bonestructure
03-29-2008, 03:42 PM
I'm working in Max 7. I've never used occlusion before, but in the scene I'm working on, I'd like to try it. But I have a couple of problems I don't know the answers to. I have the scene in a seperate file set up with the occlusion materials and all, but the scene originally has several lights in it, including one negative light to darken a corner under a table. The scene itself is a night time scene, interior, with the primary light coming from moonlight through a window. Accent light coming from near the camera, set low, as if from another room. Another accent light for rim lighting as coming from a radio dial. Not a strong light, just enough. And another couple of lights just to lighten up an object here and there in the scene that's too dark without it. Apart from the moonlight spot casting shadows through a window tinted slightly blue and set at .8, most of the other lights are set between .5 and .1. It's not an extremely dark scene, but it is night. I don't want to lighten the scene up, so how do I composite the occlusion pass over the scene in order to get the detail and shadow the occlusion provides, without making the scene brighter? The final scene has already been rendered, and post worked, so it's just the way I want it. I just want the shadows and details occlusion provides.
As well, is it absolutely necessary to use Final Gather on an occlusion pass, or can I get along without it?
As I say, I've never done an occlusion pass before, so please excuse me if these are stupid questions. I've looked at online tutprials to find out how to set it up, but none of them answered these questions for me. I should mention that the original scene is rendered with the scanline renderer because I simply do not like the antialiasing mental ray provides. The maps I make never come out with the sharpness I prefer. I wish I had Cebas, but finances aren't there and not likely to be. I should mention that I'm about half blind, so a lack of sharpness in texture maps really irritates the hell out of me. It's hard enough doing art with impaired eyesight as it is.
Hopefully someone here can give me info on these questions. Thanks ahead of time for any help.
As well, is it absolutely necessary to use Final Gather on an occlusion pass, or can I get along without it?
As I say, I've never done an occlusion pass before, so please excuse me if these are stupid questions. I've looked at online tutprials to find out how to set it up, but none of them answered these questions for me. I should mention that the original scene is rendered with the scanline renderer because I simply do not like the antialiasing mental ray provides. The maps I make never come out with the sharpness I prefer. I wish I had Cebas, but finances aren't there and not likely to be. I should mention that I'm about half blind, so a lack of sharpness in texture maps really irritates the hell out of me. It's hard enough doing art with impaired eyesight as it is.
Hopefully someone here can give me info on these questions. Thanks ahead of time for any help.