03-16-2008, 08:34 PM
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Rep Power: 2   |  Lighting setup problems Okay.... i have decided to make a subway station.... just for kicks and giggles. Okay so i am done with the basic station modeling.....(not the train benches signes trash) i am doing the lighting and i ran into some problems... please HELP (there are mr omni lights. the renderer is mr ) i have innderict illimination on... 5 bounce draft nromal settings okay so the problem is that the lights make one wall TOOO bright while the ceiling is BLACK...    THANK YOU for the help |
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03-26-2008, 01:35 PM
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| SkoleSlasken   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Norway (Trondheim) Age: 18
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Rep Power: 6   | strange....you use omni and the roof aint getting brighter? i use Vray so i'm not that good with mr. but i would check the model, for bad mesh or strange material. what is your render settings?
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03-26-2008, 11:19 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | THANK you for responding... Well the mesh... is Fine... its like a box on top of a box.... the settings are indirect illumination 5 bounce... Material is norm.... and I EVEN turn on 2 sided... |
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03-27-2008, 02:43 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | I am a Vray user, so I am not very familiar with mR. However, I will still suggest you a few things : 1) Add a HDRi (environment map) so that the overall scene will be brightened up instead of just having light source from the few lamps. 2) This is for Vray, but maybe you can use it as 'reference' for your mentalRay. In Vray, I will suggest you to use HSV Exponential for the color mapping because that will prevent objects from 'overburnt' while keeping the colours (so you can increase the light intensity to light up the whole thing without having problem). Thanks. |
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03-27-2008, 07:22 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | THank you all for your help... One thing i fix... the ceiling is lighter.... it was with the settings... but now i add a new light... Photometric sun... well i love the effect but i HATE how 1 side is to Bright..... i change the setting... but... nothing works.....oooh well.. Progress:  Q. How would hdri.... make It brighter? (I do NOT know hoe hdri maps work?) |
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03-28-2008, 10:10 AM
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Rep Power: 6 | i have never used Photometric sun so i cant help you ther. how a HDRi image work is that max takes the colore and light information from the picture and trow it inn to you scene from the enviroment menu. :) you should use google and read some more about HDRI.
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03-28-2008, 01:23 PM
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Rep Power: 6 | The tutorial on this link is really great as a starter. it gives you links to were to gett the different stuff and goes step by step in a desent detaild level ;) try read it. 3d studio max tutorial
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