1.5 Template or something....

[EricCamper]

Having a little trouble and I was wondering if anyone had a template max file, with a vray sun/Sky/vrayCamera set up. I have this massing model and I want to use the new features, but everything comes out a little brighter than I thought....... Any tips are appreciated.

Thanx

[alexthg]

i have no 'template' max file

but there's some tips in this thread how to adjust your physical camera 'exposure'
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...ic.php?t=16290

[Candelero]

You may also take a look at the updated Help index.

Direct link:
http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/150R...icalcamera.htm

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

[EricCamper]

Ok......Just thought someone could upload a file that they have already rendered out, with all of there geometry deleted...Not trying to steal someones work, just when everything has changed and I see everyone posting these great renderings and they say...ALL I did was insert the sun/sky and BAM.....This is not the case.... From what I gather...is that we no longer need ANY LIGHTS in the scene....Just the Sun/Sky......My sky turns out completely white.....Do I still need to use a background of some sort.?
And when you say set the time and day.....Where is that, or do I just assume north is up and then adjust the direction of my sun accordingly. I think I understand the exposure a little, as I kinda know something about cameras....But just a little.......My model is coming out orange, and all the materials on the model are white. Any tips are helpful

Later all

[instinct]

your multipliers are out of range. with the physical sun/sky beeing EXTREMLY bright you need to either use the physcam and adjust exposure/f-stop/shutter, or turn down both the sun and the skymap's multipliers a LOT (i used 0.008 mostly)

Regards,
Thorsten

[tom182]

Take a look at 3Dinsider.com, they had a mov of the new features on 1.5 and it details the sky/sun settings, it works as I copied what the mov was showing and got the required results. Can upload the mov somewhere if you wish as it it 75 megs, suppose I could just export out that section and email to you??

Tom

[travistlo]

As for the Vray sun, The mutiplier of 1, is that assuming your units are in Meters? So if we are working in Feet, we need to make that 1/2.8 or what ever the conversion is(dont know it off the top of my head).

I have to admit that the Camera and the Sun has been giving me troubles, So I still use the Direct and normal max camera. And I havent had time to play around and figure out how the units matter.

[Dynedain]

oh, and if it's just your sky turning out white, check on "affect background" in the color mapping

[DaForce]

Eric,

Try this,

Add vray sun, add vraysky to material editor instance it to the Vray skylight overide slot and the 3dsmax environment slot.

Now add a vrayphysical camera, if its and exterior shot, lower iso to about 100, f-stop/number to about 8 and say the shutter speed to 30 ro so, and see how that render, then just adjust the camera some more if needed.
OR user a standard camera, and drop teh sun and sky multipliers down to like 0.005.

[Frieder]

Template

Hi,
there is a thread from pixeljockey with an example file. Useful for me.

http://www.chaosgroup.com/forum/phpB...r=asc&start=25

regards