[Leonardo]

I had to re-render a scene (with a few changes) so I decided instead of using Vue, I decided to give Maxwell a shot

Anyway, I can't get the bumps to show up... perhaps I'm using too low #s, but here is my first attempt.



and the Vue version



coments?
leo

[AndreD]

hmm,
the 2nd one looks more cg and flat to my eyes...
the first one has a nice "sunrise feeling".

[lllab]

the MW versionis very nice,
are you rendering from max?
hoe did you convert the vue materials?

i also have vue but never use it, would be great to know how to use it with maxwell!

cheers
stefan

[mverta]

I could give you a ton of comments, but my first concerns are what your material settings are for those materials, 'cause they ain't working.

There's a huge mismatch happening in the perceived exposure values... I'd begin by sorting that out first before you get on to bump niceties.

_Mike

[Maxer]

Anyone who says the Maxwell image is better is lying to you, the Vue image is way better, although a little dark. It may be because of materials but I think the lighting is much more realistic in the Vue image, the Maxwell shot is way to yellow and be background sky looks like your living in a smog bank. How long did it render for and how long did it take to set up compared to the Maxwell image?

[mverta]

They're not lying, they're just being sycophantic. Both images blow chimp on Main Street. The vue image is that typical crap GI and the Maxwell image is suffering from horrific materials. At least one of them, though, I guarantee can be fixed.

_Mike

[Leonardo]

thanks guys... for this type of renderings, I can't spend too much time in the setup. I'm not intending to make a super realistic render, instead something that can be setup fast.
When I started using Vue, my rendering suck real bad, until I got a hand of it. So I'm sure it will take me some time, before I get some good results...

My materials needs lots of help, but I do think maxwell will replace Vue from the pipe-line.

I spent about the same amount of time with both render (over night style)

I might start bring some of my on textures from home to work and see if I can come up with better texturing.

Mike if you could give me any input on my materials, I'll really appreciate!! (I'll try post the scene here)


leo

[mverta]

Yeah, Leonardo... I have to see what you've got before I can tell you how to fix it. Either post the scene, or material screenshots, etc.

_Mike

[Leonardo]

the MW versionis very nice,
are you rendering from max?
hoe did you convert the vue materials?

i also have vue but never use it, would be great to know how to use it with maxwell!

cheers
stefan

I'm at work So I really don't have much time to explain... but, do a search on my name, you might find some info on how I did it!! (I think )

[Fernando Lino]

Leonardo...could you share your setting to export VUE trees? ....every time when I've tried to use them i got problems with the materials.!!

Thanks

Fernando

[Leonardo]

...The vue image is that typical crap GI ...
_Mike

ouch!...

[Leonardo]

Leonardo...could you share your setting to export VUE trees? ....every time when I've tried to use them i got problems with the materials.!!

Thanks

Fernando

Fernando, As soon as I come back from lunch, I'll post my scene

[Mattia Sullini]

Mverta...you seem to be very Dartish today.....
It is a luck you haven't seen my last post!

[Leonardo]

http://rapidshare.de/files/22634898/Pho ... G.zip.html


I hope the "pack and go" tool is working

[mverta]

Mverta...you seem to be very Dartish today.....
It is a luck you haven't seen my last post!

Not at all... do you know how much of my work sucks? Lots of it, at least in the beginning. You have to be able to see your own "suck" if you want to know when you're doing it right.

Go look at my Star Destroyer thread... I've really been working hard on that thing, and it still blows. It's just part of the process; you can't have your ego tied inseperably to everything you do.

When I was 6 years old, I wrote my first song and played it for my mom. She told me it wasn't a song, just a jumble of notes and it wasn't any good. They don't have words for how much that blew, but she was right. And it cured me real quick of having my ego permanently tied to my work. So I went back and kept working at it until she said it was good. I've never forgotten that lesson... you have to decide what you really want. Do you want praise, or do you want do good work. If you want to do good work, you MUST be able to take the slings and arrows... and the more honest the better.

Plus in this case, I'm not just firing off criticisms and bailing; I'm going to try and help out... I've got the scene now, so we'll see what we can do!

_Mike