Where can I find the other versions of the plugin for Maya2013?FooZe wrote:Hi Newlogic,
Sorry RickRoxik, but this doesn't look like HDR importance sampling after all (see the texture environment node does not have that option so this will be v1.0 that does not have it).
Maya Octane rendering vs Octane Standalone rendering
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Sorry, I was meaning that the standalone version you are using does not have importance sampling anyway so this cannot be the difference.NEWLOGIC wrote:Where can I find the other versions of the plugin for Maya2013?FooZe wrote:Hi Newlogic,
Sorry RickRoxik, but this doesn't look like HDR importance sampling after all (see the texture environment node does not have that option so this will be v1.0 that does not have it).
For the ground plane for this may be quite important for reducing noise on the car to make this the same as the standalone, i would add this in and see what happens.
Also, check the gamma/brightness/contrast (i'm not sure what controls you have over this in Maya) of the HRDI background. In the standalone this looks a little less contrasted which may be helping.
Thanks
Chris.
If you're using 32 bit HDRIs (exr, hdr), make sure you set the gamma of the octaneimagetexture to 1 instead of the default 2.2. It will clean a LOT of the noise very fast. You can validate that you are in the right gamma value by checking "keep environment" in the render settings and make a quick render of the hdr in your viewport. (I'll post this into your other thread too for the search function of the forum).
Amazing...but that really worked,I went further and reduced the gamma down to 0.5. I balanced the hdr texture power as well and it looks a lot better now. I will post the new images next week because my graphical tablet suddenly gave up working properly.Thanks for the tip again, RickToxik.