Faded transparent cutaway renders

[MikeJohns]

Does anyone know; What software would have been used for this? Is it possible to produce these sorts of renders with Rhino and Flamingo?

Any insights or links would be welcome.

Thanks

[CGN]

A vector capable photo image program like photoshop, corel, a freebie can be Gimp or Drawplus.

Any rendering program can be used but it will need some work after

[MikeJohns]

Thanks CGN
I suppose the layers could be manipulated from a number of renders from flamingo and then layer transparency in Photoshop could be played with. The transparency of objects can be set in Flamingo but you cannot graduate the transparency from solid to clear as in this picture.

I think you mean a raster based graphics package ?

cheers

[CGN]

yes, layers is the way to go but you still need to do some tweaks with a software like photoshop.

This link will show you what i mean:

http://www.khulsey.com/demo_1howto.html

[MikeJohns]

Thanks CGN
I see what you meant about the vector package now.
When you look at the hours spent on those liner illustrations 700+ hrs there should be an easier way when the 3d surfaces are all in CAD to start with.

Even then they have not done the faded cutaway, what is needed is a variable transparency setting in Flamingo then it could be achieved easily.

[yipster]

thats great detailed 2D artwork
3D max does variable transparency, from 3D cad files too
few weeks back i made this rough transparant cat setup
in say 10 times an half hour but lost contact and interest

[MikeJohns]

Yipster
You can set transparency in Flamingo too and looking back at the original pic I posted the transparency is probably not variable on each item, just cleverly done.
these sorts of pics are worth a lot at the grab-the client stage.

[john.deete]

render the boat in flamingo about 5 times setting the transparency different each time then saving each image as file 1,2,3,4,5 open the first image in photoshop and then import all the others on top of each other so you have 1 image with 5 layers then just erase each image gradually so as to have gradual
effect of a solid going to transparent

john

[MikeJohns]

That's an idea too. Thanks John

[ludesign]

Most rendering programs can do transparent renderings. Just make a copy of the color and adjust the transparency on one side.

The example was done directly in TouchCAD in a few minutes.

[MikeJohns]

Claes

I was interested as to how a surface render can fade from solid to transparent and whether there was software capable of this.

Can your software (TouchCAD) do this?

[ludesign]

Originally Posted by MikeJohns

Claes

I was interested as to how a surface render can fade from solid to transparent and whether there was software capable of this.

Can your software (TouchCAD) do this?

If its a fade you need, you need a program that can generate two pictures, one showing the full model, and one without the cut-away skin parts. In, for example PhotoShop (the home user level Elements is perfectly adequate), you import the two images. Place the cut-away as base (as the bottom layer). Copy and Paste the full version on top of the other object and as a separate layer. Use the Eraser tool (Big round brush, 20-60% opacity), and erase the parts you want to see through. When both layers are made visible, you should have your fade away. In the quick example here, I exported the TouchCAD model to a rendering program called Artlantis to get a higher quality rendering, but it should work with any rendering program capable of doing two images, with and without certain panels. The example took like 15 minutes to do.

[ludesign]

Here is another one. Same technique. TouchCAD model, Artlantis render, PhotoShop for final processing.

[MikeJohns]

Thanks for your help. I can see clearly now how to get some good results.

Cheers

[bobg3723]

Hi Mike,
Like the others before stated, in using a raster program like PhotoShop, PaintShopPro, and others, you would import several copies of the original drawing in layers, each layer specifically illustrating a yacht component. The layers are then selectely "masked" out using gradient masks and compositing tecniques. There's this one book (and there are many on the subject) that I recommend on exploiting this technique to its utmost. PHOTOSHOP Masking & Compositing by K. Eismann ISBN 0-7357-1279-4

Best regards,
Bob