Hey guys, does absorption help with the brilliance of diamonds? I can't seem to achieve realistic results ( maybe it's just my models but I've modeled them according to websites for high brilliance ).
Thanks.
Perhaps you could post an example with a diamond model from blendswap so that I can see if it makes any difference - if you have the time on your next sample image of course.
Absorbtion with diamond material?
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Make sure that smooth is disabled, and use actual diamond cuts for realistic refractions inside the gemstone...
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indeed I am doing just that, I'm looking forward to the 2.5 to try it out myself, thanks again for all the hard work you guys put into this thing. I wish you all the success your egos and wallets can allow. Great software to work with.ROUBAL wrote:Make sure that smooth is disabled, and use actual diamond cuts for realistic refractions inside the gemstone...
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2 samples of Octane below:
Then compare to 2 samples found online of diamonds, it appears that even though my cuts follow the diagrams pretty much exactly, I'm hitting some kind of snag getting a diamond to look quite right, though it's getting pretty close.
I think we're going to have to see if I just need to tweak the lighting and the model at this point?
online examples:
http://www.mervisdiamond.com/skin/front ... iamond.jpg
http://list-of-birthstones.com/Pictures ... es%202.jpg
http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2009/Diamond.gif
Cutting Diagram:
http://irwan.net/wp-content/uploads/200 ... -crown.jpg
Then compare to 2 samples found online of diamonds, it appears that even though my cuts follow the diagrams pretty much exactly, I'm hitting some kind of snag getting a diamond to look quite right, though it's getting pretty close.
I think we're going to have to see if I just need to tweak the lighting and the model at this point?
online examples:
http://www.mervisdiamond.com/skin/front ... iamond.jpg
http://list-of-birthstones.com/Pictures ... es%202.jpg
http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2009/Diamond.gif
Cutting Diagram:
http://irwan.net/wp-content/uploads/200 ... -crown.jpg
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- Beta249 - 250samples HDRI - Pathtracing Diamond - Live DB Diamond Material used.
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- Beta250 - 250samples HDRI - Pathtracing Diamond - rate of absorbtion set to 1 - depth of absorbtion .01 - Live DB Diamond Material used.
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well, it would appear that technical perfection based on charts and percieved perfection are a little ways off.
I changed the model to be "imperfect" and achieved closer to the results I'm used to seeing.
I changed the model to be "imperfect" and achieved closer to the results I'm used to seeing.
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CPU - i7-950 3.06 Ghz, 24GB Ram, Win7 x64, 2 display monitors, GeForce GTX 580 3GB Classified. I'm glad to say I LOVE OCTANE!
oh, and I also found out just now, that I was importing them at the wrong size too... but too bad, 1 foot wide diamonds would be pretty fantastic 
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