X_fridge

[ali_rahimi_3d]

Hello
To see the main page you can check this link

http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...e/x_fridge.htm
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DISCRIPTION
X_FRIDGE is a realtime environmental visualization project with some parameters to change the overall view like the abiliity to add fog or change the camera FOV and also some post effects like Distortion, Bloom, Paint, etc that are applied in real time. Next all of them will be describe in detail.
This is my first serious realtime project and my purpose was to get more familiar with realtime word and also get in professional to work with quest3d. Another purpose was to achive a higher level of realism.It was very challenging to me, because there are some limitations in the realtime content. And also it's not like software render.

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Modeling and designing have been done in maya and the realtime frame work application has been Quest3d. For texturing I use a combination of maya and photoshop.To export a mesh in x format from maya to quest3d I used the okino polytransfer plugin. To generate a normal map I used NVIDIA Normal Map Filter Plugin. All the light bakeing processes are done by mental ray stand alone and there is no dynamic shadow or light in a final result.

TECHNICAL DETAIL

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Microsoft Windows 98,ME,2000 or XP
3D accelerator card with minimum 16 bit color
DirectX 9.0c or higher
A latest of your GPU driver

Here are the things I've implemented in the option menu

DISPLAY
FILL MODES : Point - Wireframe - Solid
SYSTEM INFO : On / Off
COLISION OBJECTS VISIBILITY : Sky - Ground - Refrigerator
OTHER EFFECTS : Distortion - Back light - Fridge Bloom - Overall Light Bloom
Wet Ground : On / Off - Type : Reflection & Refraction / Reflection / Color only
CLOUD SHADOW : On / Off - Shadow # 1 - Shadow # 2 - Shadow # 3 - Shadow # 4 -Shadow # 5

PERFORMANCE
PRESET QUALITY : Very Low - Low - Medium - High - Very High - Ultra High
PARTICLE : On / Off
OBJECTS VISIBILITY : Refrigerator - Atmosphere - Ground - Plants
TEXTURE DETAIL : Very Low - Low - Medium - High - Vry High
BUMP / NORMAL / RELIEF MAPPING : Disable All - Parallax Mapping - Relief Mapping - Relief Mapping Shadows

NAVIGATION
CAMERA : Walkthrough - Object Inspection - Cinematic # 1 ... 8
CAMERA PROPERTY / Walkthrough : Focal Length - Gravity : On / Off - Reset Camera Position - Breathing Intensity
CAMERA PROPERTY / Object Inspection : Focal Length - Damping Amount [ Zoom ] - Damping Amount [ Rotation ]
CAMERA PROPERTY / Cinematic # 1 ... 8 : Focal Length
DEPTH OF FIELD : On / Off - Strength - Quality : Low / Medium / High
FOG : On / Off - Type : Lineair / Exponetial / Exponetial 2 - Start - End - Density - Color RGB

POST EFFECTS
PAINTING / Option - BLACK & WHITE / Option - COLOR CORRECTION / Option - EDGE DETECT / Option - MEGA BLUR / Option - HEAVY BLUR - BLOOM / Option - NEGATIVE - TILES / Option - REDUCE COLORS / Option - SOFT BLUR / Option - TONING / Option - SOFTEN

SOUND
MUSIC : On / Off - Volume
AMBIANCE : On / Off - Volume

INFORMATION
CREDITS : Developed by : Ali Rahimi Shahmirzadi - Music by : Homan Namdari

CAPTURE / LAYER
CAPTURE PROPERTY : Capture speed - Capture Output Location - Capture With or Without GUI

QUIT
Close the project

KNOWN ISSUES
X_FRIDGE only tested on NVIDIA GPU there is a possiblity on ATI or other GPUs in Very High or Ultra High Preset Quality , ground texture become flicker. If it happens disable normal map or bump map.
In case that you see any bug please report it to me with an snapshot of a problem.
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DOWNLOAD EXE / INSTALLER
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98,ME,2000 or XP
3D accelerator card with minimum 16 bit color
DirectX 9.0c or higher
A latest of your GPU driver
It's the main project file in EXE format. After installation it will run automaticly. To see the option menu when a project is running, press ESC key.

Size : 152 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...e/x_fridge.EXE
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DOWNLOAD MOVIE # 1
This avi movie is in DivX 6.1 format. In case DivX 6.1video codec is not installed on your pc, you can download it from http://www.divx.com which is
available free for mac and win.
Note 1 : The fallowing movie is captuerd in real time directly from the project. Motion Blur, Camera Shake, Color Correction are added after capturing process
in a composition software (fusion 5).
Note 2 : It's recommended to watch this movie by DivX Player.

HIGH QUALITY / 30.6 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...vie_1_high.avi

MEDIUM QUALITY / 15.9 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x_fridge/X_FRIDGE_movie_1_medium.avi

LOW QUALITY / 8.7 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...ovie_1_low.avi
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DOWNLOAD MOVIE # 2
This avi movie is in DivX 6.1 format. In case DivX 6.1video codec is not installed on your pc, you can download it from http://www.divx.com which is
available free for mac and win.
Note 1 : The fallowing movie is captuerd in real time directly from the project. Motion Blur is added after capturing process in a composition software
(fusion 5).
Note 2 : It's recommended to watch this movie by DivX Player.

HIGH QUALITY / 283 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...vie_2_high.avi

MEDIUM QUALITY / 115 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...e_2_medium.avi

LOW QUALITY / 77.7 MB
http://www.ali-rahimi.net/projects/x...ovie_2_low.avi
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SNAPSHOT
All of this snapshots are taken directly from the project.















Waiting for your comment.

[geedie]

I will look into this XFRIDGE project later. I have a slow dial-up net.

I'm just looking and truely admiring the beauty of your pictures.

append: I think i will have to download the EXE and have a go at your app. I think its a great idea. My vid card is a standard ATI 9600XT with 128 meg of ram (Direct X 9). It should hold up.

[geedie]

I downloaded Trap1, Trap3 and Trap5. I have to say that the model in Trap3 is amazing. I find it disturbing. The random pile of junk making up the true shape is unbelieveable and really well done. There is a feeling of terror in it, and that is something hard to achieve.
great work.

[ali_rahimi_3d]

Thanks a lot geedie. your ATI GPU is fine to run X-FRIDG. there might be some problem with ground texture, if you see any problem please report it to me with a possible snapshot. but in NVIDIA it works fine.
about the other realtime project, they are all in progress. non of them is finishe. i will complete them in a few month. with real time hdr water relief bump mapping etc ....

[geedie]

I couldnt download the XFRIDGE because of it's size and i am on dialup.
The other TRAP's ran fine. The only problem with the ground was the height of the camera. It looked like i was moving along the landscape with my head on a skateboard or something

[tiger_lili]

Hi there, looks awesome really nice work, the thing is I'm at work and I have graphics card.. oh well you can't really call it a graphic card I'll take a look when I'll be at home...