Black & White

[sirio76]

Hi everyone,

I was playing with a new build of the software and just to be sure that old files worked correctly I've played a bit with my museum scene ( https://forums.chaos.com/forum/v-ray...scene-vray-5-2 ).
While playing inside the VFB I've tested a black and white mood, results seems interesting so I've decided to produce a full set of image.
The look comes mostly from the frame buffer plus a bit of film grain added in PS.

Let me know what you think

[sirio76]

Some more tests:

[haniel1107]

absolut fantastic looking

[waaazoo]

perfect look! Black&White renders (photos) are so nice

[sirio76]

Thanks
I'll try to make a tutorial about how to get the look inside the VFB!

[fixeighted]

Some look really great but others, in my opinion, are a bit too blown out in a way that I find just too bright.
As always, it's subjective, so no big deal if that is the look that is being sought

[sirio76]

Yeah I’ve experimented with several tone mapping, some images work better a bit darker, other with more contrast and blow out parts, of course that’s subjective

If anyone want to play with the images I can provide the raw .vrimg file, I would be very happy to see other B&W solutions!

[fixeighted]

Looking at them again in daylight and they actually do come across really very well, with that bleaching
not at all a problem and in fact an enhancement, so a second viewing makes me change my mind entirely. They look great