sp5 changes

[dlparisi]

(*) Support for environment sampling in VRayDirt;

Awesome! You can now get a pretty decent fake GI with just an ambient light and a vray sun/sky.

[muoto]

V-Ray/Max - 1.5 SP5 official (24 April 2010)
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New features:
(*) Added VRaySamplerInfoTex texture and VRaySamplerInfo render element;

Vlado,

how do the normal and point pass work in relation to Nuke ? Do we need to rearrange rgb colors to get the correct information in xyz space?

Thanks

[vlado]

Vlado,

how do the normal and point pass work in relation to Nuke ? Do we need to rearrange rgb colors to get the correct information in xyz space?

Thanks

Nope, you don't need to change anything - it works right away.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Undersky]

Awesome! You can now get a pretty decent fake GI with just an ambient light and a vray sun/sky.

But not as great as if it could render color bleeding, as I think mental ray's AO for Arch & Design can. It's still a great addition though =)

[vlado]

It is not the job of a texture to calculate color bleeding; instead, for future V-Ray versions, we have the possibility to limit the length of the GI rays, which gives you essentially the same effect.

Best regards,
Vlado

[muoto]

any way to make a shortcut to the "show last VFB" button in the render options ???

[jstrob]

any way to make a shortcut to the "show last VFB" button in the render options ???

If you check in your "customize user interface" in the vray section, you have a macroscript for that.

[muoto]

thanks, was looking for that one...

[Undersky]

It is not the job of a texture to calculate color bleeding; instead, for future V-Ray versions, we have the possibility to limit the length of the GI rays, which gives you essentially the same effect.

Best regards,
Vlado

The main reason why I like AO / VrayDirt as an alternative to real GI is to eliminate GI flicker. Would this enable me to use brute force for GI as a substitute for AO and save som render times? Or would brute force still be slower than AO?

[3DMK]

Awesome! You can now get a pretty decent fake GI with just an ambient light and a vray sun/sky.

Had a look at this but can't work out how to do it?????

Could you eplain a little if possible please

Cheers