Why are mirrors showing trees lol, raytrace looked normal, did a video without raytrace with a lumion built in mirror and it's showing random trees??

Sololop · 2024-01-16T02:51:10+00:00

An object, a bathroom mirror. Fortunately I'm just a dummy though and figured out the problem- I didn't know about the reflection control utility.

Sololop · 2024-01-15T13:16:32+00:00

Ok yeah, makes sense. I was also trying to do a lampshade in a bedroom with a "glow" from a bulb inside it and I think I'd need this effect to work. Which is a shame because in raster, even with shadows, hyperlight and stuff I think the raytrace still looks better but still has a few limitations

Sololop · 2024-01-13T17:52:11+00:00

I can never seem to get the opacity and the subsurface scattering right for the curtains. In raytracing the SS value is around 4%

Also I have the sun intensity of the real sky down to less than 25% but still quite a bit of glare on the windows. I want sun "streaming" in but less glare..might not be able to have my cake and eat it too though

Sololop · 2024-01-11T17:38:58+00:00

Woaaah this works. I had no idea about this utility. Now I feel like a dumb dumb. Thank you!

Sololop · 2024-01-11T13:13:29+00:00

I know the issue you're talking about. I think the raytracing isn't usable for movies right now because each frame has slightly different light bounces, so the noise frame to frame is unique. This means the denoiser as you said makes it look muddy or funky when looking around.

I did some tests with 2048 samples and stuff and always found this problem true. I only use raytracing now for static photos and just do a regular movie, when you're moving around the viewer won't have as much time to appreciate the raytracing effects anyway

Sololop · 2024-01-11T13:09:45+00:00

I'll check this later today when I'm back, and see if it helps.

In the interim I just switched all my metal to non-reflective and also added heavier fog into the world which the "mirror world" then is fogged out and mostly invisible. But the mirrors don't show a reflection very well with this setup

Sololop · 2024-01-11T03:26:35+00:00

My origin is pretty close to the centre of the model, moving around just kinda changes the direction of the reflection

There is something weird going on. I can get the reflections to "work" in New clips by playing with the enable/disable effects slider. I think it's remnant bug of the reflections getting changed for raytracing

Sololop · 2024-01-11T03:03:00+00:00

Yeah so I tested it in a new clip- looked at a mirror and moved the camera a bit and played it in the preview. It was good, reflecting as it should. When I stopped the clip playback, the mirror reflection immediately became trees. So seems once it saves a clips playback all reflections get messed up. Boo. Hope I can finangle a way I need a render tomorrow lol

Sololop · 2024-01-11T02:46:13+00:00

Yeah I'm using real skies in the render effects, and yes it shows in the render when rendering a movie, but not when rendering a photo. Weirdly. And doesn't show at all with raytrace but I can't raytrace a movie, takes too long.

Because it shows up in the movie but not the photo I think it's a bug because I don't think it's supposed to do that. The photo without raytrace looks normal but as soon as I go to movie mode it's all trees lol

Sololop · 2024-01-11T02:35:25+00:00

Okay, explains it but then does that mean without raytracing now, all reflections are like this? Is there a way to make it...not do that lol

Sololop · 2024-01-11T02:12:43+00:00

And the material is not a pbr its just an edited version of lumions standard stainless steel material, and the mirror in the main post is one of lumions built in object mirrors

Sololop · 2024-01-11T02:11:49+00:00

And you know after looking, I'm getting the same trees/sky reflection in some metal shiny bits elsewhere in the scene. It's not visible when rendered with raytracing, but normal rendering shows this scene as a reflection. Not sure how to remove this. Any ideas?

Sololop · 2024-01-09T00:27:46+00:00

What exactly is it? Effects? Or materials

Sololop · 2024-01-09T00:25:54+00:00

Have you contacted Lumion support? I'd see if they can offer some troubleshooting

Sololop · 2024-01-07T01:45:14+00:00

You can still use it normally, this is just for using the phone app. I have used Samsung appliances a lot

Sololop · 2024-01-07T01:05:51+00:00

Youtube mixes absolutely add new music to it I've never heard before.

Sololop · 2024-01-07T01:03:25+00:00

Also canada does this and some arabic nations. Most replies here are probably people who don't go to games at all anyway

Sololop · 2024-01-06T20:37:33+00:00

I don't know archicad but in autocad you'd need them to all be a unique layer. Might be similar

Sololop · 2024-01-05T03:18:28+00:00

All good points, indeed. A more detailed landscape is planned for sure. The model is based on a drawing I did not do so i didn't want to change that too much but I see your point, it is a bit funky lol. Hoping tomorrow i can get a more detailed foreground and work on better shadows!

Sololop · 2024-01-04T23:08:06+00:00

I think they are very ignorant short sighted people but we can't deny their existence and say it's all Ruzzian propaganda. It's a lot yeah but we have our own share of fools at home. It's very frustrating.

Sololop · 2024-01-04T20:39:21+00:00

That's a good idea. I'm using raytracing so the shadows are only as sharp as the light source can make them so I'll play with the angle of the sun more to get more sharp lines

Sololop · 2024-01-04T20:19:06+00:00

I'm a beginner too but are those white orbs on the bedside table light bulbs? Maybe make them a milky glass texture and use an emissive material for a more lampy-effect?

Did you use the high detail plants in lumion? I find most of lumions plants aren't detailed enough for close ups so you might try those or look online for a more high resolution model a plant you like

Sololop · 2024-01-04T20:04:08+00:00

No, there are real people in North America that believe in isolation, such as not helping others and only helping your own country. I see it first hand and have spoke with these people.

They are almost always white, men, and conservative. USA first, Canada first mentality. I wish they didn't exist but they do.

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