Posting rendered model...

[merc]

Hey guys, I would like to post a rendered model of a silencer (I know its stupid but its my first model I made on my own without a tutorial, its a start), but I am not quite sure how to... I am using Softimage XSI Exp for HL2...

-merc

 

[Coolhead2100]

Try: http://www.edharriss.com/tutorials/tutorials_render_XSI.html

The first tutorial is a tutorial for rendering with global allumination, so it should give you a little boost

 

[Corto]

Press the Q key and make a marquee on the viewport. Fit the model inside it and save the rendered image by right clicking on the top right blue box ans selecting Save Region As.

 

[merc]

well i do that but it just doesnt look as good as some of the others... like the beretta that was just posted on here, it is all laid out on the ground and has bullets laying around it and good shadows and everything about it just looks real... mine looks like a picture

-merc

 

[Corto]

I see, I guess they've composed the picture with fancy stuff. You can render your gun, and then paste it on some cool background with bullets and stuff with photoshop or some sort of image editing suite.

 

[Desolator]

its just simple GI lightning... i dont know how to do it in XSI..
in max its done with a simple sky light...

try the XSI's help.. and look for Global Ilumination,

 

[merc]

i did play around with the global illumination some, but it is really confusing and I had a hard time with it...

-merc