First render test

#1

Woo! Everything is working with my video card and Messiah now so I can actually sit down and learn to use it. :stuck_out_tongue: For this render I basically just took a zsphere in Zbrush and used the std brush to sculpt some wacky detail to test the Messiah displacement. Thanks for everybodies help in getting me going with Messiah, it was a rocky start but the waters are clam now. :smiley: Gary, your video tutorials helped me out a LOT when starting this projectā€¦very informative to the novice user. Iā€™ve got the basic material down to almost how I want it using translucency and having it ā€œglowā€ but I need to figure out how to make it kind of waxy looking like a candle. Other then that Iā€™ve got the hang of the rendering/material aspect of messiah only I still need to get a nice anti aliasing setting down so my renders look more crisp instead of blurryā€¦but that will come in practice.

Zsphere candle thingy test render1:

Shader flow:

#2

Hehe, thatā€™s one weird glowing thing :wink:
As for the antialiasing, if you used Endhanced, try AdaptiveSS - it doesnā€™t add the blur pass in the end, as does Enhanced.

#3

Very waxy;) Iā€™m glad that you were able to get through the problems, and it appears that you already have an understanding of the shaderflow. Nice first test:thumbsup:

-lyle

#4

Thanks! :slight_smile: Yeah, it is a little strange but it was a good test to get the basics down. I was a little scared of using node based shaders since I come from the easy world of Cinema 4d. :wink: Itā€™s not as scary as I thought itā€™d be, I love using it so far. For the AA I did use Adaptive SS but on some of my other tests it still yielded some pretty blurry results but Iā€™ve got all weekend to play around with Messiah and get these things figured out. I canā€™t wait to start animating with itā€¦the tools seem simple compared to what I -tried- learning with cinema 4d and motion builder. :slight_smile:

#5

Messiahā€™s node-based shaderflow system definitely schools C4Dā€™s solution. I found it to be immediately accessible. It is very easy to build and maintain even the most complex of flows.

#6

You need to adjust the threshold and Size when it comes to AA so you donā€™t get the blurry result. I prefer using size at 1.0, but I need to increase the AA level to 4 at least to get good sharpness and nice anti-aliasing and more accuracy with Enhanced. A size value of 1.5 or 2.0 works to ā€œsoftenā€ up your image, making the resulting image looking blurry. It is a good option if you are using a low AA setting like 2.

Cheers,

#7

Awesome, thanks Tony. Iā€™m going to tool around with Silo and Zbrush and try to get a better render going so Iā€™ll try that.

#8

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