Is this the secret to Indigo's awesome rendering?

[Modude]

I think I read somewhere that Indigo uses physics to render, is this true? And why else is Indigo SO DARN GOOD???? A trillion times better than YAFRAY

[StompinTom]

most renderers tend to use the laws of physics to at least some extent. Indigo just takes it a lot further. and depends what you use it for.

[Modude]

oh, is there any other thing that makes Indigo so darn good??

[jurasek]

you're spy from nextlimit right?

greetz,
jur

[Kram1032]

you're spy from nextlimit right?

greetz,
jur

No, Modude. It's just the laws of physics.
And generally (if you don't mean the *exact* laws), it's not that special Any 3D renderer, which is supposed to at least output a "somewhat" photo-real result, uses the laws of physics.
YafRay does.
Even the Blender Internal renderer does, but in a far loose way than Indigo's strict but therefore slower behaviour of following the laws with as little mistake as possible.

[StompinTom]

yeah its how accurate it is, or how much of the laws of physics it takes into account.

[noyb]

It's important to point out that it is not necessarily the renderer that produces great images, it's the artist. A renderer is just a tool, it doesn't do everything for you.

However, some renderers are more suited for certain tasks. Indigo's way of handling lighting very accurately allows for an easier way to create realistic images.

I actually use mental ray for most of my work, simply because it's faster and more flexible (hides in the corner ). But I often come running to indigo whenever I need to have realistically simulated lighting. It's accurate enough that I sometimes even use it as a reference for myself when I work in mental ray - even more accurate than other unbiased renderers in my opinion.

[Modude]

you're spy from nextlimit right?

greetz,
jur

lol, no. I'm too young to do anything really.

[zsouthboy]

noyb: I think we're mature enough here to know when to use a renderer, and not lambast someone for not using Indigo.

For example, animations? Use a regular scanline renderer.

[lycium]

noyb: I think we're mature enough here to know when to use a renderer, and not lambast someone for not using Indigo.

BLASPHEMY!!!

burn the witch!!!!!

[noyb]

<jumpoutwindow>Oh No! Uh, uhh... hey look, a two headed bird!</jumpoutwindow>

Seriously though, learning Indigo has made my mentalray renders better... I don't think any other renderer has done that for me.

This guy looks constipated --->