radiosity can be applied to exteriors?

badpixel · August 10th, 2004

does radiosity can be applied to exteriors?...........or is only for interiors.

`cause im working on an outside scene, and just to process the radiosity of the streets and sidewalks alone takes an eternity.

settings: 85% quality
5 refine intinerations
5 filtering
radiosity meshing size 0.50 meters

thanks for your help!

chuck · August 10th, 2004

sure, radiosity works for exteriors. i'm assuming you are using Max right?
if you dont want to work with processing radiosity and all the settings, try out the global illumination. all you have to do is put a skylight in your scene and enable light tracer instead of radiosity. the skylight adds those nice soft shadows. adding a spotlight to simulate the sun will give you the combination of direct and indirect lighting, giving the rendering a lot more life....

chuck

badpixel · August 10th, 2004

WITH GLOBAL ILUMINATION YOU MEAN THE CHECKBOX IN THE IES SUN LIGHT "USE GLOBAL SETTINGS"????NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN

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badpixel Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Monterrey Age: 30 Posts: 23 Name: Carlos Alberto Martinez	radiosity can be applied to exteriors? does radiosity can be applied to exteriors?...........or is only for interiors. `cause im working on an outside scene, and just to process the radiosity of the streets and sidewalks alone takes an eternity. settings: 85% quality 5 refine intinerations 5 filtering radiosity meshing size 0.50 meters thanks for your help!

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chuck Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Detroit, MI Age: 29 Posts: 358 Name: Chuck Morgan	Re: radiosity can be applied to exteriors? sure, radiosity works for exteriors. i'm assuming you are using Max right? if you dont want to work with processing radiosity and all the settings, try out the global illumination. all you have to do is put a skylight in your scene and enable light tracer instead of radiosity. the skylight adds those nice soft shadows. adding a spotlight to simulate the sun will give you the combination of direct and indirect lighting, giving the rendering a lot more life.... chuck

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badpixel Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Monterrey Age: 30 Posts: 23 Name: Carlos Alberto Martinez	Re: radiosity can be applied to exteriors? WITH GLOBAL ILUMINATION YOU MEAN THE CHECKBOX IN THE IES SUN LIGHT "USE GLOBAL SETTINGS"????NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN

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