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So, I updated Blender to v3.41. Not too unusual since Blender is constantly updating. Still, I hadn't done so in several months and a few things had changed. So what did I learn this time around? I learned how to properly collapse a mesh (the Enterprise in this case) and reassign materials. Turns out, if I hadn't, there'd be two ships with Reliant markings in this scene. The UV space on the saucer and nacelles are the same after all. Only the textures were altered.

I also had to figure out why I was running out of GPU memory which kept the scene from rendering when I didn't have that issue before the upgrade. Turns out, there are RAM settings. Are they new? I HAVE NO IDEA! But I had to set them so I could get things to work. I also looked up how to make renders turn out faster on this outdated PC. Once everything was settled, I managed to churn out this simple image.

I still need to light up the models.

Aaaaaannnnyway... I'm getting close to doing full scene renders. I just need to think of suitable scenes to render! Like, full scenes that I can stick my shiny new starships in. Not just painting backgrounds in Photoshop (which I enjoy) and compositing them in post processing, but fully rendered environments. That should prove interesting.

Models and image © Liz Gibbs
Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds © CBS Corporation
Used without permission

Description
So, I updated Blender to v3.41. Not too unusual since Blender is constantly updating. Still, I hadn't done so in several months and a few things had changed. So what did I learn this time around? I learned how to properly collapse a mesh (the Enterprise in this case) and reassign materials. Turns out, if I hadn't, there'd be two ships with Reliant markings in this scene. The UV space on the saucer and nacelles are the same after all. Only the textures were altered.

I also had to figure out why I was running out of GPU memory which kept the scene from rendering when I didn't have that issue before the upgrade. Turns out, there are RAM settings. Are they new? I HAVE NO IDEA! But I had to set them so I could get things to work. I also looked up how to make renders turn out faster on this outdated PC. Once everything was settled, I managed to churn out this simple image.

I still need to light up the models.

Aaaaaannnnyway... I'm getting close to doing full scene renders. I just need to think of suitable scenes to render! Like, full scenes that I can stick my shiny new starships in. Not just painting backgrounds in Photoshop (which I enjoy) and compositing them in post processing, but fully rendered environments. That should prove interesting.

Models and image © Liz Gibbs
Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds © CBS Corporation
Used without permission