Rayscaper, My trip down the road to adjumacation.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Ta, simple enough which I do like myself. Flat packable too.

[Mike Amos]

Finally got a render without windoze update screaming up the works.
Exposure set at 2.00 and environment to 1.00 so still playing aorund with the settings here.

[Bryan K]

Perfect!

[Mike Amos]

@Bryan-K

Thanks, on the road at least.

A night exterior view, well more near to sundown anyway.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos Nice result! Those lanterns could use some sphere lights for extra effect.

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Ta, agreed. As could the interior lights. Another D'uh moment in life's drawer full. I just forgot while setting up the scene which means I should think a bit more or render earlier in the evening.....

Oh well, next time I hope I will remember.....

[Mike Amos]

Trying the fake emitter thing on the exterior lights but not much of a result. I placed sphere lights in the same location as the wall lights but limited success so far.

This is how it looks after 70 passes, it will take a couple of hours for the full render. Exposure reduced from 2.00 to 1.00.

[Mike Amos]

@Mike-Amos

My idea of a night/evening render. Courtesy of Affinity photo.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos

You would want to place the sphere lights (point lights) in the middle of the lanterns. If you place them inside the bulb, then add some transparency to the light bulb.

I attached an example (mike_lantern_example.skp) of how to configure sphere lights. In the scene below, I have three lights with the following configuration:

• Light temperature 3000K to get a warm color.
• 50W power for each light.
• Radius of 0.10m to make the shadows softer.

I dimmed the environment to low strength to make the lights stand out.

Light configuration in SketchUp:

Light settings in Rayscaper:

Result:

That should help you tune the lights in your scene.

Regards,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Thanks for that, how did you rename the lights tho'?

[Mike Amos]

Not a full 500 samples but getting there. I desaturated in Affinity photo.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos

It's getting there. I would pick a warmer light color and make that interior light less strong.

Thanks for that, how did you rename the lights tho'?

Rayscaper takes the name of the light components. You can rename them in the outliner:

The same for materials, Rayscaper takes the names of the SketchUp materials.

Cheers,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Gotcha, for some reason 'outliner' was missing from my default tray.

I completely missed the absence. Pun intended.

[Mike Amos]

OK, moving on, in a continuous movement.

Getting smaller which seems to be a trend, however this theme still has all the basics such as a full bathroom and a study area.

[Mike Amos]

Repeated via a GPU render, much faster and a lighter render from otherwise the same settings.

[ntxdave]

@Mike-Amos like the last one better.

[Mike Amos]

@ntxdave

Ta mate, agreed. GPU works best. This is the ground floor level which is smaller in footprint. Also GPU.

[Mike Amos]

Upper floor, poor scaling of the laptop and a 3.5' bed make it look toylike.

[pixelcruncher]

Great results, @Mike-Amos. Nice showcase of Rayscaper. The oven in the staircase is unique, but I guess you have to put it somewhere in tiny homes.

The different results between CPU and GPU lighting are an outstanding bug. The CPU uses a different, more sophisticated light selection algorithm that's harder to implement on the GPU. As a result, the light looks different in some situations. It's on my TODO list.

Cheers,
Thomas

[Mike Amos]

@pixelcruncher

Thomas mate, the bugs are life in the raw, as natural as bathroom visits when we get older. Sometimes I swear my bladder has a gps, go NEAR the bathroom and........

The journey is a good one and enjoyable.