[Micha]

.. than the Rhino viewport.

Hallo,

today I have got my maxwell license. I'm very curious for the next weeks.

My first tests show me a problem. The rendered viewport is not the same like the rhino viewport. The size is ok, but the view is different. I can not combine Maxwell renderings with other ones. Or can I do something with a parameter?

Ciao Micha

PS: If I understand it right, so much is to do now, that it is not the time for wishes, but for bug reports?

[uniminium]

Hi Micha,

Maxwell uses a physical camera which is not equal to the pinhole camera you are used to from Rhino. If your image proportions measured in pixels differ from the film resolution proportions, your rendered image does not match your rhino viewport. I´ve been lucky with the "Film" settings to avoid this.

greetings,
clement

[Thomas An.]

Hi Micha,

Welcome to the Maxwell group !

As Clement suggested. You can also try to adjust the film width and height (under camera properties) to match your viewport ratio.

The pixel aspect should be left at 1 (otherwise your image will come distorted)

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[uniminium]

The pixel aspect should be left at 1 (otherwise your image will come distorted)

Hi Thomas,

what is the pixel aspect value for ? I´m just wondering since i´m using an uncommon monitor with 16:10 format.

thanks,
clement

[Thomas An.]

If you set the pixel aspect for example to 2 and you render a sphere, then it will not look round; It will look like an ellipse. It always affects the vertical.

Personally I never use it, but I think some old CRTs or printers did not have perfectly square pixels and needed adjutment.

[uniminium]

Hi Thomas,

thanks for the info. I think my pixels are square or round, but not any sort of elliptical

greetings,
clement

[Micha]

Hallo,

thank you for the hints. Now, I ask me, could it be enough to get a parameter "camera type" (f.ex. 36mm - standard small picture camera ) and an image resolution only? At the moment I can set two render ratio (camera, viewport). I'm a little confused.

An other question: How can I save the rendered image? At the moment I make screenshot per Alt+Print, but is there an easier way?


Ciao Micha

[Thomas An.]

The image is saved periodically by Maxwell in the output directory.
(Rhino options --> Maxwell --> Output)

[Micha]

Today I have tested this strange view effect again and I see, I can match the Maxwell view to the Rhino view simple if I set film width and high to 24 mm. Could it be, that here is a bug? Why dosn't match the view per default at 24x36?
Rhino say, it use a 35 mm camera (24x36) viewport.
Here an example: