Going Home

[ratfugel]

  Congrats. Liked this immensely. (Thought the birds were just bits of dirt until you told us differently. Sorry.  Also I thought you'd found a midget horse somewhere.  Saves on stables, it would fit nicely under the table!).

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[choronr]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[Oshyan]

It's a very nice scene but I agree, there's something odd about the way the lupines rendered. I'm fairly sure the model should look better than that. It's as if they're not self-shadowing, as Rogue said. Are you sure you didn't turn off "Cast Shadows" or flip the normals or something in the model settings?

- Oshyan

[Dune]

They might be luminous.

[choronr]

It's a very nice scene but I agree, there's something odd about the way the lupines rendered. I'm fairly sure the model should look better than that. It's as if they're not self-shadowing, as Rogue said. Are you sure you didn't turn off "Cast Shadows" or flip the normals or something in the model settings?

- Oshyan

Thank you Oshyan. Cast shadows is checked including soft shadows. All flower settings are out of the box set; no changes were made.

[choronr]

They might be luminous.

Specular is zero; and, opacity is 1.

[yossam]

I have always had problems with lighting the lupines..............translucency too high maybe?

[choronr]

I have always had problems with lighting the lupines..............translucency too high maybe?

Thanks Rich, opacity is at 1; so, no translucency.

[j meyer]

Hi Bob,I think there is a little misunderstanding going on here.
Ulco and Richard were referring to the luminosity and translucency
in the first tab of the Default shader,I guess.
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[Dune]

Yep, I was.

[yossam]

Me too.

[choronr]

Thanks j meyer, Richard and Dune - I think I never should have retired. My mind has turned to mush.

Going right now back to the project and trying some tests. We'll see what comes up.

[choronr]

Earlier, I was in error when saying the Lupines model used in the image was "out of the box" unmodified. At sometime early in the process I had increased opacity on all the components of the model; leaves, branches - and, the blossoms (blossoms at 1.5; everything else at 1). Did this to make the the Lupines stand out better.

The attached clipping is of the lower right side of the image; and, the model settings are untouched. Except for the leaves, the blossoms hardly stand out. Compare this with the original image.

[yossam]

Are you talking about diffuse color strength? I don't see where increasing opacity would help much. 

[choronr]

Are you talking about diffuse color strength? I don't see where increasing opacity would help much. 

Yes, I increased the diffuse color (opacity) on all parts of the plant on the original image.