emack
06-23-2003, 05:01 AM
Are there any galleries/tutorials out there of GI interior stills and animations done with some of the Renderman compliant renderers out there (especially Pixie or 3Delight) ? I'm looking for something like this piece from the Brazil gallery:
http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/gallery_view.php?photo_id=241&screen=2&cat_id=2&action=images
I'm sure there is a way to calculate and store photon maps so they don't have to be calculated for each frame of an interior animation; I'm just looking for a bit of a pointer on how this is approached.
I read some of the Siggraph papers on GI in Renderman; one seemed to be more focused on setting up ambient occlusion and one was more oriented to doing 'skylight' style renders. I'm just looking for that pretty glow of sunlight coming in through a window and I don't mind some programming to get there :cool:
The Pixie homepage has some code fragments, so it's a start. I'm just curious if there are more good resources for this niche out there.
Thanks,
Eliot
http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/gallery_view.php?photo_id=241&screen=2&cat_id=2&action=images
I'm sure there is a way to calculate and store photon maps so they don't have to be calculated for each frame of an interior animation; I'm just looking for a bit of a pointer on how this is approached.
I read some of the Siggraph papers on GI in Renderman; one seemed to be more focused on setting up ambient occlusion and one was more oriented to doing 'skylight' style renders. I'm just looking for that pretty glow of sunlight coming in through a window and I don't mind some programming to get there :cool:
The Pixie homepage has some code fragments, so it's a start. I'm just curious if there are more good resources for this niche out there.
Thanks,
Eliot