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Still Life Academy | Greg | Activity https://stilllifeacademy.com/members/gregabramowicz/activity/ Activity feed for Greg. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:23:10 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 3d8ad261945b403c398633fb4f2856a8 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5902/#acomment-5906 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 06:50:20 +0000 Thanks @tufty for the great feedback. It definitely was a big challenge to make a 3d ‘clone’ of the photo. I think it was easier in some ways and I prefer the render as it’s more ‘perfect’ and clean (no dust to retouch in the end!) I will definitely try uv map the labels at some point. I guess if you have all measured up it all fits nicely. I… Read more

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Hi all. I recently shot a bottle for a client and then decided it would be a good practice to make a 3D version of it. Made everything from scratch and tried to replicate one of the shots. Here […]

]]> bff2581851f0b31f13a4fabda1bdb02e Greg: Hi all. I recently shot a bottle for a client and […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5902/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:48:49 +0000 Hi all. I recently shot a bottle for a client and then decided it would be a good practice to make a 3D version of it. Made everything from scratch and tried to replicate one of the shots. Here are the results (still working on another scenes with full bottle 🙂 The biggest issue I had was with the labels. I used the loft circles method from…

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]]> 3 0683c35cf7c22c0aa450353784096608 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5563/#acomment-5699 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:31:10 +0000 Thanks Julio!Definitely, the course was well worth to go through!

In reply to - Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

It takes a while to go through the process, but it’s well worth it! Finally after days of going back and forth I managed to finish this project. Thank you so much […]

]]> d2f223a9764d6604204fbd2ea3f42081 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5563/#acomment-5577 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 08:19:06 +0000 Thanks Wenbo. Good effort as well and it’s nice when all starts to make sense in the end!

In reply to - Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

It takes a while to go through the process, but it’s well worth it! Finally after days of going back and forth I managed to finish this project. Thank you so much […]

]]> 7022a5edff1f9e386cb2801906c4251f Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5563/#acomment-5576 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 08:17:48 +0000 Thanks David! I will definitely be watching it another 100 times and put this knowledge in practice!

In reply to - Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

It takes a while to go through the process, but it’s well worth it! Finally after days of going back and forth I managed to finish this project. Thank you so much […]

]]> 235003d442957d6af7c0d9923fd26ebb Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky: It takes a while to go through the process, but it's […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5563/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:05:52 +0000 It takes a while to go through the process, but it’s well worth it! Finally after days of going back and forth I managed to finish this project. Thank you so much @tufty and @martin for putting together such a great tutorial and learning platform. The amount of knowledge that’s in there is immense! Definitely it will take me another few years…

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]]> 7 b2128b707a3279b90fb86d81affe8f49 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5465/#acomment-5479 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:23:06 +0000 This is brilliant Neil! Well done! It’s a lot of hard work to get it right and massive amount of knowledge to comprehend.

In reply to - Neil posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

So I’m done! Everything rendered and retouched, and I’ve got to say, I’m blown away with the results! I’m coming at this from a background in commercial […]

]]> af46d3d4e9f7ab435ef3080be431e53f Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5294/#acomment-5302 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:06:44 +0000 Hi Wenbo. So I did! Build it from scratch and it went faster. Got to point for unwrapping and it worked!

In reply to - Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

Hi guys. Just going through the whisky tutorial, which looks great (so thank you both Martin and David for puting it together!!). I’ve just tried to unwrapp UV’s, […]

]]> 097e491453b07fca55f0c64a08089f41 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5294/#acomment-5301 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:05:34 +0000 Hi David. Found it! Just made a mistake when stitching outer with inner
bottle. There were some poligons tucked inside. Overall I started again,
just to get more practice. Thanks for your help!

In reply to - Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky

Hi guys. Just going through the whisky tutorial, which looks great (so thank you both Martin and David for puting it together!!). I’ve just tried to unwrapp UV’s, […]

]]> fddad41fa3ac3a84c3923216044b0580 Greg posted an update in the group CGI Whisky: Hi guys. Just going through the whisky tutorial, which […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/5294/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:41:43 +0000 Hi guys. Just going through the whisky tutorial, which looks great (so thank you both Martin and David for puting it together!!). I’ve just tried to unwrapp UV’s, but I guess my model is not right. It shows an error message. Is there any quick fix for that or do I have to build te model again?

]]> 7 676a64ccfa7242992eb1576e52f3dbf3 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3375/#acomment-3397 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:47:43 +0000 This is ace!! It looks like a real photo!

In reply to - Bhavik posted an update in the group CGI photography Just Basics , Nothing Special To Create It. ]]> 28ca9aa81a3123776000ee6986f443a2 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3230/#acomment-3278 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:19:34 +0000 This is great execution!

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group CGI photography Few of my recent setups based on “images only” from the client and I have to thank to @Mauricio.Oliveira for help with modeling ]]> f81154346eb2ac0dc5aa93d7ae56cd60 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3179/#acomment-3277 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 08:16:22 +0000 That makes a perfect sense! Thank you so much David!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Hi all! I’ve been playing around with the glasses again. Getting faster with modelling now, but all goes downhill when shading. Had to play a lot with IOR slider on the glass and ice, […] ]]> 04397b1f50074995dba15711027afc9a Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3179/#acomment-3212 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:48:46 +0000 Hi Mithun! Many thanks for your advice! I guess my IOR are all over here lol  glass 1.8 and liquid 1.65. I was more eyeballing it to get clear bottoms. As mentioned before when I had the liquid intersecting the walls it all looked like it leaked through. Maybe my model wasn’t right then. Love your stuff!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Hi all! I’ve been playing around with the glasses again. Getting faster with modelling now, but all goes downhill when shading. Had to play a lot with IOR slider on the glass and ice, […] ]]> 8cf7654d5693383c36a401bef6ffaf5b Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3179/#acomment-3210 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:43:21 +0000 Hi David. I tried to have the bottom of the glass as clear (silverish) as possible to show the thickness of it (and it normally looks silver in photos), but when I had the liquid mesh between the glass walls, it all looked like liquid and couldn’t see that thick bottom. So had to make it smaller eventually to get better look. I guess my IOR… Read more

In reply to - Greg posted an update Hi all! I’ve been playing around with the glasses again. Getting faster with modelling now, but all goes downhill when shading. Had to play a lot with IOR slider on the glass and ice, […] ]]> b35d41c73667e9f72533abe4c86bde72 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3179/#acomment-3196 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:02:20 +0000 I’ve added that effect too – tiny, rising edge to the liquid where it touches the glass. Will try to work more on the ice here and come up with different scene maybe. Looking forward to another bottle tutorial!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Hi all! I’ve been playing around with the glasses again. Getting faster with modelling now, but all goes downhill when shading. Had to play a lot with IOR slider on the glass and ice, […] ]]> 331958b2be95aebe8f5159d8739fe699 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3168/#acomment-3195 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:01:40 +0000 Both hands up for that!

In reply to - Hardev posted an update Any new course coming up? Any soon? ]]> 7318158f6a7db8584cf84ed459b42777 Greg posted an update: Hi all! I've been playing around with the glasses […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/3179/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:57:33 +0000 Hi all! I’ve been playing around with the glasses again. Getting faster with modelling now, but all goes downhill when shading. Had to play a lot with IOR slider on the glass and ice, because they were ‘absorbing’ to much of a liquid. Inspired by work of David Turfitt as it’s just jaw-dropping stuff! Any thoughts for improvement?

]]> 9 b2fc017cdd8712209ec1d122409eb70b Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2953/#acomment-2958 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:49:14 +0000 Another step to learn!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Was fighting with this glass lately. It was difficult to get the reflections right. Is it still too polished? All CGI 🙂
]]> bf3f1b91a344b68b990dbf89bc8716ce Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2953/#acomment-2957 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:48:48 +0000 Thanks Mauricio! Will definitely have a look at that!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Was fighting with this glass lately. It was difficult to get the reflections right. Is it still too polished? All CGI 🙂
]]> 7ae8fdf7c68fb6a8c40ced28b0601c59 Greg posted an update: Was fighting with this glass lately. It was difficult to […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2953/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:39:14 +0000 Was fighting with this glass lately. It was difficult to get the reflections right. Is it still too polished? All CGI 🙂

]]> 6 5700cf4e1c01ddc4d660b7c0c9cfa5c3 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2873/#acomment-2948 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:31:34 +0000 This is top stuff!!

In reply to - Piotr posted an update in the group CGI photography Just finished this one. @Mauricio.Oliveira amazing work, thanks a lot! I hope to see some more tutorials from you.

Only one question, anybody knows how to […] ]]> b2ed9431d82547a19f54959e5269f66e Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2789/#acomment-2791 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:51:05 +0000 Just if I want to do other project, like a whisky bottle?

In reply to - Greg posted an update Where do you guys get the labels from to drop them on the 3d models?
]]> cbadda24efcb1024194908274662cf02 Greg posted an update: Where do you guys get the labels from to drop them on the 3d models? https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2789/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:14:57 +0000 Where do you guys get the labels from to drop them on the 3d models?

]]> 3 e03d169eb2034be93dcb897d3699c9b6 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2741/#acomment-2772 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:07:52 +0000 Worked a bit more on the light in the background. The first one look a bit too dark 🙂

In reply to - Greg posted an update Ooooft it took me a while to get something decent out of this. Loads of experimenting, testing and learning, but managed to finalise my first bottle render. Took it to PS after to add […] ]]> f30e0873e95aabe552df1aab366a62cf Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2741/#acomment-2754 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:07:32 +0000 Thanks @Martin !

In reply to - Greg posted an update Ooooft it took me a while to get something decent out of this. Loads of experimenting, testing and learning, but managed to finalise my first bottle render. Took it to PS after to add […] ]]> c7db4935a82bd6a873a5a1f18181fa3c Greg posted an update: Ooooft it took me a while to get something decent out […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2741/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:59:01 +0000 Ooooft it took me a while to get something decent out of this. Loads of experimenting, testing and learning, but managed to finalise my first bottle render. Took it to PS after to add some noise and contrast. Not happy with the wood thougg. It still looks like render, but happy with the effort. Need to learn more about the nodes and practice more!

]]> 6 913127b15b139ae4c15194a744c89eec Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2729/#acomment-2737 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:53:08 +0000 This sand is crazy!

In reply to - uwe posted an update in the group CGI photography my second try cosmetics render in blender. ]]> e95d95a1f8f433081e82c5389ab5cced Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2649/#acomment-2664 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:39:39 +0000 Righty, so it was the siluette layer (when I was making the wine) that was switched off, but somehow showed in the render. Deleted it and it worked!

In reply to - Greg posted an update Hi all! I’m having issues with the bottle render. It looks fine in the viewport, but when I render it to the image or copy that as an instance the glass turns into that white surface. […] ]]> 0c02b318ab585207838035f4bf138bea Greg posted an update: Hi all! I'm having issues with the bottle render. It […] https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/2649/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:23:56 +0000 Hi all! I’m having issues with the bottle render. It looks fine in the viewport, but when I render it to the image or copy that as an instance the glass turns into that white surface. Any clues what’s happening?

]]> 5 9f2904c29bd08cc5bc031cc5d5bf88ff Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/888/#acomment-894 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:39:41 +0000 Thanks Piotr!

In reply to - Martin posted an update in the group Business of photography @gregabramowicz was awarded Featured Artist of today ]]> b9228f0294729a7ba15e4b2427ee8cf7 Greg posted a new activity comment https://stilllifeacademy.com/activities/p/245/#acomment-283 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:15:55 +0000 Thanks Martin! I’m hoping to do some CGI stuff, which I will post for critique 🙂

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