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Was this volume light render by Vray or painted in photoshop ?
« on: January 13, 2016, 04:40:53 AM »
Hello itoosoft,
The volume light effect in the final picture of this tutorial (http://www.itoosoft.com/tutorials/tutorial_forestcolor.php) is so good. I wonder if it was render by Vray or painted in photoshop ? Was it VrayEnvironmentFog or tranditional MAX light volume effect if it was render by Vray ? How long did it take to render this Volume light pass ?

I am looking for a good method to make this volume light pass in Vray now.

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« Last Edit: January 13, 2016, 04:42:38 AM by cc8boy »
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Re: Was this volume light render by Vray or painted in photoshop ?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2016, 11:28:24 AM »
Hi,

In mentioned image "Final Image, with level adjustments, z-fog, and painted volume lights" it was archived in post-production stage (PS) as for stills it's probably the easiest & quickest way of doing it.

In case of animation, it usually worth of getting that effect directly from renderer. I would suggest you to check the official Chaos Group documentation of V-Ray for 3ds Max of the VRayEnvironmentFog feature. You might find useful also the following "Volumetric light" tutorial (there are many others covering that topic very well).

Hope that helps.

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