vDenoise Command Line tool Helper (Maxscript UI)

[^Lele^]

04-06-2016: Generally Strengthened the file pathing and number detection routine, It now supports network paths and arbitrarily dotted files, provided the numbers in between the dots are ONLY numbers.
f.e.: denoiseMe.RGB_Color.A.Few.More.Dotted.Bits.In.TheI mage.Name.0000.exr will work, while
denoiseMe.RGB_Color.A.Few.More.Dotted.Bits.In.TheI mage.Name.00a00.exr will be considered a single image.

Download the file in the first post of the thread, as usual, and overwrite the previous version.

[leo.surrealismo]

lele,
still not working on my sequence.
this is what the listener prints:
"C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2016 for x64\tools\vdenoise.exe -inputfile="D:\Aluna_001_Comercio\Aluna_001_Comerci o_.RGB_color.????.exr" -useGpu=0 -frameBlend=3"

[^Lele^]

If it prints that line, the problem isn't with the script anymore (you can see it finds and substitutes the numbers with ????).
Try running the denoiser manually in a command window (Copy-paste the line above) so you will see the results.
I've never seen a frame blend of 3 (that's SEVEN frames blended in total: not only unnecessary, but long and ultimately needless), so that may be why.

[leo.surrealismo]

so, 1 frame blending would be enough?

[vlado]

so, 1 frame blending would be enough?

It is usually enough; more frames might be able to resolve some fine details better, but the difference is not that big.

Best regards,
Vlado

[leo.surrealismo]

lele, sorry for my lack of knowledge with this.
I dont know if I am doing something wrong.
I've done this:
1. change the frame blending to 1 and the problem persists.
2. opened the command line prompt and put exactly this: "C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2016 for x64\tools\vdenoise.exe -inputfile="D:\Aluna_001_Comercio\Aluna_001_Comerci o_.RGB_color.????.exr" -useGpu=0 -frameBlend=3" and this appears :The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
3. opened the denoise tool, put the same code line and persists: '-inputfile' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[vlado]

The quotation marks are messing it up; try this instead:

"C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\3dsmax 2016 for x64\tools\vdenoise.exe" -inputfile="D:\Aluna_001_Comercio\Aluna_001_Comercio_.RGB_color.????.exr" -useGpu=0 -frameBlend=3

However by the name of the file name it looks like you didn't save to a multi-channel OpenEXR file?

Best regards,
Vlado

[leo.surrealismo]

vlado, do you men vrimg file?
I saved it as separated exr files.
would that be a problem?

[^Lele^]

Script Update:
07-06-2016:Now uses the variable "VRAY_OSL_PATH_3DSMAX20XX_x64" to build the denoiser path, safer than the max installation one (Thanks Blago).

[vlado]

would that be a problem?

The denoiser only works with multi-channel OpenEXR files and .vrimg files, unfortunately.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Sbrusse]

Any chances we would get a GUI (exe) that would work from outside max?
And with a ini so we could just drag and drop a file sequence on it and it would start the denoise without the GUI?
Even better, a way to have that integrated in the windows explorer shell? Right click on a file or sequence, select denoise in the shell and boom there it goes...

That would be awesome!

[vlado]

Any chances we would get a GUI (exe) that would work from outside max?

Yes, will get to that...

Best regards,
Vlado

[^Lele^]

Even better, a way to have that integrated in the windows explorer shell? Right click on a file or sequence, select denoise in the shell and boom there it goes...

This ought to be a "simple" registry hack.
Let me look into it.

In any case, note the denoiser will print the full command line in the max listener, for you to copy/paste into a command shell.
That's if you have max at all, ofc.

[^Lele^]

quick and dirty hack for shell integration done.
This works ONLY if you have installed pdPlayer (the demo will do.) at least once, as it will register the .vrimg and .exr file formats.
Further, you WILL have to edit the .reg file provided to match the denoiser path (the reg file expects it for max 2016, in the default install location).

Other than that, doubleClick the reg file, go through the security dialogs (knowing your secrets will be mine!), and once it's done, right click on either a Vrimg, or an Exr file/sequence, and choose "vDenoise It!".

Should you wish to pass more options as default, simply edit the command string appending them after the %1 (and a space!), and re-run the reg file.

little update: it now works also with spaces in the filenames.
vDenoiseIt.zip

[Sbrusse]

You rock mate!