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Subject: Re: [AE] Faking ambient occlusion or SSAO in After Effects?
From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
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Do you have element 3d and a decent gfx card? It has a very fast ao engine
and you can import cinema models. Otherwise you may be better off
just tweaking render quality settings and turning the ao sampling down in
cinema. You could also try rendering at half quality and upscaling, but
obviously you'd lose detail

On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Greg Balint wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm on a crunch time project right now and one of my renders from Cinema
> 4d was going to take over 25 hours with Ambient occlusion on.. the project
> is super high resolution 9660x1080 and it's just simple cube-space mograph
> stuff, but the AO was taking forever.. I opted to turn off the AO pass and
> render out a general pass instead..
>
> Now I need to figure out how to get that look back, as the standard pass
> is too flat and dull.
>
> There USED to be a plugin / script called super SSAO or something like
> that, and it used pixelbender to make fake AO on a prerendered animation or
> still.  it was actually quite useful for quick renders from 3d and although
> it wasn't PERFECT, it was great for quick jobs that couldn't afford the
> render times but still needed the extra depth.
>
> Anyway.. does anyone know of a way to do this without that plugin? (as far
> as I know pixelbender went away after CS5 so the plugin i used to use is
> not going to work)
>
> Maybe a few regular plugins that could create the same effect?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>
> ///Greg Balint
> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
> /321.514.4839
> delRAZOR.com/
>
>

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VFX & Motion Graphic artist
NEW - teddygage.com <http://www.teddygage.com>

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Do you have element 3d and a decent gfx card? It has a very fast ao engine =
and you can import cinema models. Otherwise you may be better off just=A0tw=
eaking render=A0quality settings and turning the ao=A0sampling down in cine=
ma. You could also try rendering at half quality and upscaling, but obvious=
ly you&#39;d=A0lose detail<div>
<br>On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Greg Balint  wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hey all,=A0<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m on a =
crunch time project right now and one of my renders from Cinema 4d was goin=
g to take over 25 hours with Ambient occlusion on.. the project is super hi=
gh resolution 9660x1080 and it&#39;s just simple cube-space mograph stuff, =
but the AO was taking forever.. I opted to turn off the AO pass and render =
out a general pass instead..=A0</div>

<div><br></div><div>Now I need to figure out how to get that look back, as =
the standard pass is too flat and dull.</div><div><br></div><div>There USED=
 to be a plugin / script called super SSAO or something like that, and it u=
sed pixelbender to make fake AO on a prerendered animation or still. =A0it =
was actually quite useful for quick renders from 3d and although it wasn&#3=
9;t PERFECT, it was great for quick jobs that couldn&#39;t afford the rende=
r times but still needed the extra depth.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Anyway.. does anyone know of a way to do this without t=
hat plugin? (as far as I know pixelbender went away after CS5 so the plugin=
 i used to use is not going to work)</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe a few r=
egular plugins that could create the same effect?</div>

<div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><pre cols=3D"72"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">///Gr=
eg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/ </font></pre></div>
</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>VFX &amp; Motion Gr=
aphic artist<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>NEW - <a href=3D"http://ww=
w.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.com</a></span><br style=3D"col=
or:rgb(0,0,0)">
</div><br></div><br>

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