Vray Turbosmooth

[Dave_Wortley]

Can we have a pixel based turbosmoother like Renderman has?

[joconnell]

The Vray displacement mod does this already - stick it into subdivision mode with no texture!

[jacksc02]

Have you tried using a vraydisplacement modifier set to "subdivision"?

[vlado]

The Vray displacement mod does this already - stick it into subdivision mode with no texture!

And make sure the displacement amount is zero; otherwise V-Ray will apply a default noise texture for displacement.

Best regards
Vlado

[Dave_Wortley]

Oh didn't know this... very interesting....

[Dave_Wortley]

Shame it's a little slower than I hoped.. still suprised a few in the office, nice little trick!

[vlado]

It's somewhat faster in V-Ray 2.0 Beta 3.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Dave_Wortley]

is the latest nightly build beta 3?

[Dave_Wortley]

and why isn't this shouted about more? This is one of Rendermans' main features!

Be proud Vlado!

[PIXELBOX_SRO]

guys sorry for my ignorance but what is this good for when you can simply do this with turbosmooth modifier?

[vlado]

There are two main reasons why it's better: a) it's view-dependent - V-Ray will subdivide based on the distance to the object which saves RAM if the object is not visible or far away b) since it is dynamic geometry, V-Ray can do much higher subdivision levels that what you can do with turbosmooth.

Best regards,
Vlado

[jujubee]

Would it be possible to have something like this visible in the viewport?

[Dave_Wortley]

You can put a Turbosmooth under the vraydisp mod...
then put Render Itterations to 0 and viewport to 1 or 2.

[simmsimaging]

I agree this should be more widely advertised!

[raymarcher]

Are you guys talking about the same feature as implemented in the new modo? Modo 501 looks very hot.
http://www.solidsmack.com/design-new...look-features/