Yeah Piotrek nailed it. If you can't adjust the light, then the spec/refl most likely needs to be turned wayy down. Personally I always try to dial in the coefficient before doing any kind of clamping.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:04 AM, piotrek marczak <[email protected] > wrote: > pic is 8 bit, exr are floats > your highlights are overexposed thats why you won’t have good aa on them > its often happening when you have superbright (sub)pixel(s) next to darker > ones > you can either > -put on glare on those in post (like in real cameras..) > -pre-clamp pixel values (in vray there is an option for that, with > subpixel aa its working quite good, for mr I think there is some mib shader) > -try not to have reflectance in material close to 1.0 (white) > > > From: Eric Lampi > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 7:11 PM > To: [email protected].**com <[email protected]> > Subject: Chunky EXR highlights > > > Having some issue with EXRs, specifically pixelated highlights. Initially > I thought it was an anti-aliasing issue, but the same frame rendered result > as a Softimage pic doesn't have that problem. > > Can someone tell me how to deal with this in either After Effects or the > FXtree? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > -- > Freelance 3D and VFX animator > > http://vimeopro.com/**user7979713/3d-work<http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work> > > -- Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer ** *Freelance for hire* ** www.genecrucean.com ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com for any personal emails. Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~
