2006 New Year's Card

I'm usually busy in December and only manage to get a New Year's card out. This year's card features plants from a botanical garden in Sweden.

Rendering

I tested two files with the Kerkythea renderer and found the program quite easy to use. The software allows you to place simple lights, adjust views and materials and then it creates nice quality renderings. The top images are from a Rhino model I made this summer and the bottom is their demo file that I altered a bit.

I need to explore how to organize the model for most successful control of material assignments. For the models that I tested without clear object labels, it was hard to find parts to texture.

You can download Kerkythea free and it works with many kinds of 3D models. Perhaps next I will try the Blender 3D modeler.