79 Wood veneer scans & Wood finishing basics.

Elucidesign · October 21st, 2006

As a professional furniture designer, I have found great utility in the following veneers scans for client design communication, specification and 3D rendering.

Wood Library is a set of scanned images of 79 beautiful unfinished wood veneers from the Americas, Europe and Africa. We can photo-realistically render our furniture designs with some of these woods before the piece is physically constructed to test out various types and colors. Those in Italics at right are endangered and/or rare, and we will not use them, but there are sometimes composite and close-species relatives that can achieve a similar look. The endangered species are shown to show what will be missing if we continue as is. Please spread the word, and do not buy or specify these woods at risk.

Key to filenames FC = Flat Cut QTR = Quarter Sawn FIG=Figured

Scanner: HP 4600 scanner
Originals: 16bit, 150dpi, .Tiff Approx. 8.5in x 11in physical.
JPEGs: 8bit, 150dpi, .Tiff Approx. 8.5in x 11in physical.

The scans were color sampled and averaged in 3 places in Photoshop, and compared against Pantone Colorcue 2 (Colorimeter) readings to allow adjustment with curves. The white levels do not go above 230 for realism in reflected brightness.

Elucidesign_Wood_Finishing_Basics.pdf is a primer on how we specify wood finish, and is of use to our clients in unraveling an obtuse technical subject, as well as to the 3D community of renderers and artists.

These are also freely available at:
http://www.elucidesign.com/OtherProjects.html
If you redistribute these packages, please keep the documentation intact.

Wood types contained in this release
Afrormosia, Anegre, Ash, Avodire, Beech, Birch, Bubinga, Butternut, Cedar Cedar (S.American), Cherry, Coffee Bean, Ebony, Elm, Etimoe, Eucalyptus, Gum Red, Karilian Burl, Kewazinga, Lacewood, Mahogany, Makore, Maple, Movingue, Oak, Pal Dao, Pearwood, Redwood, Rosewood, Sapelle, Sassafras, Sassandra, Sycamore, Teak, Tigerwood, Walnut Walnut (Afr.), Wenge, Yew, Zebrano

Sef Pinney // Principal Designer
Elucidesign

TheAllusionist · October 22nd, 2006

Thanks for sharing your resource with us, nice stuff

aaron-cds · October 22nd, 2006

Excellent! Thank you very much.

hhoa_kts · October 22nd, 2006

very helpful, thx u so much

October 21st, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Elucidesign Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 1 Name: Sef Pinney	79 Wood veneer scans & Wood finishing basics. As a professional furniture designer, I have found great utility in the following veneers scans for client design communication, specification and 3D rendering. Wood Library is a set of scanned images of 79 beautiful unfinished wood veneers from the Americas, Europe and Africa. We can photo-realistically render our furniture designs with some of these woods before the piece is physically constructed to test out various types and colors. Those in Italics at right are endangered and/or rare, and we will not use them, but there are sometimes composite and close-species relatives that can achieve a similar look. The endangered species are shown to show what will be missing if we continue as is. Please spread the word, and do not buy or specify these woods at risk. Key to filenames FC = Flat Cut QTR = Quarter Sawn FIG=Figured Scanner: HP 4600 scanner Originals: 16bit, 150dpi, .Tiff Approx. 8.5in x 11in physical. JPEGs: 8bit, 150dpi, .Tiff Approx. 8.5in x 11in physical. The scans were color sampled and averaged in 3 places in Photoshop, and compared against Pantone Colorcue 2 (Colorimeter) readings to allow adjustment with curves. The white levels do not go above 230 for realism in reflected brightness. Elucidesign_Wood_Finishing_Basics.pdf is a primer on how we specify wood finish, and is of use to our clients in unraveling an obtuse technical subject, as well as to the 3D community of renderers and artists. These are also freely available at: http://www.elucidesign.com/OtherProjects.html If you redistribute these packages, please keep the documentation intact. Wood types contained in this release Afrormosia, Anegre, Ash, Avodire, Beech, Birch, Bubinga, Butternut, Cedar Cedar (S.American), Cherry, Coffee Bean, Ebony, Elm, Etimoe, Eucalyptus, Gum Red, Karilian Burl, Kewazinga, Lacewood, Mahogany, Makore, Maple, Movingue, Oak, Pal Dao, Pearwood, Redwood, Rosewood, Sapelle, Sassafras, Sassandra, Sycamore, Teak, Tigerwood, Walnut Walnut (Afr.), Wenge, Yew, Zebrano Sef Pinney // Principal Designer Elucidesign

October 22nd, 2006	#2 (permalink)
TheAllusionist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 409 Name: Russell Thomas	Re: 79 Wood veneer scans & Wood finishing basics. Thanks for sharing your resource with us, nice stuff __________________ The Opinions Expressed Here Do Not Necessarily Reflect Those of a Rational Mind. 3DAllusions \| 3DAllusions Studio \| MrMaterials

October 22nd, 2006	#3 (permalink)
aaron-cds Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Arlington Heights, IL Age: 34 Posts: 703 Name: Aaron Coon	Re: 79 Wood veneer scans & Wood finishing basics. Excellent! Thank you very much. __________________ Aaron Coon, Conceptual Design Studio

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hhoa_kts Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hanoi Age: 28 Posts: 128 Name: Dinh Haihoa	Re: 79 Wood veneer scans & Wood finishing basics. very helpful, thx u so much __________________ My site: http://3darcspace.com Architect and visualization Email: hhoa_kts@yahoo.com

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