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Wikipedia - Michael Horvath - 2019-06-07 Anyone interested in offering a MOC for the Wikipedia page? The current one is too dark IMO, and I can't re-render it because the author did not link to the model file or POV-Ray source code. Ideally, a nice radiosity render. It needs to have a compatible license, too, such as one of the Creative Commons licenses. Please also upload the actual model and POV-Ray source code somewhere people can access them (maybe github?) out of courtesy. If no one has an alternate suggestion I will use a render of Datsville. It would show off the fact that you can create "BIG" models using LDraw, as opposed to LDD where you run into issues faster. But a radiosity render will take a lot of time. Maybe more time than I have. We'll see after I do some test renders. RE: Wikipedia - Johann Eisner - 2019-06-07 (2019-06-07, 9:41)Michael Horvath Wrote: Anyone interested in offering a MOC for the Wikipedia page? The current one is too dark IMO, and I can't re-render it because the author did not link to the model file or POV-Ray source code. How big should the model be? RE: Wikipedia - Steffen - 2019-06-07 I suggest not to use something large like DATsville as example, because that will visually not appear as appealing IMHO, because it will be strongly zoomed-out. Instead, I suggest to choose some simple model which has a nice mix of colors, and maybe has enough curved surfaces with primitives substitution, so that the render shows the capabilities. DATsville could be used as additional file/render, of course. Just my opinion. I agree with you that the current image shown on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDraw is too dark and kind of an unlucky choice. RE: Wikipedia - Lasse Deleuran - 2019-06-08 My suggestion would be to use the 'Car' model by James Jessiman as it was specifically created to demonstrate LDraw. Otherwise, the Wiki page could use an update. I am not sure how relevant the collaboration with Peeron is, since their website seems to not have been updated since 2011. A lot of ongoing work (OMR, the parts tracker, AIO, tools, etc.) seems more relevant for the article if you asked me. RE: Wikipedia - Steffen - 2019-06-08 nice idea. the car.ldr which we deliver with every official release would be an iconic model to render. RE: Wikipedia - Travis Cobbs - 2019-06-09 (2019-06-08, 20:30)Steffen Wrote: nice idea. It's iconic from the point of view of the LDraw system of tools, but I think from the standpoint of the world at large, it is both disappointing to look at, and implies that LDraw is nowhere near as powerful as it really is. RE: Wikipedia - Steffen - 2019-06-09 yes, after sleeping over this, I come to the same result. the model is iconic, but does not show the capabilities enough. what criteria would a "good" demo image have? - lots of parts? - lots of colors? - lots of curved surfaces? - stickers? - flexible elements? - high-quality radiosity render? I think we should also add - screenshots from our major tools - an LPub3D building instructions result to demonstrate the full power RE: Wikipedia - Philippe Hurbain - 2019-06-09 (2019-06-09, 10:18)Steffen Wrote: - an LPub3D building instructions resultThe iconic LDraw car would be a good subject for that... RE: Wikipedia - Johann Eisner - 2019-06-09 If we are looking for something big, I could possibly offer some of them. https://rebrickable.com/users/technicbasics/mocs/ RE: Wikipedia - Michael Horvath - 2019-06-10 Sorry, the thread notifications ended up in my spam box. Anyway, for a small scene I would recommend: * radiosity * SSLT * blurred reflections * MOCs only! Nothing from TLG. POV-Ray can do all this but it is super slow. Is anyone here skilled with Blender? I have only a little experience with it, and none of it LDraw related. Lastly, there are many high quality renders on Flickr, but I do not know how to filter *just* for Creative Commons or Public Domain images. |