Test scences GPU Path vs CPU BiDir

[B.Y.O.B.]

Sometimes it is not clear to me what is meant to exterior or interior, e.g. for a plane a 2D object with no volume.

Exterior is where the normal points, interior is the opposite side of the face.

[Dade]

Sometimes it is not clear to me what is meant to exterior or interior, e.g. for a plane a 2D object with no volume.

You can not use a 2D object if you want a correct volume rendering, just use a slim box if you need a plane.

[FarbigeWelt]

Seems to be close to be finished now. Glass feeds are a bit too clear due to position of the lights I guess.
The idea of the unperfect glasses fits but the effect should be smoother.

Two Wine Glasses

Cheers!

[Sharlybg]

For better results try to follow a real photography as reference both for lighting and compositing !

[FarbigeWelt]

@Sharlybg
"for lighting" This is a good idea. Thanks.
"and compositing" This only helps of course if the chosen photography has a good composition.

Maybe I should note my intentions for a test scenes in future. Here I liked to show specular lights on glasses what required a little trick for the material.

[FarbigeWelt]

The glasss material here is mixed with metal. The metal supports reflections. To avoid intransparency opacity for metal is set below 1.

Two Wine Glasses on a checkered Table

[FarbigeWelt]

My intention here is to get a feeling what is possible with volume rendering. Playing around with the nice possibilites of luxcorerender I noticed some unexpected effect. Do you see what I mean?

Strange Waves

[FarbigeWelt]

Further experiments revealed a ususally hidden space property. As it looks like space is made from subcubes and between them there is unexpected space for light extension. Please have a look at the following picture.

Space made from Subcubes

[wasd]

Further experiments revealed a ususally hidden space property. As it looks like space is made from subcubes and between them there is unexpected space for light extension. Please have a look at the following picture.

Can you upload the scene?

[FarbigeWelt]

Yes, here it is.

Volume Waves.zip

Volume Waves

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