[BUG] Simulens on even if unchecked in plugin/Studio

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Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308929

By zoetropeuk - Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:51 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:51 pm #308929

tom wrote:
zoetropeuk wrote:2. No, they all render with this very weird low contrast effect.
Do you mean you can't even render this scene in v1.7 decently anymore?

If I re-render the 1.7 .mxs files using Maxwell 2.0 they render as they should. As soon as I try and render from C4D V11 using MWR2.0 the images are pants.

Matt

Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308930

By tom - Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:54 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:54 pm #308930

zoetropeuk wrote:If I re-render the 1.7 .mxs files using Maxwell 2.0 they render as they should. As soon as I try and render from C4D V11 using MWR2.0 the images are pants.

Do you report a plugin bug and everything else seems fine?

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Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308931

By AndreD - Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:59 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:59 pm #308931

could you just try to CHECK the simulens boxes with very low settings?
had a similar issue here!

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Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308935

By Mihai - Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:05 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:05 pm #308935

zoetropeuk wrote: If I re-render the 1.7 .mxs files using Maxwell 2.0 they render as they should. As soon as I try and render from C4D V11 using MWR2.0 the images are pants.

Matt

Could have saved us two pages of posts with this little precision

I'll move your post to the Cinema plugin forum, that's what it's there for

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Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308936

By zoetropeuk - Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:07 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:07 pm #308936

tom wrote:
zoetropeuk wrote:If I re-render the 1.7 .mxs files using Maxwell 2.0 they render as they should. As soon as I try and render from C4D V11 using MWR2.0 the images are pants.
Do you report a plugin bug and everything else seems fine?

I worked it out

Even though the Simulens checkboxes are ALL SWITCHED OFF, it's still rendering with the unchecked default values. If I check the boxes, reduce the values back to 0, the render goes back to normal.

This really needs to be changed and the default values set from 50,50,50 to 0,0,0.

Matt (Happy once again).

Last edited by zoetropeuk on Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Extremely poor image quality (low contrast)#308937

By zoetropeuk - Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:09 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:09 pm #308937

AndreD wrote:could you just try to CHECK the simulens boxes with very low settings?
had a similar issue here!

I just worked this out whilst you were posting. I never even thought about these settings as I've never used them and have no need to. Why the unchecked default values are 50,50 and 50 is rather weird.

Matt

Re: Render different rendering from plugin vs Studio#308938

By tom - Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:13 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:13 pm #308938

Nice to see you smiling, Matt.

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Re: Render different rendering from plugin vs Studio#308940

By JDHill - Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:31 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:31 pm #308940

I just saw this thread.

zoetropeuk wrote:Why the unchecked default values are 50,50 and 50 is rather weird.

I have to disagree - if there are enable/disable options, where the feature is disabled by default, then the default values ought to be pre-set to some reasonable number. Anyway, nothing has changed here - the plugin has always used the current convention.

Mihai wrote:I'll move your post to the Cinema plugin forum, that's what it's there for

If maxwell.exe is rendering with simulens even when it is disabled, then that would be a bug that would have to be taken care of in maxwell.exe.

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Re: Render different rendering from plugin vs Studio#308959

By rickyinmotion - Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:31 pm

- Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:31 pm #308959

I test this in C4D
Scattering "off" intensity 0
Diffraction "off" intensity 0 - Frequency 0
Render
In Maxwell
The differents settings are "on" with the 50 value
And no scattering an diffraction in the image