How to keep an object from burning in Linear?

[Aaron2004]

Hey guys,

 

I have white stucco surrounded by white trim in an exterior rendering. Both use a combination of Output and VRAY color (no bitmaps). I'm using Linear Color Mapping. Everything is exactly as I want it (almost) except for the white stucco, which is blown out. I can tone down the intensity, but then it becomes grey in other areas. Lowering the 'recieve GI' in a material wrapper gives a similaer result.

 

Any advice? I just want to be able to keep one object from blowing out.

 

Thanks!

 

Aaron

[Brian Smith]

there's several things you can do, but first, since you mentioned linear, have you tried anything else. I recommend reinhard with a burn value of 0.5. Increasing to 1.0 brings it closer to linear and reducing it brings it closer to exponential.

[Aaron2004]

I have not tried reinhard yet...I was so happy with Linear. I'll try that tomorrow. Is there any other solutions besides changing light mapping?

 

Thanks!

[Brian Smith]

a couple things that come to mind are:

 

• use the output rollout of the map applied to the wall material
  
• apply a falloff or gradient map to the material
  
• render that particular material in a different pass or with a shadow matte material and adjust in photoshop
  
• reduce the receive GI and create a light that only affects that object