KITCHEN - SOFT PORTRAIT

[Jack Zimmer]

Here is an example of a kitchen rendering and the use of Paint.net photo editor to soften the image. All I do is open the rendered image in Paint.net and select Effects then Photo Lab and one click on Soft Portrait is all it takes.

The Pretzel chairs and hanging cube lights were made in TFPlan product. The Ocean background and Orchid mapped to left wall are my images. Artifical Sun is added and render time is less than 3 min with Radiosity full +

Jack

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Jack,

That looks GREAT! It is amazing how just adding a background image makes it look very real - looks like the perfect setting for a holiday (or permanent residence!!).

Probably just the 'eye of the beholder' but I think I prefer the first image.

It is certainly a beautiful render!

Allan

[Jack Zimmer]

Hi Allan,

I consider the soft image something that would be used in advertising. I think many realtors like hand renderings because they don't show all the accurate details, they make the home look soft and friendly. I'd use the first image to show a customer how thier kitchen would actually look and the second to submit for an ad campaign.

Adding personal touches like backgrounds definetly can change the whole feel of a model. That's why I always say you will never get two people to get the same results if given a 'blank' model and have lighting / materials and specialties added. Rendering is not only in the eye of the beholder but the creator. I consider it an art form with just as much complexity and talent involved as one using a paint brush.

Jack

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Jack,

I had not thought about the advertising aspect, so I can see the point now.

Yes I look at it as an art form too.  I am a landscape artist myself so have tended to use computers and especially TFP as an extension of my artwork (which are usually huge landscapes on walls).  I also write software packages and use TFP to make the Graphical menus for them, tailoring the menu to the business or purpose where I can.

The graphical menus are animated.  In the first example image the calendar picture changes monthly, the clock works, the drawer opens when the user logs in and the forms etc pop out of the drawer when the user clicks on the tabs. The image on the wall is one of my paintings - clicking it turns the calender into a memo pad and it becomes a reminder of a dated memo.

In the second one the laptop opens when the user logs in and displays the company logo and reminder messages, the drawers open, the printer 'prints' some paper (opens reports), the mobile phone turns around and lights up (and opens the phone directory when clicked), the mouse moves (help) and the 'paybook' on the left opens and becomes full screen to manage the milk vendor's payroll. All the accessories used belong to the company owner.

The basic images were done in TFP but some of the objects added in Paint Shop Pro.

I am currently working on one that again uses an office 'scene' with animated drawers for access to different functions and access to frequently used options via text 'written' on a whiteboard - so far it is all TFP except for a laptop on the desk.

I really like the lighting in your image Jack, to looks good!  Is it for for a particular project you are working on at present? or just for fun?

Allan

[Robert W - "robban"]

Hi Jack and Allan! Great work Jack I like both images, but this had give me a idea to use a blue or/and green singel color image as a background, it will be as a blue/green screen on movie. then it will be easy to replace the background in a image program. I will try it then I have reinstall tfp again after the crash thanks to McAfee

Robert

[b3369]

Hi Jack,

The rederings make me want to move in!!!!....lol   I Have TFP Pro v14.  I think it's the best version so far!!  It is really awsome!!  I want to also order the instruction DVD's, but noticed on IMSI's website, the layout on the page is showing version 12.  Will the current DVD for v14 show it's layout or v12's??  Also, can you reccommend settings that i can set TFP v14 to run a little faster??  I've deleted a ton of items off of my computer, defragmented my computer and minimized programs running in the background.

[Jack Zimmer]

Hey B3369,

Hold on purchasing training vids. New ones coming out soon that will cover all improvements in v14 AND the new v15 improvement. You are going to love v15! As soon as I have those vids done, I will be making the ones for importing to TCAD for Working Drawings / Advanced Rendering (see new post on Kohler Tub) and one on Advanced Roofs Design.

Jack

[247electrical]

Really amazing kitchen design, but how much will it cost.

[Jack Zimmer]

the cost ?

Well the floor is polished concrete that I stained myself. So the cost for that is next to zero as I needed the slab on grade to start with. The cabinets are nothing special, save lots of money by going with high gloss white instead of expensive exotic wood. White appliances are always the least expensive.

The truss ceiling saved lots of money as I didn't need standard rafters/ ceiling joist and even though drywalling small sections seem harder, it actually ends up cheaper as there is more room for imperfections over a single flat ceiling.

All the lighting is low voltage connected to a bank of batteries being charged by the ocean wave action.

The holes in the ceilling for light were free.
The large glass 'doors' allow for ocean breezes , reducing whole house cooling cost to almost nothing.

So, the kitchen was almost FREE.
It was the ideas and design that cost alot  

[LaughingChipmunk]

Jack, those are beautiful!  I love them both, but I think I like the first one just a teeny bit better. Is that an actual kitchen?  Sure looks like it could be! 

--Jack

[Jack Zimmer]

Is that an actual kitchen?

Hey Jude,   (never heard that before 

I was testing the new lighting and some other things , so why not make a kitchen. Maybe someday a customer will want something like it though. I use Envisioneer by Cadsoft, the parent company who also creates TurboFloorplan. As soon as an update to thier program is released, I'll be doing a training video on Advanced Rendering which will apply to both Envisioneer and TurboFloorplan and actually HGTV Home Design series (all are 'the same' , just increasingly more sophisticated.)

I'm happy to hear you like the program so much. On the surface it seems simple and easy but it can do quite complicated things.

Jack