metabog opened this issue on Oct 29, 2008 · 6 posts
metabog posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 12:32 PM
Peggy_Walters posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 2:02 PM
Just a covered porch area does not always need Radiosity. I'd try a Specrtral atmosphere with Global Illumination first and adjust the light balance and sky dome lighting gain. It will render much quicker.
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bruno021 posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 2:11 PM
And Chipp's pack is meant for indoor renders, his settings may not be suitable for outdoor renders. To be honest, I rarely use radiosity for outdoor renders, global illumination or ambient occlusion can do a better job.
chippwalters posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 2:50 PM
metabog,
Nice model. With so much light already available, you may get away with GI, but Radiosity, IMO, is your best bet for an interior rendering like this.
Here's a quick render I created based on your scene. It's rendered in 'Final' quality for speed purposes, but you should probably render it with a higher quality when you have time.
If you want to use the sun and it's shadows as the primary light source, then try these settings:
Start off with the New Orleans atmosphere. It's a standard atmosphere and as such will render faster than a spectral atmosphere-- and you probably don't need the spectral atmosphere effects with a close up render (unless you're planning on showing a lot of the sky).
Adjust your sun direction so your shadows fall where you want them. I also added a bit of softness to the sun light (5 degrees). Then use these atmosphere settings:
best,
Chipp
metabog posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 9:35 PM
Thanks!
Chipp thanks for your advice this does seem to be working well as a foundation - I'll tweak and play with the settings to see where it goes.
Peggy and Bruno - I'll also try your approaches and see what I come up with.
Peggy_Walters posted Wed, 29 October 2008 at 9:57 PM
I love the look of Radiosity, but rarely use it since it renders so slow.
That may change since I got a new spiffy super computer at work :thumbupboth:
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