Rendering like Blakbird

[1963maniac]

Does anyone know how to make the renders that Blakbird used to make. I'm talking about the ones that (I'm guessing) had an overlay of two images, one would be "see through" or translucent. Does anyone know how to make the "translucent" ones? 

Blakbird replies to technicbasics on Posted April 14, 2015 in page 2 of 

I use POV-Ray. Looks like your lights are the problem. Read the whole series of articles I wrote for Hispabrick magazine to see what I do.

Does anyone know what issues these were in?

Edited November 15, 2018 by 1963maniac
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[deraven]

I think it's much simpler than you're assuming.  I believe it's just a render of the completed model and then the internal components that are going to be shown, and then the final render of the completed model is just reduced to ~30% transparency and the component render dropped on top.  That is, no special settings or processing for the first render, just the completed image file from the first render faded out and used as the background for the composite image.

[mocbuild101]

1 hour ago, deraven said:

it's just a render of the completed model and then the internal components that are going to be shown, and then the final render of the completed model is just reduced to ~30% transparency and the component render dropped on top.

+1 That's how I did this one:

All you need are the two renders, and a image editing program that supports multiple layers - like GIMP.

[Calabar]

What about asking Blakbird directly?

It seems he is still an active user.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Calabar

[Jetro]

We have recently updated our website to include a complete index of all articles ever published in the magazine. The articles you mention were tutorials so you can filter for article type as well. The issues you are looking for are 015 and 016

https://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/index/

[1963maniac]

16 hours ago, deraven said:

I think it's much simpler than you're assuming.  I believe it's just a render of the completed model and then the internal components that are going to be shown, and then the final render of the completed model is just reduced to ~30% transparency and the component render dropped on top.  That is, no special settings or processing for the first render, just the completed image file from the first render faded out and used as the background for the composite image.

Am I finding this in POV-RAY? I did get the Blakbird tutorial out of Hispabrick Magazine.

Edited November 16, 2018 by 1963maniac

[deraven]

7 hours ago, 1963maniac said:

Am I finding this in POV-RAY? I did get the Blakbird tutorial out of Hispabrick Magazine.

I think Jetro just means that articles you were quoting the pics from can be found in the magazine... but I don't think they contain anything about how the image style was created.

Again, it's the 2 renders just as you would normally do them (one of the complete/exterior of the model, and the other with everything removed except for the interior components you want to show and rendered from the same angle with the same settings as the first one) - both with a white background.  Then, as mocbuild101 noted, you can use any image editing software you'd like, and his suggestion of GIMP is a good one.

If the software supports layers, simply open the full model image as one layer, and the component image as the another, then adjust the transparency of the layers until it has the look you want, then save as a regular jpg or png image file.

[1963maniac]

Thanks very much deraven!! I'm downloading GIMP and am gonna give it a try.

I found "transparency under the layer tab, does anyone know what to do with it? This kind of software is brand new to me. 

Edited November 18, 2018 by 1963maniac
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