did a quick test of radiosity with a flare

[johnl3d]

 

This is with multipass two passes

 

 

 

This is without multipass

 

aflare.zip

 

 

I did this in V13 because ( v14 didn' t like flare light added to model) a reported problem.

[DanCBradbury]

Is that the look you were going for? It's definitely not real, but very artistic though

[johnl3d]

Had never tried radiosity so decide to try to see how it would react to a flare...part of the weird results might be the ball is reflective but definite not real results

[the_black_mage]

dude that is the most insane look i have ever seen lol.

[robcat2075]

hat do you mean by "flare"... a lens flare?

[johnl3d]

Yes the bluish light in the picture is a lens flare and the only light

[MattWBradbury]

What are the settings for your photon mapping variables?

[johnl3d]

just the default

[rusty]

John,

 

Are we seeing 'this'?

 

Rusty

[DanCBradbury]

John,

 

Are we seeing 'this'?

 

Rusty

I'm not john, but no, the poke-a-dotted look is not what you're looking at; that comes from having to small a sample area. What you're seeing is totally different. There is a very strange anomaly that occurs when rendering radiosity, which is more noticable in closed off scenes. If you have immensely bright lights, you will eventually start to see actual shapes appear in the photon patterns that look like objects in your scene, almost like a mirror.

 

It's easily fixable by turning jitter to full.

[johnl3d]

Thanks for the info ..This was a quick idea since I have never tried radiosity before..lots to learn ..will have to play some more

 

 

pumped up some of the values and got this mini qt

 

 

flare.mov