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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThink you can tell a rendering when you see one?
Everything you see above is fake, i.e. a rendering. And they're all for sale. They're images from CG Trader, an online 3D model store where designers can post their virtual models for sale to consumers. The interesting thing about them is their business model: With the traditional ID royalty model you would receive a tiny royalty percentage on say, a chair produced by a major manufacturer, but these guys pay out well over 90% after the math is done. Their pricing model allows the seller to take in 100% of their sale price, then pay a small fee (from $2 to $50, depending on your sale price) to essentially re-stock your model for sale, as if it were finite, physical merchandise going back onto a store shelf.
Whether or not you're looking to buy or sell a 3D model, they've posted a sort of visual quiz to test what a bunch of you pride yourself on: The ability to distinguish a rendering from a photograph. How good do you think you are? Which of the following came out of a camera lens, and which from a mouse?
Whether or not you're looking to buy or sell a 3D model, they've posted a sort of visual quiz to test what a bunch of you pride yourself on: The ability to distinguish a rendering from a photograph. How good do you think you are? Which of the following came out of a camera lens, and which from a mouse?
Here are two images from the quiz one of these is real, two are fake... Vote which is real below!
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Koala Bear is real. | |
1 (33%) |
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Frog is real. | |
1 (33%) |
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Parrot is real. | |
1 (33%) |
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Can't tell. | |
0 (0%) |
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Think you can tell a rendering when you see one? (Original Post)
Agschmid
Aug 2013
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. very cool - I voted and probably got it wrong!
I think you mean to say there are three images from the quiz
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)2. It's like those portraits
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)5. The recereation of water is amazing.
blogslut
(37,982 posts)3. I got 10 out of 14 right
I feel a little sad now.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)4. Way better than me!
The images are amazing.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)6. Got 11 of 14
If you go with your first impression it is usually correct. The brain is amazing.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)7. I'm extraordinarily bad at this
Worse than chance, even: only 5 right.