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Hi Everyone, I'm rendering an animation of a scene that is lit by lights that change colour and intensity throughout the animation. Do you know what would be the best GI settings to use to ensure that I don't get any flickering? Cheers, Antony

Hi all, Does anyone know of a way of viewing irrandiance maps or light caches as image files (jpeg/tga)? It is possible to render an irradiance map without rendering the rgb pass (tick do not render final image) and save out the file as a jpeg. But I'm looking to do an animation and it would be a lot easier to actually view the irradiance map as an image ie tga or jpeg. Antony

Hi All, Has anyone encountered this type of error before? I've got over the problem by merging everything into a new scene but would be good to know where the problem came from. Antony

Hi All, I am experiencing a problem after my vray render has finished. After the render progress dialogue disappears my 3ds max file freezes for several seconds. Occasionally I get dialogue menus flashing open and closed at a fast rate for a few seconds. Have anyone experienced similar problems? I am using 3DS max 2014 with vray 2.0 but have had similar problems in max 2013 Antony

this is amazing. really. I never used vray2sided before. it's a very powerful tool isn't it? I can finally get light boxes with glow and reflection as real acrylic ones have. the best results I've got before is creating the shape that glows, shelled it and given it a frosted material and then placed an illuminated box or light inside. It looks good but takes forever to render so wasn't particularly usable on the fast turnaround times I'm used to. here's an example: http://antonybarkworthknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/airport-lounge673.jpg I used it on the blue glowing wall. it took 8 hours to render :-/

Hi all, One problem I continuously come across when visualising interiors is with illuminated blocks or surfaces (light boxes). One example is this kind of object: http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server1100/b2754/products/99/images/4450/722727_bottle_display_in_blue_33435_1298784219_220_220__70378.1379963963.220.220.jpg How would people go about modelling/texturing/lighting this while keeping an eye on render times? I'd be interested in knowing different approaches. Cheers, Antony ps. I mainly use vray but am more interested in technique over specifics to render engines

Hi all, I am having a major problem with Max 2014. Everytime I open Max 2014 I get an 'application error' and have to close the program. I am running Max 2014 through bootcamp. Has anyone come across this problem? Antony

cool. thanks for getting back to me. I'm still having trouble with this method :-/ I have found a way of working by saving the sequence as a .rpf file and selecting 'zDepth' in the settings. You can then choose your clipping planes in after effects giving you more flexibility using '3D channel extract'. NOTE: you need to use 'Camera Lens Blur' in after effects, set your zdepth sequence as your blur map and MAKE SURE 'Use Linear working space is unticked'

I'm rendering an animated sequence in vray (3ds max) and want to save the standard rgb pass along with a zDepth pass. My zDepth looks fine in the frame buffer and can be saved out fine for individual frames. However, I'm having trouble saving my zDepth pass for the whole sequence. Does anyone have any tips? Cheers, Antony

Salvador, Andy, Thanks so much for this. It works a treat. It seems odd though, what's the benefit/function of the point cloud export in the first place? Antony

Hi all, I'm trying to use vray proxies to set up product for a project I'm working on. I've used proxies before to good effect but this time I'm getting a weird problem. As you can see from the images below, the objects above (the proxies) are rendering very strangely. I I am using 3DS max 2012 with vray2.0. The objects are all converted to editable polys before the above Vray mesh export. Any ideas where I'm going wrong? Cheers, Antony

The company I have worked for have recently purchased a 'DLP-link 3D ready projector'. You view 3D content through ZD201 3D glasses. I am wondering if anyone has read any tutorials or has any experience producing 3D video for use on these projectors as viewed through these (or similar) glasses. Cheers, Antony

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of any great examples of stylised approaches in visualisations. Cheers, Antony

Is it possible to render an image at 17,500px by 17,500px? I've read that the limit is 13,000 square. Has anyone any experience of this? Antony

Any one got any tips on how to create a realistic felt material without killing render time? I'm struggling to find the softness that felt has. Cheers, Antony