Looks sweet. That TKL model needs some work though ;)
This looks nice! Do you have any interest in turning it into an executable or releasing the source so people can run it on their local machines? That would help with server costs not getting out of hand. But if your goal is to keep to yourself in case you decide to turn it into a paid service later on that's totally understandable.
GMK legends need to be a bit bigger I think
kbrenders
an automatic 3D rendering service for keycap designers
I just built a new cloud service that will 3D render your keyboard-layout-editor keycap set designs within 24 hours - check it out at kbrenders.com (http://kbrenders.com)
Do you have plans to make it so that it can just give us a blender file so you don't have to waste server resources to render?
Perhaps at a lower price in the future compared to just having the server render it.
Do you have plans to make it so that it can just give us a blender file so you don't have to waste server resources to render?
Perhaps at a lower price in the future compared to just having the server render it.
I can't afford the costs of running kbrenders anymore, and have no idea how to properly charge people money for it, so kbrenders is shutting down forever. I wish I could have kept it up for longer but I hope you found it useful. In the meantime kle-render.herokuapp.com will stay up until the end of this month before shutting down permanently as well. If you need renders for your sets in the future, I can vouch for the quality of thesiscamper's work.
I can't afford the costs of running kbrenders anymore, and have no idea how to properly charge people money for it, so kbrenders is shutting down forever. I wish I could have kept it up for longer but I hope you found it useful. In the meantime kle-render.herokuapp.com will stay up until the end of this month before shutting down permanently as well. If you need renders for your sets in the future, I can vouch for the quality of thesiscamper's work.Do you have 3D model of 2 sets of SA and GMK full?
Sad :(
Would renders on requests be an option?
I think you can charge X or get tips from people for that
I can't afford the costs of running kbrenders anymore, and have no idea how to properly charge people money for it, so kbrenders is shutting down forever. I wish I could have kept it up for longer but I hope you found it useful. In the meantime kle-render.herokuapp.com will stay up until the end of this month before shutting down permanently as well. If you need renders for your sets in the future, I can vouch for the quality of thesiscamper's work.
Also curious about how to make this feasible for running locally, and up for helping transition it to some open source repo if you're up for it. I think this sort of thing could be really helpful for the community!
I can't afford the costs of running kbrenders anymore, and have no idea how to properly charge people money for it, so kbrenders is shutting down forever. I wish I could have kept it up for longer but I hope you found it useful. In the meantime kle-render.herokuapp.com will stay up until the end of this month before shutting down permanently as well. If you need renders for your sets in the future, I can vouch for the quality of thesiscamper's work.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!That is great to hear! When uploading a layout to you do you need it to match the output? ie if I were to send you a TKL would you be able to make a 65% out of that it does it need to be 65% to begin with?
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!That is great to hear! When uploading a layout to you do you need it to match the output? ie if I were to send you a TKL would you be able to make a 65% out of that it does it need to be 65% to begin with?
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
I understand the need to charge for this service (and agree unconditionally) but the option to get a free thumbnail preview, so you can get at least a general impression of what you're buying, would be awesome.
It appears I was wrong about shutting down forever - after a significant redesign kbrenders (http://kbrenders.com) is now back online!
I've added two new keyboard layouts - the Mech Mini 2 (40%) and Espectro (96%) - as well as DSA support. Also, while I offered kbrenders for free before, this was not sustainable, and I'm now charging a $10 fee per render. I hope this is still accessible for everyone who wants to use kbrenders.
I understand the need to charge for this service (and agree unconditionally) but the option to get a free thumbnail preview, so you can get at least a general impression of what you're buying, would be awesome.
The renders are ray traced on a separate machine that I don't keep running all the time, so even small previews would require waiting a day and cost me basically as much as a full resolution image. However, you can preview how legends would look using kle-render.herokuapp.com (http://kle-render.herokuapp.com/) (it uses some of the same code) although it isn't photorealistic. I will be adding some DSA sample renders to the website very soon as well.
Hey!!
This kbrenders look like a very nice tool. But again it appears to be offline for me. I totally understand that the cost of making 3D raytracing render online is high, but what about making the tools opensource and release it on like github so we can use or own power to perform the render. It would be an amazing tool for those who want to make 3D renders of keyset idea they have but don’t have that much 3D skills (I’m really more a 2D boy, lot of experience in photography, vectorial design, but 3D I never touched and I am still quite confused about it :-X )
Thanks about considering this ! :thumb:
Hey!!
This kbrenders look like a very nice tool. But again it appears to be offline for me...MoreI totally understand that the cost of making 3D raytracing render online is high, but what about making the tools opensource and release it on like github so we can use or own power to perform the render. It would be an amazing tool for those who want to make 3D renders of keyset idea they have but don’t have that much 3D skills (I’m really more a 2D boy, lot of experience in photography, vectorial design, but 3D I never touched and I am still quite confused about it :-X )
Thanks about considering this ! :thumb:
How does it appear offline to you? Are you having trouble accessing the website, or are you unable to submit a render, or are you not receiving the email, etc? Perhaps it was simply taking a while to load because of the sample renders? If you are having trouble using kbrenders please don't hesitate to report them on this thread.
With regards to open source, getting everything to run locally would require a great deal more work, as I structured everything as a set of cloud microservices. It would also negate much of the convenience of a service versus a set of files. Furthermore, I have already spent years on this project and will likely spend more, and so would like the possibility to eventually profit somehow even if it is not the primary goal.
Just so you know, I've recently made some major updates to the service.
- The rather bulky TEK80 keyboard has been replaced with the Mech27
- A 60% layout in the form of the Klippe has been added
- Custom legend images that cover the entire keycap are now supported. As always, you can preview how they will appear on kle_render.herokuapp.com (http://kle_render.herokuapp.com)
I've made some more changes to kbrenders recently:
- A full-size layout is available in the form of the Triangle keyboard
- Most renders should now take less than an hour to complete
- I've tried to make the website more readable and emphasize the need to use templates
kbrenders
Affordable 3D rendering services for keycap designers
I am now offering a service to 3D render your keyboard-layout-editor keycap set designs within 24 hours - check it out at kbrenders.com (http://kbrenders.com). I currently charge $10 for every render, so if it fits your use case it can be significantly faster and cheaper than many comparable offerings.
Currently, it supports six keyboard layouts - Triangle (Full Size), Mech27 (TKL), Espectro (96%), M65 (65%), Klippe (60%), and Mech Mini 2 (40%) - and three keycap profiles - SA, DSA, and GMK. Only legends that are visible in kle-render will show. Final output is photorealistic, unlike kle-render, because kbrenders actually ray traces every request in blender instead of compositing 2D images. Try it out and tell me what you think! I'd especially appreciate any feedback on what new features would be most important for keycap set designers.
You can see sample renders as well as read more about how kbrenders works at kbrenders.com (http://kbrenders.com)
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This looks nice! Do you have any interest in turning it into an executable or releasing the source so people can run it on their local machines? That would help with server costs not getting out of hand. But if your goal is to keep to yourself in case you decide to turn it into a paid service later on that's totally understandable.
This looks nice! Do you have any interest in turning it into an executable or releasing the source so people can run it on their local machines? That would help with server costs not getting out of hand. But if your goal is to keep to yourself in case you decide to turn it into a paid service later on that's totally understandable.
I would highly doubt someone charging 10$ a render is about to make their service open source. Clearly trying to profit. That seems super high to me. I mean most ICs have like 5-10 renders. Then that doesn’t count what if you do the render and from that output decide to tweak the colors or legends or etc. Then if you run an IC like an IC should be run and actually accept feedback from the community ( seems as if no one actually plans to take criticism in ICs lately; might as well call it an announcement post AP instead of IC) then you will thus need more renders to show community you listened. Easily could hit 150-300$ just on renders.
Then again I have no idea these “designers” make every time they run a group buy. I know they’ll vary since some sell 100 sets and some sell 2,000 sets, but I dunno if they’re making like 1$ per set or is it like 10$ per set? I don’t really care, nor do I want to know.