VRay Fur vs. VRay Displacement

[Brian Smith]

It's not a very sexy scene and got some more work to do, but could I get some opinions about which grass you like better in the foreground, the VRay Fur or VRay displacement.

[skala67]

I like the one that isnt as wild. A commercial building like this would have trimmed grass, and I think the cleaner one works well.

[gods418]

vray fur takes more time to render than vray displacement vrayfur looks a lot better than displacement but cmon its only grass you wont zoom and focus the grass right.. i choose vray displacement.. , and before you do that please change your trees no one thats not blurry,, a little hi res and also change your car to better ones before changing the grass must give respect to the very nice 3d of your building... regards, mike

[Tim Saunders]

I don't like either of them. I think you'll get the best results with displacement. Maybe come up with some better maps.

[manta]

I like them both, I would go with the one that renders faster...

[FlytE]

I recommend displacement.

[Brian Smith]

I asked about the grass because it was originally Fur and the client complained about it specifically. I was going to change to displacement anyway but it's nice to get reassurance from others.

[jophus14]

I have never used Vrayfur, but I really like the results of Vray Displacement and the render times aren't that bad. I prefer your second image.

[FlytE]

You can always use photoshop to make it slightly grasser round the edges (like the fur is) but still using the displacement map to keep down your rendertimes.

[mahorela]

The displacement is much more natural, to be honest I haven't seen much from the vray fur, whether grass, rug or anything else that looks particularly natural. If anyone has any pics or sites that feature good vray fur I would sure like to see it.

[Brian Smith]

Perhaps I could have not set the gravity so high on the fur so it doesn't look like such a mess. I've seen some really nice shag rugs that had to be fur. That might be the best viz application. Of course the fur is good when animating a scene as long as it's used sparingly.

[Parker1]

Those palm tree trunks look crazy...it looks like they are neatly wrapped with white rope all the way around. Is there really a species that looks like that?

[Brian Smith]

They're Onyx trees. This was the way they came imported. I haven't converted the materials to VRay yet nor worked on them at all. They will look fine in the final though.

[parkdark]

the pics are so god but i think that you need more lightning. Everything else is good keep on working

[Ricardo Eloy]

I was making a few tests with fur, last week. I found it really good for close shots, waaaaay more natural than displacement. BUT, they are really time consuming, so for distant shots I'd definetly go for displacement.

[alfienoakes]

Now I like that teapot.. a lot...!

[Tim Nelson]

You should give the Max Hair & Fur effect a try. It works really great for grass, and seems to render fairly quickly as geometry too.

[Sawyer]

You should give the Max Hair & Fur effect a try. It works really great for grass, and seems to render fairly quickly as geometry too.

 

I agree. I have had much better render times with max's hair. So much so I havent looked at vrays fur for a long time.

[Ricardo Eloy]

How does it behave with VRay? Since it doesn't show behind opacity maps, I don't use it very often (turning it into geometry sends render times thru the roof).

[bigroo]

the pics are so god but i think that you need more lightning. Everything else is good keep on working

 

Talking about weather systems in renders now!

 

In England we had a hairy cornflake, never a hairy teapot. Great image Rick, that's on my desktop right now. Could you enlighten us on the settings.