Newbie with Kray, first test, a couple questions.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 4:32 pm
Hello everyone,
I'm a long time LW user, and I've been tasked by my employers to try to raise our render quality to better compete with the Mental Ray studios around, so I'm evaluating Kray for Lightwave.
I been through a most of the video tutorials posted by JureKray, and I realize I probably have barely scratched the surface on using this software. I'm hoping you all can look at a render and answer a couple of quick questions.
On the Kray render, I really like the shading, but I'm wondering how to avoid the graininess on the ground. Also I'm seeing some ailiasing on the car roof roof and hood. The scene is lit with 2 luminous polygons.
My settings are:
GI resolution: 200 mm
Photon Preset: Custom, Photonmap
Global Photons 500000, emit
Power 2.0
Use Autophotons: On
Precache Distance: 50%
Precache Blur: 100%
Low, High, Steps,: Default settings
Final Gather: Medium
Sampling: Custom, Box, Filter Radium 0.1
Antialiasing: Grid, Full Screen: On, Rotate Grid: On
Grid Size: 4
Quality Preset: Uncached
Luminosity Model: Automatic, Level 100%
Plugins: Tonemap Blend: On, 1st Tonemap: Gamma 1.0, 2nd Tonemap: Exponential 2.2, exposure 1.0, Blending 50%
Besides pointing out where I should tweek my settings, any suggestions on sites and resources to better learn this software would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Vid.
I'm a long time LW user, and I've been tasked by my employers to try to raise our render quality to better compete with the Mental Ray studios around, so I'm evaluating Kray for Lightwave.
I been through a most of the video tutorials posted by JureKray, and I realize I probably have barely scratched the surface on using this software. I'm hoping you all can look at a render and answer a couple of quick questions.
On the Kray render, I really like the shading, but I'm wondering how to avoid the graininess on the ground. Also I'm seeing some ailiasing on the car roof roof and hood. The scene is lit with 2 luminous polygons.
My settings are:
GI resolution: 200 mm
Photon Preset: Custom, Photonmap
Global Photons 500000, emit
Power 2.0
Use Autophotons: On
Precache Distance: 50%
Precache Blur: 100%
Low, High, Steps,: Default settings
Final Gather: Medium
Sampling: Custom, Box, Filter Radium 0.1
Antialiasing: Grid, Full Screen: On, Rotate Grid: On
Grid Size: 4
Quality Preset: Uncached
Luminosity Model: Automatic, Level 100%
Plugins: Tonemap Blend: On, 1st Tonemap: Gamma 1.0, 2nd Tonemap: Exponential 2.2, exposure 1.0, Blending 50%
Besides pointing out where I should tweek my settings, any suggestions on sites and resources to better learn this software would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Vid.