Has anyone created an image in Vue that is grayscale? I have turned Vue images into grayscale ones in Photoshop, which is not a problem since colors can be manipulated by themselves. What I am wondering is has anyone converted colored materials into grayscale using the colored material as the base? I don't want to create grayscale materials by themselves. Is there anyway to do a convert to grayscale per material?

yes, paula... am workin on screenshots for you right now =D

Thank you - can't wait to see them

wont be long now =D  a series of 5 screenshots showing you exactly how, and 1 final rendered image (preview mode) to show you that it is, indeed, grayscaled now. =D

now to get them so they'll show up on here...

i'll get this all figured out here =D

I saw a render int he gallery a few weeks ago that looked like a b/w sketch and the notes said 'all done in Vue'.  I think it made POD at e-on too but I can't remember who did it

1)  Collapse any truely identical materials ... saves headaches.  In this one, i collapsed parts of Daz's beanstalk, and worked only on the "stalk".  Open the material you wish to edit.

you want a MATH NODE
CONVERSION
COLOR to BRIGHTNESS

So you can see how it changed the stalk from the green - to gray!

Attached Link: Forest Sketch

Btw, that works great for individual items...

but what if you want the WHOLE image grayscale?

editting all those materials.... what a PITA???!!

there is actually a preset atmosphere in Vue that uses post render options to change your image to a Black & White (i.e., grayscale) image  You can find it under "effects - others"

you can always start with that, too, and play around and see exactly what they did... oh i see... post processing, color correction, and saturation is set to (minus) -100%

(thanks, gill!!!   i was curious which one you were talkin about... wanted to see it!)

yepyep, those would be the very ones!!!

nice "quicky" b&w, Gill - but then, your work is always fabulous =D

I didn't know there was a preset atmo for that .... just found if after your post :lol:

And thank you :b_bashful:

Thank you both soooooooooooo much. I had no idea there were that many ways. I never thought of the post production since I never use it.  I need to play with them all now and find a combination to use. The function editor, tho a pain, might be the way to go for controlling color and how the different colors relate to each other as grayscale. etc.

yep, theres always more than one way to de-fur a feline ;)

or in this case... de-colorize an image LOL

and you are very welcome, Paula =D

if i want complete control over my materials and how they interact, i go to the function editor/material editor. 

i think a nice combination of the post-processing & material/function editor will do what you want very well indeed.  and i, too, tend to forget about those post-production options LOL.

*grins at Gill - you mean i actually knew something about Vue you didn't?   i am IN SHOCK lol.

j/k ;)  but it did put a big ol' grin on my face and reminded me - even gurus are still learning new things  =D

Quote -

*grins at Gill - you mean i actually knew something about Vue you didn't?   i am IN SHOCK lol.

j/k ;)  but it did put a big ol' grin on my face and reminded me - even gurus are still learning new things  =D

Hah!  There's tons I don't know - I usually just wing it and see what happens
:b_tonguewink:

Well I quite like cartoonizing renders in Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop ;)

This greysccale one, I'm blowed if I can recal the EXACT steps I took to get the effect, cause it turned out very nice, IMHO.

http://www.silverblades-suitcase.com/sj/deathspider/neogi_prowlers3_bnw1024.jpg

very very nice, Silver... looks like a well-done ink or pencil drawing...

very nice.  I have to say I prefer to do the greyscale conversion in PS (only because that's how I'm used to doing it with photos :biggrin: ) but some useful tips there

Melikia,
Ta! :) eyeha it is really cool
wonder if I used actions in photoshop, or script sin PSP? will need ot try and check original file

Here's a quickie pencil/ink sketch of my last render using Painter

Ooooh! :)

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attached Link: http://www.perpetualvisions.com/art/peacefulvalley.htm

BEAUTIFUL, Paula!  it sure does look like a B&W photo... that had a bit of work in the darkroom to prouce such excellent contrast =D

beautifully done!

Attached Link: http://www.perpetualvisions.com/new-articles/zone-system/zone-system.html

After doing it, I wrote a tutorial: http://www.perpetualvisions.com/new-articles/zone-system/zone-system.html. We had a wonderful 5 months long exhibit of a private collection of incredible Ansel Adams' work at the Gilcrease Museum. It was over 140 original prints produced by him. That's what inspired me and seeing it again before it closed is what got me back thinking Vue and black and white images. 

Hello

I have a small question, in the scene "Mustang" (the scene where there are all the planes in the sky with a Fw190 burning and smoking and a P-51 Mustang) available with Vue6, the render is in black and white how can i do to render it in color?

change the camera settings, the Post Preocessing is set to have -100 Saturation, that removes ALL the colour form an image, same as with Photoshop
turn the saturation up to 0 or whatever you wish ;)

hum Ok well done i find it !
Thank you very much! ; ) 
And happy new year ^^