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Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:30 pm
by bjorn.syse
Hi,
Do I need to do anything with my old scenes in order to render them in V2 and using it's full potential.
1. Will launching any old .mxs use the full potential of V2 or will I have to re-export it? What difference will it make?
2. Do I have to do anything with my materials? If so, what? and what difference would that make?
Best regards,
- Björn
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:49 pm
by tom
You can directly open and render any previous MXS with 2.0 and it's not needed to re-export them. It's true there are changes/improvements in material system but 90% of the time re-touching is not necessary. However, you may still need to tweak only some of your materials for having best performance or the previously targeted result. We will soon make a post covering these minor but effective differences in material making. Until then, it's still not a drawback rendering any old MXS with v2. Mainly, the affected materials would be sss and additives. The others can only render much better even without touching.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:09 pm
by philip99
thanks Tom,
that answers my question
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:34 pm
by bjorn.syse
Yeah, thanks for that! I'll keep my eyes open for that post.
off topic: btw, I'm in Istanbul! (my girl took that job I asked you about a year ago). Thanks for insight information)
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:19 pm
by tom
bjorn.syse wrote:off topic: btw, I'm in Istanbul! (my girl took that job I asked you about a year ago). Thanks for insight information)
Oh, cool. I wish I was there by now. Because, I moved to Canakkale about a year ago.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:25 am
by bjorn.syse
Yep, I know you told me. Looks nice judging from google earth at least
Istanbul is hectic, but beatiful and charming. I sort of wish people could lay off their car horns just for one day
But I'm only here for a couple of weeks at a time so it's fine for me.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:14 am
by tom
...and I guess now you already know what Rakı and Şiş Kebap means
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:12 pm
by bjorn.syse
I sort of do, but I haven't tried any of them yet actually. I do like the Börek though!
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:17 pm
by tom
Good..good.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:31 am
by 4design
We are having trouble with simple transparent materials (not SSS materials) from our 1.7 scenes in Maxwell V2. They're rendering solid black. Any suggestions?
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:44 am
by tom
An example MXM will help understanding what's going on.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:15 am
by 4design
The material posing problems is very basic glass (high grade) from the material editor wizard. Nothing fancy at all. Works fine in 1.7, renders black in V2. Very confusing.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:40 am
by tom
4design wrote:The material posing problems is very basic glass (high grade) from the material editor wizard. Nothing fancy at all. Works fine in 1.7, renders black in V2. Very confusing.
Yes, very confusing. Because, here it works perfectly. If you have a material rendering black, you can share it so we can understand what's going on.
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:34 am
by 4design
OK How can i upload the material to the forum?
Re: Rendering old (1.7) scenes and data.
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:28 am
by pipcleo
low grade glass material from Mihai renders black in some situations also.
Duplicate all the parameters in a new V2 material and all is ok.