AO and path tracing?

Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:37 pm

I'm not seeing any options for Ambient Occlusion when using path tracing. Is it possible to have both?

Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:42 pm

Yes. But you have to use render passes with AO pass.

Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:35 am

Is there a way to do so and see the results in the live viewer window?

Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:16 am

Path Tracing is much better than AO, but if you still want AO, you can add it as a texture on the object.

Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:40 pm

gabeartist wrote:Is there a way to do so and see the results in the live viewer window?

of course...
https://vimeo.com/groups/209276/videos/119838883

Don't forget to give some interest to other tutorial videos

Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:34 pm

I also found that using dirt on my diffuse gave a similar effect. Thanks!

Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:56 am

grimm wrote:Path Tracing is much better than AO, but if you still want AO, you can add it as a texture on the object.

How would you go about that, exactly?

Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:45 pm

Dirt texture

Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:28 pm

jayroth wrote:
grimm wrote:Path Tracing is much better than AO, but if you still want AO, you can add it as a texture on the object.
How would you go about that, exactly?

Bake the AO as a texture (not yet in Octane, but most 3D apps support this) and then apply it to the object. Or as Chris says, use the Dirt texture.