XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Aug 18, 2008 · 74 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 18 August 2008 at 2:12 PM
Quote - Just out of curiosity, what lighting model did you use and what were the render options in the Vue render ?
In the Vue render, I used RDNA's Bright Studio atmosphere from their Render Studio for Vue 6 product, and then I added a single point light, toned way down, to try to highlight the woman's face. I did not use the complete methodology of RDNA's Render Studio in working with this particular scene -- I just "borrowed" an atmosphere from it, for ambient lighting.
As I mentioned, I've been in malls with large overhead skylights -- even glass ceilings. In such a setting, you can have bright sunlight beaming down directly indoors, with additional artificial lighting adding to the effect. It can be very bright, albeit indoors.
As for the overall results, I have no doubt that there are others who could take the same scene, and light it in a much better way than what my own efforts have achieved in this case. Also, there's no doubt that there are far more skilled Photoshop post-workers than myself. Further, it's most likely true that I could have gotten better results out of the Poser Pro renders if I'd been willing to spend more time fooling around with them. I'll mention that the Vue render took very little time to set up -- it just took awhile to render. Frankly, I haven't found Vue to be as limited with indoor renders as I get the impression that some are indicating that it is -- although I'll acknowledge that Vue's forte is with outdoor scenes.
I also agree that Vue renders can have a "grainy" look about them.
Anyway -- once you've seen a couple of "pro" VRay or Maxwell, or FPrime (etc.) renders -- then the rest is kind of academic.
I believe that the creation of a "universal" scene for app & lighting comparisons is a great idea......the thought had crossed my mind. If a group of people would like to take a single, shared scene -- a scene with no potential copyright issues -- and then see what they can do with it in different applications and with different lighting setups -- I think that would be more than worth the effort. The only restriction that I'd make would be that everyone was required to use the same scene, with no changes to the elements in the scene. But there would be no restrictions whatsoever on render application(s) of choice, no restrictions on lighting, and no restrictions on render quality settings. Given those parameters, I think that it would be fascinating to see what people could come up with.