Posted: April 24, 2012 Post subject: Too much milky in my milkyway
I'm creating a space scene and my blacks aren't very black, they're milky. I've got a planet or two in the foreground, and a galaxy pic set as my backdrop.
The backdrop pic I got from NASA and did my best in photoshop to sharpen the contrast to get the black as black as I can.
HOWEVER, when I render the scene, the output comes out with a milky haze all over. Yet I have no atmosphere to contend with.
This necessitates me photoshopping to enhance the contrast.
I've noticed this in planet surface scenes as well. I always wind up having to photoshop the output .JPG file to sharpen the contrast.
I've also tried rendering to .TIFF format. Same same.
What am I missing in rendering the scene so that it comes out with sufficient contrast?
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Posted: April 24, 2012 Post subject:
I can't tell without a render of the scene to look at. I'll see if I still have a scene of my own that did what yours does. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/shawndriscollcg
The above link will illustrate how milky the output from Vue is, and not just in a space scene where black-black is important. Even landscape shots need to have the contrast boosted considerably, or they just look hazy.
I do see some .jpg artifacts, and have attempted to render pics in .TIF format to eliminate. But going the photoshopping route is not only tedious extra work, but unreliable as often times masks leave auras and other annoying traces.
Is there any kind of "polarizing filter" I could set on the camera? I really would like to see the colors richer and more vibrant.
The link to the pic at Picasa doesn't seem to work - at least not for me ...
Just a question - how does the render looks like, if you switch off the backdrop image function and instead add an alpha plane in the background, with the right angle adjusted towards the camera and mapping the same NASA image onto it ?
Same results ?
I've tried to setup a space scene, adding a Hubble space photo of a nebula using this camera backdrop function - and comparing the same photo mapped onto an alpha plane, but backdrop turned off.
I get the same result rendering my space scene in the described way - normal dark look, no milky effect on my space atmo scene ... (using Vue 10 Infinite).
Joined: June 30, 2007 Posts: 1014
Location: San Diego
Posted: April 27, 2012 Post subject:
Dead link.
In the meantime, try turning off the Natural Film Response in the post Render Options, if your version of Vue has that. _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/shawndriscollcg
Shut everything off in the post render options as was mentioned. Kill any gamma corrections (I never use them and instead work my materials and atmospheres so post is not needed). In atmosphere zero out all haze, fog, decay, glow and change all the associated colors to black just to be sure.
Vue simply does not deal with any night scenes well in my experience.
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