Twilight Render User Forum

Thanks Flipya!
I guess having no idea what you will see, it will be difficult to request, but if you find some 'good ones' we'd love to see them

good start, Mike, are you planning on going a cartoon or a realistic direction?

you must set Sky Color... not Background Color! There's a BIG difference!
The manual covers this in detail.
A "Background" does not contribute to light or reflection in your scene.
A "Sky" color does.

Merge all visible layers to copy by clicking the top one and pressing ctrl+alt+shift+E, Great tip! fair warning... this command is a little confusing/frustrating because it only works if the layer you have currently selected is actually visible. If not, it does nothing. :totgm: Also, it does not wo...

the "teaser" is that we will provide the model "ready to render" ;) Shura's model did not have any Twilight Material Templates applied to the SketchUp textures... nor did it have any lights. Now it's "ready to go" out of the box... and what do you think of the quality? ...

Here's a teaser of something we hope to share in return in the next day or two...

download the metals library from here . They are meant for use with Easy 08-10. For Easy 1-7 use these metals . (In KT I combined them all into one library, renamed them appropriately, then resaved the library as one simple go-to place.) use the same technique you are doing to apply the scratchmap s...

Oh yes, having the map in bump and color(diffuse) channel is very important.
Did you not see this downloadable scene w/ brushed metal already made?

I like that last shot a lot. Tells the story clearly.
Lighting with Sky Color as Very Light Grey and no sun, and then masking in a better background image would give these a great look. (or using a Studio HDR in Spherical would be a good option)