[rusteberg]

thanks for the clarification bogdan!

[numerobis]

Hi rusteberg,

your leaves really do look great! could you post your material settings?

[rusteberg]

not a problem.... i could have sworn the attenuation was set to something lower though not sure why it's showing 1cm when i open it up in mxed? set the attenuation to 500um.
... attenuation and coef/asymmetry settings you might need to tweak depending on type of leaf, but the map Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation settings seem to remain relatively constant from leaf to leaf (at least that's what i've done)

MXM settings:

Layer Weight:

Reflect 0:

Reflect 90:

Transmitance:

Roughness:

Bump:

Scattering:

Single Sided Weight Slot:


hope this helps

[Josephus Holt]

Thx Rusteberg! I think you just made a lot of friends These are VERY helpful and timely as I'm about to start landscaping my wip. Thanks much! Joe

[djflod]

thank you for this big explanation rusteberg ... arrrrr

very very helpful

[numerobis]

Very cool rusteberg! Very helpful!
Thank You very much!!!

edit: yes, 500um is the right value, 1cm is too transparent

[tom]

Approved setup

[rusteberg]

cheers, fellas!

[rusteberg]

test of street scene adapted to maxwell. raw render comparison from previous setup through mental ray....

[Bubbaloo]

Wow! Very nice job on the scene setup in both render engines!

[rusteberg]

thanks brian! so much more color and texture coming through maxwell. i honestly wasn't expecting that huge of a difference (plus lighting, material and environment didn't require hours upon hours of tweaking settings )

[Bubbaloo]

To me, Maxwell's lighting (and the material system's reaction to the lighting) can't be touched by any other render engine. It's what brought me to Maxwell in the first place. Do you have an account on CGSociety? They would love this comparison over there! It'll be a very popular subject for a while.

[caryjames]

Amazing! Really really nice! I had to honestly look for a moment because I thought that you were just adding your cars to a photo. Thanks for sharing and for the comparison- should be a gallery post too!

[rusteberg]

hey, thanks cary! i'll try to make you happy and post to gallery once i have some more time to tweak some things (for instance, the car mesh has some issues that were resolved with a newer model that i didn't replace in the scene)
brian, yeah, i had originally posted it here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread. ... 2&t=822882
i get so damn lost on that website that i wouldn't know where exactly to post it (it took me a while to even find this post). i'll invest some more tests on the scene before looking into that though... thanks for the tip, and warm response.

[Hervé]

very very good... I love the amount of detail...

I wonder why everything looks washed in Mentalray... and too soft... Maxwell wins by a large distance..