Dirtmap workflow II

[kicks]

 

 

here are the sample shots(no post edit), the last is the setup screenshot:

[radioVOY]

i'd follow your first post about dirtmap for interiors, was great to get good quality in a short time. but in this case ( exteriors) i think should be better do it with a skydome of omnis and a direct light, i use it for fast renders, about a 45sec ( same machine) and got the same quality on a 800x600 image. just build your skydome with at least 10 omnis .2 intensity, 600 size shadow, 8 on samples, 0 bias. and for the direct .5 intensity, raytraced shadows.

 

is almost the same time i think for set up. its better to try boot ways you can learn more.

[sialtiel]

Kicks,

 

Great job!

 

Altie

[tburke]

radioVOY,

I'm trying your method of lighting but I'm a little lost. Could you be more specific about the omni light settings? Maybe show a screen shot if you have the time. Are you still using mental ray as the renderer? The like the sound of how quick your rendering were and I want to be able to get quality rendering in a shorter time (if possible).

Thanks!

[Justin Hunt]

Ambient Occlusion is great, but you will find that dropping it into the self illumination slot will wash out any textures too much and loos detail. Instead creat an oren-Nayar-Blin material and drop the AO mat into the diffuse Level. Adjust the level value to suit.

 

Light the scene with 1 light for the sun , 1 for the sky and 1 for the ground. All directional lights.

 

JH

[dexter]

Thanks bro...