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    • L Offline
      LARV
      last edited by

      If a have a coloured model, is it possible to render the model in gray scale/white tone without having to recolour the objects to white by hand?

      If someone knows how I´d very much appreciate a step-by-step explanation. I´m not looking for perfection, just the general actions I have to take.

      Thank you!

      ps. I found the saturation action under inderict illumination, but when I set it at 0.0 nothing happens. Having no saturation seems to be the function that I´m looking for (?)

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      • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
        jiminy-billy-bob
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        You should use the Override Material.
        http://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VRAY2SKETCHUP/Global+Switches#GlobalSwitches-Materials

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          LARV
          last edited by

          Seriously, the amount of help you people have given me is off the chart. I´m so glad I found this forum.

          Billy Bob, thank you. It works great.

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          • pbacotP Offline
            pbacot
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            You mention desaturate settings in the first post. Curious though, no saturation and override material sound to be two different things. You can easily desaturate your textured image afterwards, but override materials, like clay, would give all surfaces the same value (and no texture), it seems, prior to shading of course.

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              LARV
              last edited by

              Pbacot, that was a bit over my head.

              I thought of saturation as it sort of works in Illustrator where you can "lower the amount of colour in colour". I might have been wrong, but the help with overriding material was EXACTLY what I was looking for anyway! One step at a time here 😄

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              • pbacotP Offline
                pbacot
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                Just saying there's a difference. Glad you got what you needed. The difference is if you just desatureate the textures and colors would still be there, except red would be dark gray etc.

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                • L Offline
                  LARV
                  last edited by

                  Hmm.. Well, that would be gray scale too as far as I can see. If you desaturate it fully there´s no colour left? Gray isn´t a colour. I´m probably the one not grasping this fully though.

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                  • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                    jiminy-billy-bob
                    last edited by

                    What pbacot means, is that if you desaturate a dark red, you get a dark gray, but a light red would become a light gray.
                    With the override material, everything is the same gray value.

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                    • L Offline
                      LARV
                      last edited by

                      Oh, right, now I get it! Thanks.

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                      • dkendigD Offline
                        dkendig
                        last edited by

                        when doing greyscale or clay renders, it's usually a good idea to turn on ambient occlusion under the GI options too btw. Adds a little detail to the model.

                        Devin Kendig
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                          LARV
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                          Wow, nice! Thanks!

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                            ely862me
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                            I have nothing to do with Vray or this thread, but I want to congratulate you guys for a great way of completing,communicating and helping each other. In a simple 5 posts thread one can find very valuable hints !

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                              LARV
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                              No kidding. I became like 800% better at Sketchup and Vray after 3-4 questions. This forum is perfect for someone like me.

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