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stupid question - mxi background must be there?

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:49 pm
by true
Like the others i covert HDRI to tiff to MXI, and apply it to sphere emitter wrap around the object, but this make me wonder how can i get rid of the background now?
:?
In vray eg. u can render hdri without showing the background, so i can't do it with maxwell now?? thanks~

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10-20min each 11 samples

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:54 pm
by Aldaryn
http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4276

Same issue. :) There is no current way you can to that without post, I think. Right now, not even an alpha mask can help you, because the emitter has alpha contribution too.

Btw, really nice MXI test, almost like HDR files.

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:01 pm
by rivoli
Aldaryn wrote: Right now, not even an alpha mask can help you, because the emitter has alpha contribution too.
true, but in this case it can be sorted very easily. it only takes another pass with no background sphere (to avoid aliasing issues you may need to do the second pass with maxwell as well, but it doesn't need anything more than totally diffuse black objects this time).

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:23 pm
by true
Thank both of your reply. I learn a lot :D
And in fact, rivoli's method is working.

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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:27 pm
by rivoli
wow, i would have expected another kind of image as a background, but this one is not bad.

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:41 pm
by Aldaryn
rivoli wrote: ... it only takes another pass with no background sphere ...
:oops: I feel so, sooo stupid... :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:25 pm
by Tyrone Marshall
Aldaryn wrote:
rivoli wrote: ... it only takes another pass with no background sphere ...
:oops: I feel so, sooo stupid... :lol:
Not at all, welcome to the world of multi-pass rendering techniques!