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Title: 3 dark frames
Post by: bigben on March 26, 2015, 07:46:48 PM
Hi All

Just running a quick animation of a model we processed for someone and I'm trying to figure out what's causing these three odd frames.  2 of the frames are almost black, and performing autolevels on them shows what looks like the PF shader on the planet filling the whole screen, and the 3rd image looks like the right camera position but the frame is darker. There doesn't appear to be anything wierd in the camera positions.  Model is 500mb, 4 x 4096px jpg textures  Tried a range of things removing most of the other settings I tweaked (removing soft shadows, disabling 4D noise in cloud, disabling atmosphere, disabling motion blur) all to no effect.

Any ideas on where I might look for a cause?
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: bigben on March 27, 2015, 04:11:53 PM
Moved the sun and increased GI and the problem went away... a bit odd.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: Dune on March 28, 2015, 03:17:24 AM
TG keeps surprising, sometimes in a  :( way, mostly  :D Glad you found it, as I couldn't help.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: Oshyan on March 28, 2015, 05:19:12 PM
Strange. Usually these kinds of abrupt rendering changes between frames seem to result from motion blur issues (which can occur, in certain ways, even when Motion Blur *rendering* is disabled, due to frame offset settings). But I don't think that's what's going on here. Is it possible you're below the terrain? What specifically is animated, the camera?

- Oshyan
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: bigben on March 28, 2015, 09:24:11 PM
Yes, just the camera.  Just a quick and dirty test to show the guys what else can be done with their models.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: Dune on March 29, 2015, 02:06:23 AM
Except for the trees this looks pretty neat.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: bigben on March 29, 2015, 06:25:39 AM
Yes, the trees always look blobby with photogrammetry..... but the software is also designed to create DEMs that exclude buildings and trees by classifying those points that define the ground...  so you can get a terrain object (or DEM) with an ortho photo that will show you where to put trees back in, and then mesh the buildings separately.  Still to fully test it out though.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: bigben on March 30, 2015, 03:52:55 AM
Be careful when flying drones near hedges.....  flew through a hedge ;)  You may laugh now.
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: Dune on March 30, 2015, 05:24:44 AM
Better than through (car) windows  ;)
Title: Re: 3 dark frames
Post by: bobbystahr on March 31, 2015, 09:54:26 AM
Quote from: Dune on March 30, 2015, 05:24:44 AM
Better than through (car) windows  ;)
hee hee hee Ulco...Nice lil test Ben, glad you solved the problem as I'd have been no help at all....must play more with animation as I do have a full ver 2