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But I seem to remember one of the Luxcore devs confirming my question if Luxcore uses Random Walk SSS.

Slightly closer again, using a Heterogeneous Volume now, and turned down Glossy Translucent material transparency a bit further... Nodes:

Another slight improvement. Turned on Multiscattering in the new node setup.

New rendering: Node setup for the soft yellow material:

Experimented some more.

I managed to get a bit more visible SSS light falloff inside the pumpkin, but still not the glowy liquid SSS of Cycles.

New Luxcore rendering: New node setup for the soft yellow parts:

Hi,

I've rendered a scene using LuxCore and Cycles, and although I like LuxCore's shaders, lighting and shadows better, to me Cycles wins in the SSS area.

I used Random Walk SSS in Cycles, which is the same algorithm as LuxCore uses, unless I'm mistaking.

LuxCoreRender version:
Happy Halloween ...

Thanks for sharing. Interesting!

Dez! wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:18 am No no no, I strongly disagree with you!
Using Filmic for Luxcore is like watching a color movie on a black and white TV.

Interesting. Like Sharlybg, I would also like to read your explanation for that.

What a joy it was to discover Luxcore!

Definitely! I'm also a fan.

Thanks for the clarification, useful info!

Someone just pointed out to me that in LuxCore you're also expected to turn off Blender Color Management and activate it in the LuxCore camera. :D Didn't know that yet.

Not really, you can use Blender's color management and the LuxCore imagepipeline together.


Thanks. Good to know that. It's ...

Someone just pointed out to me that in LuxCore you're also expected to turn off Blender Color Management and activate it in the LuxCore camera. Didn't know that yet.