How to learn Artlantis

[Anonymous]

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

[Dwight]

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.

[Thomas Holm]

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

[Rafal SLEK]

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...

[Anonymous]

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?

[Dwight]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.