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pw2 problem

Hi all,

I have a rendering. It's an aluminum extrusion frame with a piece of plexi inserted into grooves. When I render (indirect illumination) random black splotches appear on the face of the extrusion where the edge of the plexi would be IF you could see it there (which you can't).

I say random because the higher res I render the worse they are and when I render my animation (using this part) they move around from frame to frame.

Reflect and refract I have tried default 1 and 4 as well as higher values.

I had this same problem last summer with a similiar part - I've never solved it.

If you have any ideas please let me know.

Thanks,

Zander

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Zander
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, hit enter and then choose the PhotoWorks button at the left. Read the tip "Indirect illumination spots". This should help you with your problem.

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Rob Rodriguez

Might want to try to use the setting under Scene, Lighting, Transparent shadows, so shadows can be seen through transparent objects.

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matt

Thanks fo the tip Rob! That helps a lot.

Matt, I'm trying transparent shadows seperately but I would have thought that with only indirect illumination in my scene the shadow setting would have no effec? I'm going to try it now.

Thanks,

Zander

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Zander

Zander

Assume nothing with PW2 - The whole programme is a nightmare and it changes (breaks?) from one SP to the next. Using Indirect Illumination is the most tricky and if you get any consistant results please let me know :-)

Good luck

Jonathan

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jjs

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