Rayscaper New Releases

[Mike Amos]

Sharp, I am missing the splash where my ex jumped in to create the waves though.......

[Krass]

yes, but 3D splash is very hy skill !
The pool on the screen is an "infinity pool"; I wouldn't have the patience right now to model that in SketchUp... then again, maybe I would? But AI does it in a couple of quick moves.
And if you send me a photo of your ex, she (he) will be in the image!

[Mike Amos]

I tried but the camera broke, or I had a tree in the way. Not sure which.
Either way fangs for the memories is about as far as I go these days. It is a fine Mr Kipling image tho'.

[pixelcruncher]

@Mike-Amos, I'm working on that feature. Exes are tricky, though...

[Mike Amos]

Thankfully, exes are his tory. I know, a laboured joke.

[Krass]

here same rayscaper render and Qwen image AI model to generate vegetation outside the property. I used ZPIX, a free and simple AI image tool for computer desktop (no need to be connected after downloading the models) Link to zpix https://github.com/SamuelTallet/ZPix
before:

after:

[Krass]

but we will soon be able to scatter vegetation in Rayscaper...

[pixelcruncher]

@Krass

Sorry this took so long. I finally figured out the black spots in your loft scene (with the help of AI).

The cause: several materials use their color image as the normal map. A normal map is the purple-blue image that tells the renderer which way the surface faces at each pixel. When you use a color photo like wood instead, the dark parts of the image make the surface face into the floor, and those spots go black. That's why they follow the wood grain and show up mostly in the darker areas.

These are the materials where I found it, with the textures from your TEX folder:

• Floor ([Cinder Block]): uses WoodFloor032_2K-JPG_Color.jpg as the normal map. It should be WoodFloor032_2K-JPG_NormalDX.jpg.
• Underside of the mezzanine ([Cladding Stucco White]): uses Material-588-S_BaseColor.jpg. It should be Material-588-S_NormalDirectX.jpg.
• Kitchen island countertop (*16): uses 014chataignier.jpg. This one has no matching normal map, so just switch the normal map off.
• Sofa (leather): very likely the same thing, worth checking.

Here is the same view before and after, with only the floor and mezzanine normal maps switched off:

The kitchen island was just reflecting the black floor, so it cleans up too. With this fixed, you shouldn't need the Photoshop cleanup anymore.

Thanks again for sending the scene; it made this much easier to track down! (1 year later).

Cheers,
Thomas

[Krass]

Anyway, thanks for your research. I'm going to do a lot of testing. And I'm impressed by the program's progress. Indeed, using "fake" normal maps is still a bit of a hack. I'll be more careful in the future.

[Krass]

Thomas,
The manual is excellent, the presentation is perfect—great work.
Is it possible to save a preset of the settings?

[pixelcruncher]

@Krass Not yet, but it's already on the list. This was requested before already.

[Krass]

It's flawless—not my 3D work, but the program itself.

[Krass]