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Iain
03-14-2007, 11:13 AM
Finally got a chance to play around with the new materials.
Dielectric with 'Switch' node instead of air polygons.

First one lit by a weak area light, second just a luminous polygon. 13 minutes for an 800x800 frame on a dual core 3 ghz pc. Relatively low (Interpolated) GI and AA settings.
DonJMyers
03-14-2007, 11:26 AM
That glass looks good but something about it makes it look to me like it's not actually sitting on the ground. I guess I can't see the ground enough through the btm even if the settings are correct.

Could you rerender it over a glowing green grid instead of stone? good for checking refraction
connerh
03-14-2007, 12:08 PM
It may be that the MES is too high... also try decreasing your AS value to get rid of that same grain.
Captain Obvious
03-14-2007, 12:08 PM
Anti-aliasing would really improve this. Also, try using the "limit dynamic range" option to reduce the glowing white dots.
Iain
03-14-2007, 12:11 PM
Hmmmm I just switched Nodes off on the bg material and changed it to something simple and glowing and the render time went down to 3 minutes.

Upped the AA too.
Lewis
03-14-2007, 04:06 PM
Hi !

It looks nice but it can be improved with more AA/AS here and as suggested turning on Limit dynamic range.

BTW i see that model many times so i wonder is that available to public anywhere or is it your model, thanks?
Iain
03-14-2007, 06:47 PM
That AA looked ok on my monitor at work! I can't believe how bad it looks on this one-I thought you were all being a bit harsh ;D

The model is freely available but I can't remember the link-I'll post it tomorrow morning (GMT)
Lewis
03-14-2007, 06:50 PM
Thanks i'll wait for model Iain :)

What monitor you have at work :)?
Iain
03-15-2007, 04:04 AM
http://www.archidom.net/

Lots of great free models on this site-many ideal for these kind of experiments.
Lewis
03-15-2007, 05:15 AM
Thanks Iain i'll search there :)
digefxgrp
03-19-2007, 02:37 AM
BTW i see that model many times so i wonder is that available to public anywhere or is it your model, thanks?
Actually this is a model from the old Viewpoint library which Digimation now owns. It wasn't a free object but perhaps Digimation just doesn't care anymore as I've seen a number of their objects on various model content sites.