Rendering hazy with minimal detail?

[philvanderloo]

Can someone steer me in the right direction as to what to look for if my renders are very hazy. I'm in 2014 using mental ray renderer.

There is more detail in the camera viewport than there is in my render.

Thank You

[Ismael]

[notamondayfan]

I'm not a Mental Ray user, but to me it looks like a gamma or a contrast issue. It's probably worth googling these to see if it brings up any solutions.

[philvanderloo]

Thanks Ismael and Dean.

My scene was already set up with the mr sky just as it was illustrated in the video Ismael. Still rendering with no detail in the comp roof. Looks flat brown and you can barely make out the valleys.

Dean I'll check that out.

Thanks Again

[philvanderloo]

For anyone referring to this post, I figured out the haze issue but am still working on the lack of detail in the roofing. In mr Sky advanced parameters, I had the aerial perspective box checked and the (10%) haze distance set to 22'. I set this to zero and the haze was gone. Problem half solved.

But still, after applying the autodesk dark brown composition shingles material to the roof, the roofing renders a flat, almost solid brown, with no shingle details.

[Ismael]

Here is a nice reference, http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=102955&d=1375367686

Seems like the shingles are 3d? It makes a big difference.

 

PS

 

Just found Bobby Parker on CGArchitect: http://www.cgarchitect.com/members/view/bparker

Edited August 7, 2013 by Ismael
Added link

[philvanderloo]

I found this script download Ismael. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/avizstudio-tools-atiles

Worked with it a little. Seems a little rough but I'm wondering what the pro ($$) version has to offer.