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Luxus Update - 1.0.0.3 is now the current version

SphericLabsSphericLabs Posts: 598
edited March 2013 in The Commons

For those that that own Luxus, version 1.0.0.3 is available for download in your accounts.

The following fixes made it into this release.
* tiling is fixed. Just use the tiling in the studio parameters.
* one light group per material. For when a single object has 2 light emitting materials.
* default sampler is now metropolis
* write flm option added and defaults to on
* premultiply alpha added for alpha backgrounds and defaults to off.
* gonomtric (IES) file, save file dialog as changed to open file dialog
* The missing SurfaceIntegrator “sppm” option added
* mitchell filter B and C are now written out correctly

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  • Davide AlidosiDavide Alidosi Posts: 12
    edited December 1969

    Hi, a SSS skin shader is included in Luxus? I've found a very interesting article on Lux Render for Blender (http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5323&start=60) is possible to reach that lever of realism in DAZ?.
    TNX

  • MattymanxMattymanx Posts: 6,947
    edited December 1969

    Yes. Results will vary based on the settings used and image maps used for skin.

  • SphericLabsSphericLabs Posts: 598
    edited December 1969

    Davide Alidosi said:
    Hi, a SSS skin shader is included in Luxus? I've found a very interesting article on Lux Render for Blender (http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5323&start=60) is possible to reach that lever of realism in DAZ?.
    TNX

    Luxus is simply a portal to LuxRender. LuxRender is what really does the work. I assume they are using a glossy_translucent with a subsurface scattering volume for that skin. You can certainly set one of those up. Automatically translating human surface shader to it is a little trickier, but Luxus usually gives excellent results.

    And Luxus allows you to send commands directly to LuxRender, even overriding the material entirely, although this is fairly advanced, but easier than editing files. So if it's possible in LuxRender, Luxus should be able to tell it to do it.

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    Davide Alidosi said:
    Hi, a SSS skin shader is included in Luxus? I've found a very interesting article on Lux Render for Blender (http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5323&start=60) is possible to reach that lever of realism in DAZ?.
    TNX

    Lux is an ubiased render engine. DS natively uses a version of 3Delight which is a biased render engine. Depending upon your skills with lighting and material settings, you can attain a high degree of realism with 3Delight but to date I haven't seen it reach the level of realism achieved in unbiased render engines.

  • Jay_NOLAJay_NOLA Posts: 1,145
    edited December 1969

    Did just the plugin get updated or did the content get an update as well?

    The plugin is showing as 1.0.0.3 and the content is still at 1.0.0.2.

  • SphericLabsSphericLabs Posts: 598
    edited December 1969

    just the plugin.

  • Davide AlidosiDavide Alidosi Posts: 12
    edited December 1969

    Luxus working on mac?

  • SphericLabsSphericLabs Posts: 598
    edited December 1969

    Davide Alidosi said:
    Luxus working on mac?

    yes

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    The SPPM fix works fine...but if SPPM isn't selected for both areas where it needs to be, Lux will probably crash...but that's more they way Lux behaves than a fault of the plugin.

    Also, something else. The current weekly build has a problem with SPPM...it will only use a single thread/core. The official release and the previous weekly build work properly.

  • daveleitzdaveleitz Posts: 459
    edited December 1969

    In the other Luxus thread I read the excellent post by millighost explaining texture gamma. Perhaps in the next update you can make the default 2.2 instead of 1. I still see people posting images and complaining about problems who apparently haven't read that post or understood its implications. Plus, it can be a pain to always have to remember to change it even if I do know about it.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited December 1969

    daveleitz68 said:
    In the other Luxus thread I read the excellent post by millighost explaining texture gamma. Perhaps in the next update you can make the default 2.2 instead of 1. I still see people posting images and complaining about problems who apparently haven't read that post or understood its implications. Plus, it can be a pain to always have to remember to change it even if I do know about it.

    I second the motion...

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