Animation Query

[Flint]

I'm trying to complete my first walkthrough for my portfolio but can't get my head around the animation settings. I read a few articles and Tuts and am following this method but with different quality settings.

http://www.vray.us/vray_tutorials/vray_tutorial_irradiance_map2.shtml

 

First I calc the LC as primary with secondary set to none (think thats right) and save it. Then I switch primary bounce to IR (animation prepass) and set it at every 5 nth frame and set the secondary to LC from file. Is this right as when I check show calc phase the image doesn't seem to update/move with each pass. It seems stuck on 1 frame. I checked max and it's set to render the total timeline.

[Fooch]

If nothing is moving (regular flythrough), install : http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/flywiz-vray-flythrough-animation-wizard-1-1

 

Makes life a whole lot easier.

 

 

As for your problem, check if its rendering your camera not say the top view or something

LC for primary + secondary. Make sure you save it as flythrough.

The calc phase of it will look like a smudge of pixels stuck together so dont worry.

 

Next is IR. Make sure you save it at multiframe incremental.

Correct on loading the LC. Do check if the LC file is pretty large (If its tiny, it means you've only saved 1x frame)

[Flint]

Thanks for replying. I checked the camera and it is locked on it for render time, so that's ok. The LC looks right, as you say a big smudge and 144 mb in size but it's when I calc the IR I get a problem. In the link you posted when they calc the IR it updates the render at each nth frame. Mine stays put! I set it as animation (prepass) and not multiframe so will give that a go. When I go to calc the IR map in primary I do put the LC as secondary right as the tut I'm following doesn't make that clear?

 

One other thing when I calc the LC I get a warning from max saying Frames may be lost due to not saving a file name (something like that). I take it it's because I checked 'don't render image' in Vray and not set max to save each image, but when it finishes calculating the LC max goes on to phantom render each image. No image is produced though but the render dialog box say's it is! Surely that's not right either.

[Flint]

Cheers setting it to Multiframe seemed to do the trick as just done a quick test render on a few frames.

 

After the LC was Calculated though and Max went on to phantom render each image, even though Vray was told not to render final image I just cancelled the operation. Hope that didn't mess anything up but seems not to have as LC had been saved. 551Mb was the final size.

 

Just one other question, What is the best filter to use. At the moment I'm using the Video filter but the final test image seemed to be a bit blurry. Is there a better one to use?

 

All sorted now. Thanks for the pointer Fooch, set me on right path.

Edited October 22, 2010 by Flint