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rsquires
09-18-2007, 09:56 AM
http://homepage.mac.com/rsquires/3d/vray/vray_test-001.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/rsquires/3d/vray/vray_test-002.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/rsquires/3d/vray/vray_test-003.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/rsquires/3d/vray/vray_test-003b.jpg
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I have pretty much started from scratch not knowing a great deal about Vray,but absolutely love the work flow and fell into it very easily. I especially like the physical camera as it just makes getting the image right that much easier because as a photographer it's something I can relate to. I have noticed some artefacts creeping in and would love to know how to avoid them. Specifically the rather jagged antialiasing ( or lack of ) on the luminant materials which I can't seem to budge, and the hilight on the silver tankard/trophy thing which is white with a black outline.

This is such a great addition to cinema it has me quite at a loss for words.

I better get back to work but thanks again for an amazing job. Oh and one last thing I used this all day without a single hang or crash. Beautiful ( Eon software take note and your crappy Ozone plugin).

One last thing I noticed was the great Enhance noises from 3d Attack turned a 20 sec render into a 1min 20 sec render. There was a big hit with these shaders, so maybe they aren't optimised for vray. If your'e listening 3d Attack I think they need a bit of optimisation to fly with Vray.

regards

Richard
kromekat
09-18-2007, 10:18 AM
Wow - look at those render times for the quality of light! - impressive :D

Adam
Stephane
09-18-2007, 10:47 AM
Wow, really nice renders and render times Richard! I'm very curious to know what hardware setup gave you those?
I have noticed some artefacts creeping in and would love to know how to avoid them. Specifically the rather jagged antialiasing ( or lack of ) on the luminant materials which I can't seem to budge, and the hilight on the silver tankard/trophy thing which is white with a black outline...
I've seen those artifacts in quite a few VRay renders and would also really like to know if there is a way do get rid of them when I get this installed.

Cheers,
Stéphane
Laurent
09-18-2007, 01:35 PM
Frankly, I'll take those mild artifacts any day rather than spending hours in photoshop blurring out AR splotches.
after a bit of playing looks like Stefan has not been telling fables:
Vray is so much quicker than AR
rsquires
09-18-2007, 02:34 PM
thanks guys. I was astounded by how quick it is. I am using an Intel Mac Pro Quad core 3ghz with 4gb of ram. It slices through these set-ups like butter. I can't believe the light quality and lack of splotches with the times these frames took. Also it was nice to see all four processors maxed out to get these times. It has been optimised incredibly well I think.

I am seriously thinking that I may never go back to AR. The VRay Material is so good and the physical camera does some great stuff. It's going to be hard I can tell you.

regards

Rich
KevinJ
09-18-2007, 02:48 PM
Damn those are some nice render times. What machine are you using?

Sorry on my ecixte state I didn't read the post above mine. Sorry.

Kevin J.
vlado
09-18-2007, 05:37 PM
Specifically the rather jagged antialiasing ( or lack of ) on the luminant materials which I can't seem to budge, and the hilight on the silver tankard/trophy thing which is white with a black outline...You would typically remove them by checking the "Clamp output" and "Sub-pixel mapping" options for the Color mapping.

Best regards,
Vlado
stefan
09-18-2007, 05:55 PM
"I am seriously thinking that I may never go back to AR. The VRay Material is so good and the physical camera does some great stuff. It's going to be hard I can tell you. "

...i feel the same. i love c4d and using vray i still feel being at c4d:-)

thanks vlado for beeing here and help too!:-)

cheer
stefan
rsquires
09-18-2007, 10:47 PM
You would typically remove them by checking the "Clamp output" and "Sub-pixel mapping" options for the Color mapping.

Best regards,
Vlado

thanks. I'll give that a go

richard
afternooncoffeeboy
09-18-2007, 11:04 PM
"I am seriously thinking that I may never go back to AR. The VRay Material is so good and the physical camera does some great stuff. It's going to be hard I can tell you. "

...i feel the same. i love c4d and using vray i still feel being at c4d:-)

thanks vlado for beeing here and help too!:-)

cheer
stefan

yea man, i definitely feel at home
PureSpider
02-11-2008, 02:38 PM
how did you do that rainbow colored light?
Fluffy
02-11-2008, 05:23 PM
Probably a simple gradient in the luminance channel.
alpha
02-11-2008, 06:04 PM
It would be nice to have this 'fluorescent snake' in the mat-repositary !
Who cares ?

Thanks,
alpha
sadece
02-11-2008, 07:32 PM
vray really good at objects which have luminance channel so lighting other objects.
Ernest Burden
02-11-2008, 08:47 PM
Probably a simple gradient in the luminance channel.

Probably using a UV map so the simple gradient can follow the bends of the 'snake'.
Fluffy
02-11-2008, 09:01 PM
the UVs are generated automatically when using a sweep NURBS, so I don't think that step was actually done here, but good to mention it, thanks :)
PureSpider
02-11-2008, 10:19 PM
Gimme that mat! :D
Ernest Burden
02-11-2008, 10:41 PM
the UVs are generated automatically when using a sweep NURBS

Shows how much I use sweep NURBS.