Why should i buy an Indigo License ? serious question...

[naxos]

Renderer params are :

Pathtrace with bidirectional on
max num of consec rejections (???) : 1000
super sample factor : 2
bvh threshold : 500 000

now i set supersampling to 1 and test again

[suvakas]

Your sun and camera settings seem to be different between the 2 renderers. Try to mach those as well.

[CTZn]

Okay. You know, I told that about supersampling to illustrate a generic idea.

Maybe suvakas could share his 3dsMax scene with you ? You will then have more elements for a beginning.

Ah, here comes suv

[naxos]

here are IGI, last benchpicture and MXS files :

http://rapidshare.com/files/269855976/MXvsIG.rar.html

enjoy !

[naxos]

Your sun and camera settings seem to be different between the 2 renderers. Try to mach those as well.

I can't : Maxwell uses UP as "north" and daytime settings for the sun... no one light is used for Maxwell : only emitters and the sun system...

about the camera : i put the same settings, but the Indigo render is too bright so i have to lower the ISO

[naxos]

Now it is a lot possible that my (default) params for rendering are not the good ones regardless of that scene...

a bit with Vray : the default settings are not the fastest ones...

help me setting the scene and i'll rerender...

Be sure i'm not here to proove Maxwell against Indigo, but as the title says, i just want to make a choice... a good one... and not only because you are nice guys and "full-life-time" license... i need to produce so quality and speed are big parts !

[suvakas]

Your sun and camera settings seem to be different between the 2 renderers. Try to mach those as well.

I can't : Maxwell uses UP as "north" and daytime settings for the sun... no one light is used for Maxwell : only emitters and the sun system...

about the camera : i put the same settings, but the Indigo render is too bright so i have to lower the ISO

You can use the same daylight system for both of the engines.
Same camera settings seem to work Ok here. A scale issue maybe?

[CTZn]

Be sure i'm not here to proove Maxwell against Indigo, but as the title says, i just want to make a choice... a good one... and not only because you are nice guys and "full-life-time" license... i need to produce so quality and speed are big parts !

Your attitude is right, there is no possible confusion naxos

I bet everyone here is interested by results, not chit-chat.

[suvakas]

I was curious and I made a similar scene.
Here's the result:
Indigo vs Maxwell - Sun-sky scene

Same sun and same camera parameters.
Seems like Maxwell cleans faster in sun/sky situation...

[naxos]

when i can find time i'll test with a complex scene... again with standard shaders only (more because i can't manage materials well to have the same in both renderers...)

[tungee]

Ok here are my points.

1.
Indigo was the first unbiased rendering engine which introduced Camera Tone Mapping
(CRT is nowadays announced in the Fryrender forum like an revolution )
2.
Indigo is the only Engine, which can import real measured color and emitter data ("tabulated spectrum"); would be nice if this data could be imported in every color channel (albeldo and etc...)
3.
In Indigo you have the opportunity to choose from 4 Sampling methods (bidirectional pt, pt, Bidir-MLT, MLT or to mix with hybrid)
4.
The Material system is complete and universal + dont forget ISl shading .
5.
No long waitings for product announcements (unlike maxwell ).
Ono has lot of secret faeture presents in every snapshot in Indigo releases.

[Zom-B]

Indigo is the only Engine, which can import real measured color and emitter data ("tabulated spectrum"); would be nice if this data could be imported in every color channel (albeldo and etc...)

afaik this is already possible!

[tungee]

In which renderer is it possible???

[Zom-B]

I mean for Indigo you can also use tabulated spectrum data for every color based parameter, like albedo etc. But the exporter needs to support this...

[naxos]

... tabulated spectrum data for every color based parameter, like albedo etc. ...

That IS exactly what usual artists don't want to read