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Re: Photo-video rendering plug-in
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This sounds silly, but after an hour of trying I cannot see any advanced photo or video rendering options. I have downloaded and installed "PhotoVideoRendering2.0a.zip" and also tried "YafaryRendering 1.3.2" but in both cases the window that opens for photos shows just the space for the photo and the 'width' and 'quality' lines and the buttons to 'create' and 'close'. There is no options to enter the time etc. For the photovideorendering plugin there are only 3 options in the plugin drop-down (Simple photo rendering (v2.0a),grayed out multiple.. and Video rendering (v2.0a)) I am using version 6.4.2 I am a bit at a loss as to what to do. Thanks!
SunFlow or YafaRay rendering engines can only be used at quality level 3 and 4 (best) where the date, time and lens are visible.
The PhotoVideoRendering plug-in also adds to the simple photo panel: the selection of the rendering engine, its advanced settings and the activation of sky lighting. This is where you have to make the settings that also take effect in the multiple photo panel (stored points of view) or the video panel.
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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!
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Re: Photo-video rendering plug-in
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
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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.
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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 diffusedBounces=0) 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.
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Re: Photo-video rendering plug-in
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.
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Re: Photo-video rendering plug-in
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).
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