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ambient_occlusion_maps_knald_1.2 [2016/10/10 21:22] adavies [The Image Ambient Occlusion Group's Settings] |
ambient_occlusion_maps_knald_1.2 [2017/02/08 22:37] adavies [The Mesh Ambient Occlusion Group's Settings] |
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| The Ambient Occlusion maps within Knald are generated on the fly from the Normal & Height Maps provided by [[the_integrator_knald_1.2|The Integrator.]] They are adjustable in real time and produce extremely high quality and clean results that rival baked AO at 600+ rays. | The Ambient Occlusion maps within Knald are generated on the fly from the Normal & Height Maps provided by [[the_integrator_knald_1.2|The Integrator.]] They are adjustable in real time and produce extremely high quality and clean results that rival baked AO at 600+ rays. | ||
| - | You can also generate Ambient Occlusion from high to low polygonal meshes via [[the_baker_knald|The Baker]]. | + | You can also generate Ambient Occlusion from high to low polygonal meshes via [[the_baker_knald_1.2|The Baker]]. |
| [{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.knaldtech.com/docuwiki/ao_knald_settings_1.2.png?950|Image, Mesh & Baker Ambient Occlusion Settings}}] | [{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.knaldtech.com/docuwiki/ao_knald_settings_1.2.png?950|Image, Mesh & Baker Ambient Occlusion Settings}}] | ||
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| **AO Scale:** The strength of the image based AO, irrespective of the Global Intensity slider. | **AO Scale:** The strength of the image based AO, irrespective of the Global Intensity slider. | ||
| - | **Activate** This check box is a toggle to enable and disable Low Poly Ambient Occlusion via an imported mesh. | + | **Activate Mesh AO** This check box is a toggle to enable and disable Low Poly Ambient Occlusion via an imported mesh. |
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| + | **Weighting:** A choice between different methods of occluder weighting. | ||
| + | * **Cosine:** Each sample is weighted by it's cosine to the normal. | ||
| + | * **Uniform Clamped:** A uniform weighting of visible directions gives the percentage of visible surface area on the hemisphere. | ||
| + | * **Uniform Unclamped:** Corresponds to projection of visibility onto the first spherical harmonic band L=0. | ||
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| + | [{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.knaldtech.com/docuwiki/buck_head_ao_cosine_clamped_unclamped.jpg?nolink&1150|The differences between the three AO types within Knald. Cosine (left), Uniform Clamped (middle) & Uniform Unclamped (right).}}] | ||
| **Opacity:** The level of opacity used when mixing the Low Poly Ambient Occlusion with the image based Ambient Occlusion. | **Opacity:** The level of opacity used when mixing the Low Poly Ambient Occlusion with the image based Ambient Occlusion. | ||
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| [{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.knaldtech.com/docuwiki/ao_baker_knald_1.2.png?nolink|Baker Ambient Occlusion}}] | [{{https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.knaldtech.com/docuwiki/ao_baker_knald_1.2.png?nolink|Baker Ambient Occlusion}}] | ||
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| **Weighting:** A choice between different methods of occluder weighting. | **Weighting:** A choice between different methods of occluder weighting. | ||
| * **Cosine:** Each sample is weighted by it's cosine to the normal. | * **Cosine:** Each sample is weighted by it's cosine to the normal. | ||
| - | * **Uniform Clamped:** The bent normal represents the expectation for the distribution of visible directions. | + | * **Uniform Clamped:** A uniform weighting of visible directions gives the percentage of visible surface area on the hemisphere. |
| - | * **Uniform Unclamped:** Corresponds to projection of visibility onto second spherical harmonic band L=1. | + | * **Uniform Unclamped:** Corresponds to projection of visibility onto the first spherical harmonic band L=0. |
| **Ignore Backface Hits** Checking this option ignores backface ray hits, which is useful in instances where you are using floating geometry on the High Poly mesh. | **Ignore Backface Hits** Checking this option ignores backface ray hits, which is useful in instances where you are using floating geometry on the High Poly mesh. | ||
ambient_occlusion_maps_knald_1.2.txt · Last modified: 2017/05/23 03:49 (external edit)
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