Fun with SPPM

[binarycortex]

I tried using the cauchy data for diamonds with sppm and got some fun splats out of it. Mind you these are anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes of render time. But the colors were interesting so I thought I would share. It reminds me of neon under cars.

[binarycortex]

Orange one for great justice.

sppm_diamond_5.jpg (122.74 KiB) Viewed 737 times

[B.Y.O.B.]

I want to play with this render method, toooo...
Very nice results

[binarycortex]

I want to play with this render method, toooo...
Very nice results

What operating system are you on? I have it compiled for Windows x64.

[B.Y.O.B.]

What operating system are you on?

Ubuntu 10.10 64bit.
What do I need for compiling it myself? Are there any special things I need?

[Dade]

What operating system are you on?

Ubuntu 10.10 64bit.
What do I need for compiling it myself? Are there any special things I need?

It is trivial if you are already able to compile Lux on your own. Just type "hg update sppm_cpu_only" to switch to the experimental branch/source and recompile.

You can go back to normal branch with a "hg update default".

[Carbonflux]

...the colors were interesting so I thought I would share. It reminds me of neon under cars.

I agree, the colors are "lurid" heh.

SPPM in luxrender itself is really important imo and once it bubbles to the surface of general awareness I think it will attract a lot of people who for whatever reason ( impatience or no access to higher end machines ) are put off by the time required to get "clear" image.

looks for the donate button for the binarycortex rendering machine fund and ends up having to hand binarycortex a fluffy cloud.

[A-man]

Binarycortex, is your win64 build anywhere on the forums? I can't seem to find it. Would I be able to snag a copy if you don't mind?

[binarycortex]

I have been working on how to tune SPPM. There will be a wiki writeup soon so I won't bore you with the details.

10 million photons per pass
startradius 1.0
alpha 0.25
18 minutes of render time
The color is off on this one due to the relative short render time. When SPPM is doing dispersion, you get some interesting colors early on. The png written before this one was the same color as the others.

1 million photons per pass
startradius 1.0
alpha 0.7
1 hour and 34 minutes of render time

10 million photons per pass
startradius 1.0
alpha 0.4
1 hour of render time
Ladies and gentleman, I think we have a winner.