Ambient occlusion

[kimalbech]

MIght see this all wrong. But earlier I was on Vray 5 and GTX graphics. Now I am on RTX 4090 and Vray 6. What anoys me is the way vertical faces meets horisontal faces when rendering. It seems much too "flat" or "cartoonish". Before I meshed with ambient occlusion to fix that, But that menu seems to be gone. Don´t know if its´a Vray 6 thing, or my specs on PC. Can I find some workaround to get more realistisk meetings between faces ? I know decal - but that´s a lot of decals in a model to get even result on all meetings of faces. I can only find abient occlusion as an render element for post production - I don´t post edit - I keep on in V-ray untill it´s in the closet. Regards from a Vray user with okay specs - now I just need to learn

[natalia.gruzdova]

Hello kimalbech,
Ambient Occlusion is available for CPU render engine under Global Illumination setting, but only in Advanced mode: example.

As for the GPU render engine you will have to use Ambient Occlusion render element, and you can add it in post directly in the VFB: example. Alternatively you can add Dirt or Edges textures to the specific materials you want to enhance.

[kimalbech]

Hi natalia.gruzdova
Brilliant - exactly what I was looking for You just saved my week - thanks

[kimalbech]

natalia.gruzdova now I had the time to try your guide - GPU render, add Ambient occlusion render element post in VFB. I can´t see The ambient occlusion render element under layers in VFB ! any idea ?

[DCHA34]

It's in the drop-down list...

[kimalbech]

OMG - how cloud I look so carefully and NOT see :-0 Thanks DCHA34 Maybe I should go to Bed early today

[natalia.gruzdova]

Thank you for the assistance DCHA34 !
Glad it is resolved kimalbech, make sure to get enough sleep