I don't believe our lens effects hit the render time much or at all. You will definitely have to use Photoshop (or Gimp if you don't like spending money) in the meantime though.

I've threatened to update it a few times now. It does have some use, but in the end it's just the material editor with a larger preview. If there was an online repository that could have materials submitted to it like the google warehouse, then it would have more of a purpose. Given it's current level of functionality though, it falls fairly low on the list of priorities. I believe it was made before 1.05.29 was released, so it definitely needs some love soon if it's going to continue to survive. The vrimage tool was updated after the latest VfS release, so it should work fine with VfS generated vrimages.

@dmiller13 said:

Vray version - 1.48.96

You're using an old version. Update to 1.49.01.

I work with the 1.05, I haven't ID slot like the 1.49 version.

@valerostudio said:

Dont load VISOPTS - if you are using a different version than the vispot was created with, you will have a lot of issues. There were major changes in the 1.05 to 1.49 versions. Just click the reset defaults on the options panel and try that. I think its the visopts that are your issue.

Valero Point taken, a few of my renders were running (ie going through the motions) but not actually doing the rendering, then when setting up the scene manually with exact same settings it was running fine, seems like vray is actually quite buggy and we're really at the front end of it as a piece of software

@valerostudio said:

The quickest way to get an existing site into your reflections is to take several shots with your digital camera, stitch them together in Photoshop, then create an arched plane in SU behind the camera and map the image onto it so that it will appear in your reflections.

Hey Valero

when you put it onto the plane how do you get the scale correct? can you position the texture at all?

Use an HDRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3-TxEzW4sQ&feature=plcp

Hello everyone 😄
This topic here is a bit older, but I have exactly the same problem.
First .. sorry, my english isnt the best 😞
Using Sketchup8 and Vray newest version.

I'm trying to create a photorealistic carpet (Lambswool) as well as a stone wall inside a building. Usually it works fine, but not this time. So note .. everything is seperated grouped, that shouldnt cause my problem. I was trying to render my scene to see how the displacement works. (using displacement and bumpmap for my carpet). But when I render, the carpet material still looks flat, nothing to see of displacement. Really my first thought was 'its not grouped' .. but it is. So the problem must come from another wrong setting I did or so.
I'm wondering that I cant set any multiplier on my displacement map. Where is this button?? It should be right below the texbitmap button, but look at my screenshot ..theres no multiplier.

Tried to play with the displacement settings after it didnt work, but cant get it to work.
Displacement settings:#
8 (tried up to 80)
Max sub: 256
Edge L.: 4,0
So changed values several times in order to get it work finally. But nothing happened. Carpet still looks flat and does not show any of displacement. Rendering takes long, but I know it has to when I use displacement, so thats not the point.
I really guess the multiplier causes my problem. But how to change multiplier value when theres no button for? Or is it hidden somewhere else in the new version of Vray so I just didnt find it yet?

Thanks guys, hope you can help me to fix this .. I dont get it to work since 2 days - 2days/ 12hrs per only busy with one problem and dont get my work done 😞

best wishes!

lammwolle.ds-settings1a.jpg

@holmes1977 said:

@nomeradona said:

@holmes1977 said:

@solo said:

Recent animation using biased engine, 22 minutes total render time

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1129899/Produce.mov (should play online, let me know if it does not)

Yup it plays........impressive 22min!!!!!!! Im sold on it Pete. I dug up Thea yesterday and started doing some tuts. Just got sick of the limitations of using a renderer within SU.
are we on the same boat.. hating poly limitation here and doing workarounds. whilst im asking vray to do a stand alone, so that it wont be dependent with su shortcomings.

Hi Normeradona
I think we are in the same boat. The reason for the work around was the high poly limitation. I dont want to have to rely on work arounds. Like you, I think the fix for Vray is to have a standalone app for Sketchup. Dont think this will happen though. Kind of goes against the gain of Vrays development direction with Rhino. I would imagine to develop a new Vray standalone for Sketchup would take sometime. But here's hoping I'm wrong.
I love seeing how you are doing with Thea Render. Has really inspired me to learn it.
i hope they would change their strategy especially when su was acquaired by trimble. so far im impressed with thea..

@andybot said:

@coremaster110 said:

@Solo
Hmm... problem is that jpeg does not support transparency.

You can set a transparency mask in your vray material options.

oh

try un-selecting the alpha channel in the vfb options. That should give you an exr without transparency.

The obvious place to me in this case is the Vray forum so I've moved it.

Great site. Helps with kitchen FOV also.

Hi Thom

Can you elaborate a little more please?

Thanks

@eidam655 said:

the thing is, that VRay for Sketchup does not support camera shifting.

That is incorrect - there is a lens shift option in the camera settings. You have to do trial and error to get exactly the correct setting, but it's very possible.

However - vray camera does not support SU 2pt perspective or orthogonal views.

Its 1.49.01 Apparently,

I've opened a new folder and rendered that across the network,

only one simple material with a displacement map and it seems to have worked fine, I think it must be because the other model didnt have any materials saved onto my system directly, since what I need to work on will have all new materials anyway this should hopefully work, thanks for your time guys

is Zejola referring to this effect? http://www.hdrmill.com/HDRI%20with%20Vray%20Tutorial/HDRI_MaxVray01.htm
like when you get the v-ray infinite plane to receive the shadows, but the plane in itself is invisible and lets the background/HDR shine through?

this tutorial doesn't work http://www.ehow.com/how_7369443_vray-sketchup-tutorial.html and that's a pity, i could use this effect 😕