel counts from Art•Lantis, no glitch - so I would go that way if I were you.

Yes, I think you are right on this.....definitely ArtLantis for my aerials.
I am still working in 3.5. Are the brick patterns less "rigid" in the new version of ArtLantis? Currently, I have to doctor things up in Photoshop (the program getting the most use in most during my rendering process) to take some of the pattern out. Any other tips on this subject?

thanks!

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:

grenderer wrote:
Does anyone know if ArchiCAD ever intends on expanding this?

i'm sure it's in their interests to provide bigger and better rendering features, but don't forget that archiCAD isn't primarily a rendering application.

how big exactly do you need to your images to be? maybe you could enlarge and sharpen in photoshop?

~/archiben

Yes, I do realize that ArchiCAD is an architectural drafting tool first and foremost. However as a full-time architectural renderer (27 years; last 6 on ArchiCAD) I am always looking for better and smarter rendering methods. A typical rendering size is 14 or 15" x 20" at 400 .dpi, which can then be doubled.

Thanks for your input!

[Karl Ottenstein]

grenderer wrote:
Yes, I do realize that ArchiCAD is an architectural drafting tool first and foremost. However as a full-time architectural renderer (27 years; last 6 on ArchiCAD) I am always looking for better and smarter rendering methods. A typical rendering size is 14 or 15" x 20" at 400 .dpi, which can then be doubled.

But, for professional quality renderings, ArchiCAD just isn't the choice anyway. The LW engine is fine for most people's needs though. A professional illustrator, however, would take the model from AC into any of a variety of specialized stand-alone rendering products.

As a photoshop nut, I'm curious about your need for 15 x 20 at 400 dpi. On a photo quality 6 to 10 ink printer like the Canon i9900 / i9100 for example, except for continuous tonal areas utilizing a single ink, the naked eye cannot distinguish between 200 dpi and 400 dpi image sizes (printed at full printer dpi resolution of course).

There are rules of thumbs for image dpi that vary upward from a base value of printer resolution (print head dpi capability) divided by number of inks.

What kind of device and final size are you targeting?

Karl

[Anonymous]

As a photoshop nut, I'm curious about your need for 15 x 20 at 400 dpi. On a photo quality 6 to 10 ink printer like the Canon i9900 / i9100 for example, except for continuous tonal areas utilizing a single ink, the naked eye cannot distinguish between 200 dpi and 400 dpi image sizes (printed at full printer dpi resolution of course).

There are rules of thumbs for image dpi that vary upward from a base value of printer resolution (print head dpi capability) divided by number of inks.

What kind of device and final size are you targeting?

Karl
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My developer clients still want big giant 30" x 40" mounted graphics on easels for their presentations (while most of my architectural clientele are happy with my 8" x 10"/11" x 17" rendering images and use Powerpoint). That's the best answer I can give you on your question, as you'd have to ask my client's printers for more specifics.

Thanks for your added info. If you'd like to see the work of another "Photoshop nut", check my strange site out. Other than my scanned drawings, all other illustrations were done in ArchiCAD, ArtLantis, & of course, Photoshop.

AMERICAN KAIJU
http://tinyurl.com/6wbcb

[Anonymous]

Technically the resolution is limitless. Once I have explained this to “brain” Dwight and he promised to incorporate this in his book (I wish I have it) .

The trick I so simple that the fact that the rendering resolution is limited speaks volumes of how limited the progress at GS.