[Asmithey]

I am having issues that are similar but also different from 2.6 to 2.6.1. With this set up in 2.6, as long as I turned off all caustic functions everything rendered fine. With Caustics in 2.6 I would get white speckles.

Now with 2.6.1 with the same set up files used in 2.6, I am getting white speckles with IBL, using the same IBL image as with 2.6. If I turn off IBL all speckles go away.

I render one image to 17 sl at home and one image on rebus. The image from home is clear and the image from rebus has black speckles even with IBL off and white speckles with IBL on. I am so confused and on a deadline. Not sure what to do.

all from same .mxs


Rendered from home-no ml - 17 sl- (image is clear but spots on sss elements)




Rebus farm- no ml. -17 sl ( Notice the grain and black spots.)



Rebus farm with ML- (spots everywhere) (all cuastics off in all cases)

[Asmithey]

Rebus farm says that have not updated to 2.6.1, from what I understand. So that could be the issue there. It rendered on the farm but as you can see it has problems.

[Mihai]

What does the IBL look like, are you also using Sun?

[Asmithey]

Hi there.

No sun. The IBL is one of the dosch IBL images. Although, I was analyzing my scene and the materials. The grey background is a large inverted dome, with a flat bottom, to give the background the gradient from light to dark. I had been using this set up for product close ups that sat on the base, and it was reflective. Now that I am doing the shots further away I do not need the reflectivity because the products are not sitting on the base. So I changed to the reflective material layer from 1 to 65. I ma rendering an image right now and there are no spots with IBL. I will no for sure when the rendering is finished and I play with it in ML.

Aaron