Indigo 2 vs Maxwell 2 vs Lux

[pixie]

Indigo
Single MLT

Pure MLT

SunSky3_frame0.png (454.92 KiB) Viewed 3789 times

Single PT

Pure PT

SunSky3_frame1.png (387.15 KiB) Viewed 3784 times

Look mamma, there's no sun!

[Borgleader]

No black areas on the path tracing one but....fireflies, and lots of 'em

[pixie]

No black areas on the path tracing one but....fireflies, and lots of 'em

Nor on MLT for that matter

[Borgleader]

No black areas on the path tracing one but....fireflies, and lots of 'em

Nor on MLT for that matter

yeah but MLT has a bunch of colored patches, or is it just because it didn't render long enough?

[pixie]

yeah but MLT has a bunch of colored patches, or is it just because it didn't render long enough?

They will eventually disappear

[Stromberg]

I hate this kinds of topics, it always ends in arguing
I am planning to buy a maxwell 2 edu lisence next month btw

Maybe you should optimize the scenes for each render, i defently feel that lux did suffer from automatic conversion, i like the pt renders better than MLT since i feel that MLT renders does loose contrast.

Keep on testing

[pixie]

I hate this kinds of topics, it always ends in arguing
I am planning to buy a maxwell 2 edu lisence next month btw

Maybe you should optimize the scenes for each render, i defently feel that lux did suffer from automatic conversion, i like the pt renders better than MLT since i feel that MLT renders does loose contrast.

Keep on testing

I could but only for indigo since I don't possess the expertize for the other render engines
One thing this tests made me change was the view on PT, I think I can live well without the caustics now

[The Unknown]

Interesting comparison!
The image of Lux looks a bit strange.
Which version and settings did you use?

[Jambert]

No black areas on the path tracing one but....fireflies, and lots of 'em

Nor on MLT for that matter

yeah but MLT has a bunch of colored patches, or is it just because it didn't render long enough?

yes

[neo0.]

To be honest, Maxwell 2 looks a tad bit more realistic to me. Nothing major, they both look fantastic, but in the Maxwell renders, the way the sun enters the room (the bright spots from the windows) looks a little closer to real life. I, as well, have also encountered black patches when using indigo..

Then again, Indigo is much, much easier to learn then Maxwell. I took one look at a screen shot of maxwell before deciding that I'de stick with indigo.

[CTZn]

No black areas on the path tracing one but....fireflies, and lots of 'em

Nor on MLT for that matter

yeah but MLT has a bunch of colored patches, or is it just because it didn't render long enough?

There is another MLT render on the first page(SunSky2_frame0.png), the best (richest) one imo.

Then again, Indigo is much, much easier to learn then Maxwell

neo0., can we quote that ? The argument has some strength coming from you

[pixie]

Interesting comparison!
The image of Lux looks a bit strange.
Which version and settings did you use?

The latest and greatest!

[suvakas]

Interesting.
Pixie, what's your CPU ?

[pixie]

Interesting.
Pixie, what's your CPU ?

A core i7, sometimes @ 3.2Ghz

[neo0.]

Now that I got a good night's rest, the indigo one looks more realistic to me now..


You're absolutely right, Ctzn... I have a pretty low tolerence for learning curves.. The most complicated app I ever learned was modo 401..