Hyperfocal Design

26/11/2015

Ambient recordings transform into synthetic organisms in Andy Thomas latest visual sound art piece, 'Synthetic Nature.'

11/11/2015

I shot some HDRI environments and backplates here in South Australia - here's an IBL test render in Octane

I assemble an HDRI environment + plates from down the coast in South Australia and do a test render in Octane using Mike Pan's BMW.

11/11/2015

Check out these amazeballs renders by Mr Patton!

render Render Engine Tests A rainy weekend was a good excuse to spend some time testing render engines that I haven’t tried in a while. First up was Thea Render. I was intrigued by a new feature called layer absorption. In theory it allows you to tint materials with absorption. Useful for simula…

04/11/2015

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04/11/2015

Congrats to 3dConceptArt's MechWars Challenge winners! http://magazine.3dconceptart.com/2015/11/03/the-mecha-war-challenge-the-champions/

21/07/2015

just a quick blog post I wrote the other day on using daytime hdris for night renders.

Quite often I get people asking me about HDRI night sky maps, why my Night Sky collections aren’t HDRI, why aren’t there many available, etc. I often answer that without a moon, a night sky isn’t naturally a HDRI. The brightness difference from the black night sky and the stars is within the range o…

15/06/2015

Win a huge range of prizes including a number of Hyperfocal Time-Lapse HDRI Skies in the Mecha Wars Challenge:

We have always invented tools to simplify everyday task. In everything we do, we aim to simplify the process and add different tools where we human aren’t enough and capable of doing certain task. Enhancing our capabilities by the help of a mechanical entity.…

02/03/2015

I just backed CGArchitect's Visualisation Event of 2015. Jeff Mottle has been a huge supporter of the Arch Vis industry for approximately forever, so consider giving back and supporting his Kickstarter!

An architectural visualization conference not to miss. Three days, 18 speakers and unrivalled networking Oct 14-16, 2015.

20/02/2015

Congrats to all the prize winners!

Architecture is one of our favorite categories, so running this challenge has been a real pleasure. Since this time we only asked you to submit your best works in two categories - Interior and Exterior - we had some outstanding entries and a hard time deciding on the winners. But here they are! If y…

14/12/2014

I have seen countless science fiction movies and documentaries about the future of humanity. None of them were as inspiring, beautiful, and realistic as this extraordinary short film by Erik Wernquist, narrated by Carl Sagan. Watch it and get ready for goosebumps.

20/08/2014

Peter/Chaos Group share how they created these awesome looking seascapes in V-Ray

http://www.peterguthrie.net/blog/2014/8/seascapes

14/08/2014

here's some preview footage for the next 5 HDRI time-lapse sky domes that will be out soon - http://ow.ly/Ak6m8

A preview of all the upcoming 5 time-lapse sky domes, plus adding value to the bundle.