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Title: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: Henry Blewer on December 20, 2009, 09:11:02 AM
Wonderful plant Walli.  ;)

This is a render test on using GI and the GI settings on the render tab. This image does not have the GI render settings enabled. GI illumination is 1.

Render time 9 hours 50 minutes! A Very Fast render on my machine. When I get done messing around with the GI, I'll post the tgd file. There are millions of instances of this plant in the render. I think I should have made the plant scale larger...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4199458333_d17ef38ddc_o.jpg
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: Linda McCarthy on December 20, 2009, 11:06:12 AM
I think the plant scale is fine.  This is lovely, njeneb.  Feels fresh, like morning.  Nice atmosphere and POV..and, the trees look great.
I haven't tested renders yet with the GI settings off, but- in general- the renders seem faster now.  Linda

Quote from: njeneb on December 20, 2009, 09:11:02 AM
Wonderful plant Walli.  ;)

This is a render test on using GI and the GI settings on the render tab. This image does not have the GI render settings enabled. GI illumination is 1.

Render time 9 hours 50 minutes! A Very Fast render on my machine. When I get done messing around with the GI, I'll post the tgd file. There are millions of instances of this plant in the render. I think I should have made the plant scale larger...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4199458333_d17ef38ddc_o.jpg
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: Henry Blewer on December 20, 2009, 11:19:23 AM
Thanks Linda. I think it's too dark. That's why I am learning to use the GI better.
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: EoinArmstrong on December 20, 2009, 01:46:13 PM
I think the scale is bang-on :)  Nice pic - would be great to see it with GI and reduced AO
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: Malcolm79 on December 21, 2009, 03:44:39 AM
njeneb, another pretty render/artwork!
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: mhaze on December 21, 2009, 04:01:47 AM
Nice work, great pov, nice atmosphere and the trees have presence.

Mick
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: rcallicotte on December 21, 2009, 01:49:30 PM
Good time.  What was it before the new renderer?

More lighting would help.  Soft shadows, too.  I like the blue sky - very believable blue.  Populations are very well laid out.
Title: Re: GI render tests; Walli's astilbe
Post by: Henry Blewer on December 21, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
I was just rendering a new image with GI. The program crashed. See this link for details and the tgd file.

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=8340.0