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Old November 11th, 2010, 06:43 AM   #11
Matador
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Default Re: preview of pics from fanfilm

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Originally Posted by Andromeda View Post
i bought vray late last year (along with afterburn and dreamscape) it is nice
but its a killer on some render times .. especially when you play with
volumetric light and fog .... for these re-renders I've just started again
went back to mental ray to speed things up a bit on some scenes and layered
vray renders on others. hope this lot doesn't screw up on me.

I hear ya about the render time. It's true... Vray chews up memory like crazy, but I suppose it's worth the wait.

I messed around with Mental Ray, but I could never get the volume light/fog to work right on my ship. I got this crazy effect and could not work around it.

I have attached some samples of what I mean.

First image is with vray or default scanline
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/z...anlineTest.jpg

Second was with mental ray
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/z...talRayTest.jpg

I just could not get Mental ray to create the fog right. Either default scanline works or Vray seems to know what to do in this case.

I love the heat sinks and gatling gun on your tank. I may borrow those ideas for Galactica.

Here is an update... I added some hull lights.
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/z...stwStars1d.jpg

Let me know if you have any tips on the volume light/fog thing.

Oh, how do you do the thumbnail picture preview thing. I can't seem to figure that out.

Cheers

Last edited by Matador; November 11th, 2010 at 07:03 AM.. Reason: Didn't want to fill page with my images
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