I was interested in using VrayLightSelect with Photoshop and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions: 1) Which basic render elements (minimum) are needed? 2) Which order (top to bottom)? 3) Which blending modes are needed for those layers? 4) What should be used to control the VrayLightSelec…

Think I got it somewhat together now. Thanks Thorsten.

and if i may ask, you added the light elements to the final rgb image or did you add them to the diffuse filter + raw gi + raw lightning + raw reflection and such? i was also thinking about render elements lately and the first thing i learned so far is that they are a pain for still images! well, a…

LightSelect Elements are full RGB. So if you have 3 lights, and each has a lightselect element, adding them up yields the final beauty RGB. Regards, Thorsten

is see! thanks thorsten for clearing that up. i find the documentation is a bit lacking about all that, isn´t it? but you can get the info out of the chaos group new feature video demos i guess. not to hijack this thread, but one more question if you don´t mind… :wink: so, how to comp all the r…

make sure your comping linear exr images. When u open it in photoshop it should be in “32bit mode”. For that to work you need photoshop EXTENDED (standard cant layer 32bi images) for standard photoshop you 1st have to bring the mode down to 16bit to be able to layer correctly, but then it again is …

Since I haven’t played around with them too much yet, I assume they don’t include GI information for the individual lights? Thanks Thorsten.

Am not 100% up to date on this, but i think full contribution is only available when using BPT. Regards, Thorsten

ok, now i get it, thanks. so no wonder i couldn´t make it work right with 16bit images. :wink: photoshop would be no problem, as we have the extended version, but that´s really strange. thought the only difference was that 3d and measuring stuff in the extended version…

Guys, there is a confusion with VrayLightSelect elements. Although each pass is seperate for each light, it doesn’t take GI separately. In other words, the GI contribution of the other lights are there too. So if you have 3 lights and make 3 passes and add the passes, the result is much different…

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Morne November 16, 2011, 7:40am 14

I think what pixela is saying is what if you have a 4th and maybe 5th light thats’s not part of the lightselect?

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