Maxwell Render

You're right, let us be creative!

Maybe later on then

_________________
Working on a Core i7 920 @ 4.0 Ghz - 6Gb Ram

www.bluewavedesign.nl
Free attenuation preview scene
My materials at the MXM gallery

A different test i did, a unscientific 'comparison' between Maxwell's and Modo's subscattering.
I'm not going to reveal yet which one is which, i leave it up to you guys to guess if you want to.
I did my best in replicating materials between both engines to match both settings and values as close as possible to get results which matches eachother.



/ Magnus

_________________
http://maximus3d.blogspot.com/
http://magnus3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus3dphoto/

I'm crazy enough to say the one on the left is Maxwell.

_________________
Next Limit Team

I think Maxwell 's one is the left render.

But the finish of the bleue/grey sphere inside is not the same so, I think that this comparison is not valid because the will not bounce in the same way with the sss material.
And what is the artifact on the left bottom part in the left image? near the bleue/grey base

Judging by the shadow in the circle with the logo, it has to be the left one..

Edit: oh and you forgot to remove the text on the bottom of the left one, since it takes very long to re-render the maxwell version you just left it there because it's
hardly visible. Am I guessing correctly?

_________________
Working on a Core i7 920 @ 4.0 Ghz - 6Gb Ram

www.bluewavedesign.nl
Free attenuation preview scene
My materials at the MXM gallery

surely the left one is the best... is it maxell?

_________________
win xp 32- e6600 - lw plugin
vista 64 - i7 2,67 ghz - 8gb ram

I have to admit that the left one is Modo and the right one is Maxwell. Sorry guys

About the surfacefinish of the centersphere, yes it's different but the difference is still marginal and it doesn't matter that much in a test like this. That artifact you are talking about is not a artifact, it's a airbubble near the surface of the main sphere. If you are talking about the line on the floor pointing towards the lower left corner, it's not a artifact, it's a seam in the floor as the testsubject is originally placed in what is a cardboardbox model. That's where the seam originates from.

Maxwell rendering - 6 hours, 22 minutes, 54 seconds (but it was clean much earlier)
http://maximus3d.se/mxw/Maxwell_candlewax_6h22m54s.png

Modo rendering - 1 hour, 8 minutes, 19 seconds
http://maximus3d.se/mxw/Modo_candlewax_4.png

Keep in mind that the Modo version required more tweaking and testing to reach similar results to the Maxwell version, this time should be taken into consideration if you compare the rendertimes.

/ Magnus

_________________
http://maximus3d.blogspot.com/
http://magnus3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus3dphoto/

There goes my theory...

_________________
Working on a Core i7 920 @ 4.0 Ghz - 6Gb Ram

www.bluewavedesign.nl
Free attenuation preview scene
My materials at the MXM gallery

Fear not, this is still a very unscientific test and nothing you should really base any judgement upon. Take it with a huge spoon of salt.
I will continue to tweak all Maxwell materials further to match the results better and closer to the Modo version. Just give me a bit of time to get it all sorted.

I'll be back.. :]

/ Magnus

_________________
http://maximus3d.blogspot.com/
http://magnus3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus3dphoto/

Looking forward to it, that render isn't doing Maxwell justice yet. Good luck Magnus!

_________________
My Maxwell Render Tutorials

University of Brighton, UK
http://www.coroflot.com/James_Coleman
@JColeman_Design

That's true, it's not doing Maxwell justice and by now we all know that Maxwell's subscattering is very capable and fully usable. What my example above more illustrates is what happens when you attempt at do a direct manual translation of SSS values from Maxwell to Modo. A direct translation of the values fails as you will not get the same looking results in both engines. The goal is not really to compare SSS results of Maxwell and Modo but more to find what 'formula' i need to use when translating Modo materials to Maxwell. You could call it the Holy Grail of MXM creation because if i can translate one way than i can reverse it and translate materials the other way.

/ Magnus

_________________
http://maximus3d.blogspot.com/
http://magnus3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus3dphoto/

Master ?

See, I'm crazy Because, I knew this would happen. Otherwise drawing such a comparison would make no sense otherwise.

_________________
Next Limit Team

No no, you are not crazy Tom ..well, maybe a little like the rest of us it was a trap which was way to easy to fall into, i would have done the same.

Btw, new renderings are in progress. I'm posting them tomorrow!

/ Magnus

_________________
http://maximus3d.blogspot.com/
http://magnus3d.cgsociety.org/gallery/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnus3dphoto/

so You predicted it ! (precognition)

still my hero ! the force is still strong with You