What scene is able to compare VRay and Maxwell ?

[Morbid Angel]

yeah i did render it in max vfb

[Gijs]

What kind of settings did you have before then?

[Morbid Angel]

just standart gamma in max preferences:
unchecked gamma correction
gamma 1.8
input/output for bitmap 1/1
i was however using vray color mapping gamma with bright multiplier set to 0.45 but i have reverted back to 1.0 when i set your settings.

[jacksc02]

Morbid- turn the max gamma correction on

[Morbid Angel]

that would be where? lol

[jacksc02]

under the max preferences/gamma

[Morbid Angel]

yeah i did ...enable gamma correction i did exectly what gijs told me...

[Gijs]

O.K, that's why you get darker images,

you shouldn't have reverted back to 1.0.

Either use gamma correct colormapping with bright set to 1/gamma (like you had) or apply the curve as mentioned by Rob Nederhorst in the linear space thread.

I guess it is time for the tut to clear all confusion, like you I've wrestled with these settings too long.

[jacksc02]

ok its just that you said that you had the gamma correction unchecked

[Gijs]

ok its just that you said that you had the gamma correction unchecked

These were his settings he had before applying the settings I posted...

[Gijs]

Dmitry, just read over it again, and noticed you were rendering in max framebuffer. In that case it was indeed good to not gamma correct.

I don't use max framebuffer, although it shouldn't make a difference, you could try to use the settings I posted and render in Vray framebuffer with gamma correction color mapping or in linear 1/1 with the adjusted curves.

[Morbid Angel]

ok, I will experement in a bit - doing 3 things at once