HamlinBC Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 And I guess all painted elevations for that matter... Anyways, did something change in Chief that I don't know about?...seems like I used to be able to get great looking watercolor elevations. Now they appear to be too dark. All the other types of views look great, it's just the painted ones (and watercolor in particular) that appear too dark. Is anyone else coming up against this, or just me?...I'm guessing it's probably a video driver issue or something like that?...I have the latest GeForce Driver 337.88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 What is your ambient exterior set at in the render DBX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefArchitect Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 You might try turning off shadows with Watercolor (preferences, render setting). In this sample plan, they are off. Another trick, since glass is not opaque in Watercolor, I put a slab behind the window, and painted it white to get an opaque look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Here's the weird thing...even when I just click on the watercolor render mode, it changes the darkness of the whole thing. Here's a comparison between a standard view w/shadows, and also just a standard watercolor w/o shadows. I didn't touch the settings on either. How do I check my ambient light settings?...can you specify per rendering technique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 look here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Perry, Here's what mine are at...I would assume this is the default??... I will change them to what you have and see if it helps at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nope...no dice. Still just as dark... It's strange, because it seems like they were working fine with this new system, and now they show up like this. I'm thinking it's probably the driver version?... What version are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I have an NVidia card and running 337.88 the latest "whol" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamlinBC Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 I just installed the previous driver (335.23) and it appears to be back to normal... Not to mention it runs a little faster and smoother too...weeeeird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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