V-Ray Sun causes weird shadow glowing

[Streetwise]

Thanks for the subpixel mapping option! I usually have that checked. Not sure what happened. Anyhow, that fixed it! Much thanks.

I'll certainly send over the project once I get it 'out the door' to the client.

[Streetwise]

Any ideas for settings to check for the blotchy stuff going on on the side of this unit? The light is from a V-Ray Plane that's shooting though the window. The window has glass in it, but clear (Refraction 255). It's probably another setting that I don't understand



THANK YOU so much for everyone's help!

Dave

[tashko.zashev]

You can try to uncheck "refractive" GI caustics from Indirect illumination tab.

[Streetwise]

Well, that certainly fixed the issue, but killed the window light... I'll try cranking up the panel light intensity and see if that will work. Maybe that's the reason that my V-Ray sun was blowing out the entire scene, even at a low intensity...

[Streetwise]

Dummy me... The glass material that was in the windows didn't have 'enable shadows' ticked, so I wasn't getting *any* light through the windows, V-Ray Plane, Sun, or other. Once I figured that out, it seems that things are working much, much better, even with Refractive GI caustics enabled. Yippee!

What would be a good source for V-Ray training, both in print and on-line?

Thanks again!

[Svetlozar Draganov]

Hello Streetwise

Chaosgroup offers online trainings - for more information please send a request to veselina.zheleva@chaosgroup.com - she is the person who is responsible for questions about Vray Training.