Carrara in Daz Pantheon - Studio Bryce Hexagon

PhilW

Vyusur said:

What I really miss in octane is «sun light only» parameter, like the one in iray. I tried to use carrara's realistic sky with sunlight turned on with octane engine. But the result was not particularly the same that I wanted to get. And I don't have enough control over the settings. Maybe if I learned to cook I would like the food.

 

Vyusur, as you know when you use the Sun/Sky lighting in Octane, you get both sun and sky light affecting your scene.  But you do have control over those elements. If you want a Sun Only lighting (ie, no Sky light) you could try turning the Sky Color to black, that way you would not get any light from the Sky part of the equation.

Vyusur

Phil, I aim to achieve soft transparent shadows in any picture. For this purposes I increase the size of the sun in iray parameters, change the settings of day and time. Finaly, I rotate the dome. But for now increasing the sun in octane did not give me any soft or light shadows.

Vyusur

TangoAlpha said:

Got to say, that image looks really weird. I think it's the cut of the t-shirt (and possibly being flat black) makes it look like we're seeing his back. Which means his head is twisted through nearly 180, and his arms are on backwards . . . I'm sure it's an illusion, but still, weird.

 

Is this t-shirt better?

 

Carrara's native render with gamma correction turned on.

Carrara's native render without gamma correction

The figure is Johnathon (Genesis 3) with custom morphing.

 

PhilW

Vyusur said:

Phil, I aim to achieve soft transparent shadows in any picture. For this purposes I increase the size of the sun in iray parameters, change the settings of day and time. Finaly, I rotate the dome. But for now increasing the sun in octane did not give me any soft or light shadows.

Really increase the Sun Size and you will get nice fuzzy shadows. You can also add a bit of sky turbidity to soften things too.

Vyusur

Phil, thank you for your tips and tricks! I have increased the sun size up to 10 and turbidity to 2,6 and I've got very nice soft shadows.

TangoAlpha

Yep, that looks way better 

PhilW

Looks great!

Vyusur

Thank you! Now I am happy with it.

UnifiedBrain

Vyusur, thanks for all of those variations, and for labeling each one!  I liked the last one best as well.

Dartanbeck

Agreed. It's just that different developers will include different features making them easier in one respect or another. So in the end, it still all boils down to shaders and lighting.

Vyusur

UnifiedBrain, my pleasure. Me too.

Diomede

Diomede said:

Steve K, one of the reasons I mentioned baseball in this thread was that my beloved (sort of) Nats and the Astros will be sharing the same Spring Training facility.  I will be checking it out later this week, after chilling with some brews by the channel and avoiding gators on the golf course.  Odds are high that I will see an Astros game before heading back north.

 

Wendy - changed my name back. I fooled no one, well, I may have fooled UB, but in a bad way.  What is the secret?

 

PS - have watched about 5 innings of spring training baseball and have seen three batters hit.  Really need pitchers to be sharp!  #hitby90+mphsucks

 

Off Topic - we are nearing mid-season, SteveK.  Both the Astros and Nationals are still looking good.  Might I see one of the teams as defending World Series champs at their joint Spring Training facility next year?

 

My syllabus for the Fall semester is due.  Looks like I really am returning to academia in the short run.  Wonder if I can work in some Carrara animations instead of lecturing.

 

Diomede

Diomede said:

Diomede said:

Steve K, one of the reasons I mentioned baseball in this thread was that my beloved (sort of) Nats and the Astros will be sharing the same Spring Training facility.  I will be checking it out later this week, after chilling with some brews by the channel and avoiding gators on the golf course.  Odds are high that I will see an Astros game before heading back north.

 

PS - have watched about 5 innings of spring training baseball and have seen three batters hit.  Really need pitchers to be sharp!  #hitby90+mphsucks

 

Off Topic - we are nearing mid-season, SteveK.  Both the Astros and Nationals are still looking good.  Might I see one of the teams as defending World Series champs at their joint Spring Training facility next year?

 

 

Congratulations Astros!