bened Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 It's a big question! Who does architectural glass better? Mental Ray, it is generally thought, does it better. Can Vray be a contender? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Photoshop and the Artist. Vray and Mental Ray are just software reliant on the person using them. In the right hands either of these can reproduce architectural glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bened Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 This is true. However, if you did a direct comparison (as close as is possible), you would surely observe qualitative differences. I have not done one as I use Vray almost exclusively. It would be interesting if someone with good experience of both could do a simple test. Someone with more spare time than me! The results of course would be subject to individual subjectivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 MR or VR for architectural glass??? this is a question from a fairly inexperienced user. it's down to the artist i'm afraid as Matt says. MR, VR, C4D's old AR, Viz scan line.... doesn't matter. i personally can make just as convincing glass in any renderer i use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 They do arch glass almost exactly the same, when you set up the material correctly. Of all the things to concern yourself with when choosing which software to use, that doesn't need to be one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 vray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bened Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 As I said, I am not experienced in MR! I am trying to work out whether i should bother to learn more MR or if users think there is no difference between it and Vray. I have been asked to see if we can combine the two to get the optimum result (no glass pass with vray, glass pass with MR), or if this is a waste of time. I have 'heard' that MR does arch glass better, I am trying to find out if there is a difference. People obviously have fairly vigourous preferences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic H Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 they are teh same, dont bother doing arbitary tests imo. choose one and learn it inside out instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bened Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 That's my opinion too Nic! I've been with Vray for 5 years or so and think it can do pretty much what I want it to do, it's just I was asked to find out if MR could do it better! It's not a stupid question, no matter what Strat thinks. Sometimes you need to look outside your prefered box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I have been asked to see if we can combine the two to get the optimum result (no glass pass with vray, glass pass with MR), or if this is a waste of time. it's obviously a big waste of time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The only render engines I have used for the past 4 years are Vray and MR, so I can't speak to software beyond that. Actually, I am still fairly fresh in MR. ...but my initial reaction would be that MR is setup better for rendering glass on a day to day basis because it has more options to tweak the glass easier for architectural related rendering. Things from creating nice single planed 'thin geometry' glass to physical glass, to controlling the transparency and color at different differences. You can do all of this in Vray, but in MR it is already setup and ready to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowback Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 they are teh same, dont bother doing arbitary tests imo. choose one and learn it inside out instead. 1+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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