image sharpness

[chen ray]

hi guys

 

just a comparison of indirect lightings renderings in nxt showing only part of the entire rendered image

 

1. indirect with only day light ( rendered in 2 hours for entire image)

2. indirect with HDRI and 10 % daylight ( a little better with lesser noise)  ( rendered in 2 hours for entire image)

3. old ar3 indirect lighting ( sharp but indirect lighting not as good as nxt) ( rendered in 45 min)

 

for item 1 and 2 a pity i dun have the luxury of time to let it bake for many many hours , wonder if there is any better ways to get something similar to item 3 within a much shorther timeframe.

 

of course i can switch off the indirect lighting which will be so much faster but all the soffit will just look raw .

 

having this problem constantly with lack of time due to dateline . trying to find a balance of speed and quality

 

 

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

The Path Tracer can only reflect luminance-based backgrounds, such as an Automatic Sky or an HDRI.  Change your reflected background to one of these choices. 

 

Here's an example using Automatic Sky to light and reflect.

[chen ray]

hi roy i side question. anyway to make the reflection on the left straight ?

 

 

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Don't ask side questions-- start a new thread.  The reflection is, no doubt, related to the geometry and camera angles somehow (not sure exactly how, in this example.)

[akinlolu olugboji]

Will do just that.

[akinlolu olugboji]

Continue here.