Photo-video rendering plug-in

[udornbusch]

Brilliant, thanks. I didn't try the slider so did not see this which is - once one knows - quite a nifty way to do this; but wasn't obvious to me.
Thanks a lot!

[Xlance]

Hello
A magnificent Plugin by all means !
>> I use "CameraBagPlugin" to create hundreds of Cameras Exceeding the 50 Limit, however I must select them one by one in Multi Photo Renderer" select dialogue.

Any chance to add CTRL-A (SELECT ALL) function or
SHIFT-ARROW selection ?

Much appreciated
Vic

[enkonyito]

PhotoVideoRendering-2.1 plug-in

• fixed a bug in the management of the default shininessShader (SunFlow renderer)
• management of depth of field properties (YafaRay renderer)
• improved ambient lighting of ceiling lights (SunFlow and YafaRay renderers)
• compatibility with version 1.4 of YafaRay plug-in

Enko

[enkonyito]

Hello
A magnificent Plugin by all means !
>> I use "CameraBagPlugin" to create hundreds of Cameras Exceeding the 50 Limit, however I must select them one by one in Multi Photo Renderer" select dialogue.

Any chance to add CTRL-A (SELECT ALL) function or
SHIFT-ARROW selection ?

Much appreciated
Vic

Maybe in a future version after studying the feasibility.

[Ceciliabr]

Hi Enko,

I wonder if you could give us a short explanation about how the different settings behave:

Direct lighting
Ambient occlusion
Path tracing
Photon mapping
SPPM


I like that you have now increased the sample setting from max 16 to max 100.

The SPPM setting is very useful, as you can stop it when it has reached an acceptable quality.


Thank you!


Cecilia

[enkonyito]

Hi Cecilia,

I wonder if you could give us a short explanation about how the different settings behave:

Direct lighting
Ambient occlusion
Path tracing
Photon mapping
SPPM

As the YafaRay web site is inaccessible, their team have made their docs available here.

What I can say about the settings I've implemented:
Direct lighting (direct light, hard shadow, equivalent to SunFlow [font=courier new]diffusedBounces=0[/font])
Ambient occlusion (direct light, less dark shadow with brightness dependent on time of day)
Path tracing (indirect light, editable number of bounces, caustics visible from 3 bounces)
Photon mapping (indirect light, predefined number of bounces, predefined number of photons)
SPPM (indirect light, predefined number of bounces, predefined number of photons, editable number of passes)

I like that you have now increased the sample setting from max 16 to max 100.

The number of samples per pixel for YafaRay ranges from 1 (min) to 1024 (max).

Correspondence with SunFlow:
antiAliasing 0 = 1 sample per pixel
antiAliasing 1 = 4 samples per pixel
antiAliasing 2 = 16 samples per pixel
antiAliasing 3 = 64 samples per pixel
antiAliasing 4 = 256 samples per pixel
antiAliasing 5 = 1024 samples per pixel


When the YafaRay documentation will be updated on their new web site, it may be possible to properly implement caustic photons.

Enko

[enkonyito]

Hello
A magnificent Plugin by all means !
>> I use "CameraBagPlugin" to create hundreds of Cameras Exceeding the 50 Limit, however I must select them one by one in Multi Photo Renderer" select dialogue.

Any chance to add CTRL-A (SELECT ALL) function or
SHIFT-ARROW selection ?

Much appreciated
Vic

Maybe in a future version after studying the feasibility.

I was able to add the multiple selection option.

When opening the photos panel, do you prefer?
1- current behavior of the plug-in: 1st point of view selected
2- behavior identical to SH3D: all points of view selected
These will be highlighted.

Selection/deselection using the space key will not be available.

[Baker0052]

Why is the rendering so much slower when i use the Photo-Video Plugin insted the yafaray plugin?

[enkonyito]

Why is the rendering so much slower when i use the Photo-Video Plugin insted the yafaray plugin?

The YafaRayRendering plug-in uses a standard configuration just like the SunFlow rendering engine in the 'Create photo' panel.
The PhotoVideoRendering plug-in uses an advanced configuration to maximize the properties of rendering engines (SunFlow, YafaRay).

[Magokelvin]

dear team... I am not posting so much in this forum... I am really an amateour of SH3D, for my porpuses I reached a good level of satisfaction in rendering. I was excited to read all about thsse rendering new features..but I have a question...
when rendering with the menu optio create photo with yafaray I obtain a bright result (don't know how to post a photo here)
when using the new 2.1 plug in...all of a sudden it becomes all dark?
where do I make mistake?