chuck Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Hello all, My firm is planning on buying max 6 or viz 2005. I am very familiar with max 6's light tracer/ GI. As I was reading the comparison document on Viz's website it said Viz 2005 does not have light tracer as an advanced lighting plugin. A few pages later it said that it does have skylights. So whats up? Does viz 2005 have it or not? I enjoy the easy/fast results of GI- radiosity is sometimes just too time consuming. My last question is how does the radiosity between max6/viz compare? are they identical as far as quality/settings? Thanks for any help, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I don't use any of them as my experience with Light Tracer left me quite disappointed. It looked great, but took forever to render. You have real patience if you can wait for LT to render! You should think about Mental Ray, which comes with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 VIZ 2005 does not have Liht Tracer, but just like VIZ 4, it can render Skylight (turn on Cast Shadows, set Rays/Sample = 8). An alternative is to use mental ray and enable Final Gather - it'll be the same as using Light Tracer. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted May 19, 2004 Author Share Posted May 19, 2004 thanks guys- so the mental ray has GI right, not just radiosity? i know MR has "radiosity" (photons right?), but i'd like something i can just turn on and see diffused shadows without messing around with processing radiosity... i have played with MR, but the settings are a bit overwhelming at first, especially when i know max radiosity. it does look very nice though...i'm assuming viz ships with the MR tutorial... thanks again chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abicalho Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 mental ray has GI, but mental day does not support the daylight system. Skylight is only supported in Final Gather, and does not generate photons, so the sky will not contribute to the GI solution. So, right now, the GI solution in MR will be different than the Radiosity capabilities if you want Indirect Lighting - you can use it for internal lighting, or with "fake" sunlight, but not with a physically based sunlight and sky. Alexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Chuck, the answer I'm going to post was already answered plenty before, but its just so true, ans especially in your case. VIZ + any 3rd party renderer will still be cheaper than MAX. You get speed, quality... and most likely better help and support when it comes to render settings. my 2c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted May 19, 2004 Author Share Posted May 19, 2004 but does viz have the max 6 transform gizmos?!?!? just kidding. well, not really. i like those little guys. i'd really like to get vray....its so pretty. not sure i could get IT to go for it though...just started last week. thanks again guys... chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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