R2D2: HDRI Test

Artwork Works in Progress
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http://www.deviantart.com/view/7047581/

The one on the left has HDRI, the one on the right just GI.

I wanted to test out the HDRI in Yafray for the first time, and just after I’d rendered this they release a blender release which I think allows you to add HDRI without editing the XML. Oh well. :slight_smile:

I was impressed with the realism HDRI produces, but not the render times or grain. Does anyone know how to lessen the grain effect? I used the best quality Skydome for this.

The body section is very nearly finished now, I’ll just be going onto his head next.

Comments appreciated. :smiley:

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Nicely rendered and I love the detail you have in there.

As for the grain with HDRI, you can reduce it by rendering your image at 2-3 times the size you want your final image to be. Then, reduce it in PS or GIMP and the grain will be reduced significantly.

The only other way, that I have found, it to turn the AA and MiniAA Samples way up. But this makes for a very long render.

BgDM

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Thanks for the compliment! I’ve spent quite a while modelling this, I used photos of my R2D2 alarm clock as schematics! :smiley:

That’s what I thought with the grain, the preview has already been scaled down to 0.75 in GIMP, but I think about 0.3-0.4 would be needed to get the quality I want. I guess I’ll have to leave it on overnight for my final render. :-?

It’d be interesting to do a quality vs time comparison of more samples against simply scaling down larger images. I don’t have the processing power though. :smiley: The HDRI image there took about 3 hours at ~1000x1000.

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Minor nit, the central can needs set smooth :wink:

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:smiley: Thanks.

I work in stages though. It goes modelling->set camera angle->set everything smooth correctly->set up lighting->texture->render.

So I haven’t got to that stage yet. Thanks for the observation though. :wink:

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Looking good, especially the hdri render. How’d you get those clean squared off insets, did you just use extrusion along normals?

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Thanks. :smiley:

I didn’t use extrude along normals, just extruded the vertices on themselves (effectively just doubling points), then scaled them towards the centre of the object. Afterwards I had to move it up or down slightly, as otherwise it would be at an angle.

How do you extrude along normals?

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Thanks for the reply, it’s remarkable you got such great detail in such a simple way. I tend to end up with things getting offset/tapered & not flush when detailing curved surfaces.

Start an extrusion operation on the face(s) you wish to extrude, right-click or press ESC then press Alt+S. It’s quite a wicked combo. :slight_smile:

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Set smooth please.

I agree with the stuff above, the one on the left looks better.

Really nice modelling too, btw. It must have took a lot of time to get that much detail in there.

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Have you tried AO in blender internal yet?

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No, I’m still using 2.32. I’m going to wait till I’ve finished this until I download the new build, I’m sure Yafray’s GI looks better than the AO anyway, though the AO is probably a good comprimise between time and quality.