Conversion of tutorial settings for different systems

[michaelinitaly]

When I did natty's photon tutorial I converted it to meters and it came out like a cartoon. Then I went back and reopened the max file and left the settings at millimeters or what ever format he uses and it came out great.. then I tried to use the same settings on a project that I have done in meters and I only have a black screen with a few lights in it.

Do I just crank the numbers by 10 for the lights? If I want to use a vray light that is in a window to produce the photons... do I still give all the other lights the same settings?

thanks for any help
Michael

[natty]

are you actually drawing to scale ?
all my setting were based on mm and photon mapping is very scale dependent.

[michaelinitaly]

my drawings are to scale in meters. It seems to be working now, so not sure what the problem was. When I did your tutorial after rescaling to meters I had to crank all the lights to 10 times the value or I just had a black scene. Is it just a matter of adjusting the lights and using the same settings? I know I said mine was working.. but not sure how?

Also, I posed a question in the general section, but can you tell me if I can use photon maps while creating a 360 panorama? I have tried and all the images have different exposures. Can I map one photon map and use it for all? The last problem is when the camera faces the exterior, I get no light on my Skydome.. so it looks like night..

I can post a movie to a website if it would help.

thanks
michael

[natty]

yeah post it

[michaelinitaly]

The video is 4 mg. so I thought it would be easier to photos a image.
I also am having difficulty getting rid of the bloches and red paint on the cabinet.

I have marked the edges.. in the movie it is alot more noticible
Thanks
Michael




In this one you can see the outside on either edge.. all black When I render other cameras in the model some show daylight others do not,