[BUG?] fresnel scale in phong

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u3dreal
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[BUG?] fresnel scale in phong

Post by u3dreal » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:40 am

Hi all , Hi nick,

here is what i found when finetuning M2I materials

I downloaded maxwell free version to have some to start with.

here is the maxwell result.

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and here the indigo result. with same color for diffuse and specular. and some thweaking for weight ( now available in M2I ) plus reverse gamma correction

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The result is pretty satisfying i think. :D

But there is one thing i noticed. The highlight at glazing angles is brighter
than the other one and difference is bigger than in the maxwell pic.
If i turn specular color to [0,0,0] then i still get some reflection
at glazing angles.and the hightlight :roll:
Is this correct ?

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When setting fresnelscale to 1.0 the reflections get even brighter..

So it seems the fresnel scale only adds more reflection to the specular lobe. is this correct ?? :roll:

Doesn't the fresnel scale weight the diffuse/specular depending on viewingangle ?? Just like ior does in other renderrers like maxwell ??
I'm pretty confused :roll:

Or is this a bug after all ?

cheers

u3dreal ;)
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Post by u3dreal » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:09 am

Ok here with the new equation .. :D

without RGC on specular color.. fresnel scale 1.0

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The result is very good i think only the reflection is a bit too much especially at 90°...maybe i need to apply RGC to specular color as well..

and here with RGC on specular .. fresnel scale 1.0

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Ok now it's really good .. only the reflection at 90° seems to be too bright..it seems indigo assumes [1.0,1.0,1.0] for reflection color at 90°

Ok so my wish would be indigo gets the color for reflection at 90°
form the <specular> element then everything should be just fine..

cheers

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Post by CTZn » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:27 pm

Hello u3dreal,

Well, I think it is safe to assume that it is good to have specular and fresnel effects separated, they are not linearly related in every case I believe.
So it seems the fresnel scale only adds more reflection to the specular lobe. is this correct ??
Yes, if the viewing angle is not 0° :)

My reason for posting was: what are you calling RGC ? I can't find this within the whole forums :?

thx

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Post by zsouthboy » Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:06 pm

Reverse gamma correction.

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Post by u3dreal » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:52 am

YES !!!

cheers

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Post by CTZn » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:00 am

Ok, thank you !

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