08-21-2014, 10:41 PM
Thank you for the 2 ideas. I will try that and report back.
In the meantime, I'm finding out that using Vray Dome lights or any Vray lights that emit soft shadows, create a rendering issue within the smoke. Like cross bands and dark areas. Vray Rectangular lights are fine but I can't seem to use Dome lights unless I set the subdivision to be super high thus making the renders excessively longer.
Although with Vray Rect lights if you set the directional setting to be anything other than 0, it creates the same issue. I'm attaching a picture with the render issue I'm talking about. You can also see at the bottom of each picture, how long each one took to render. One is with One Vray Rect light and a Vray Dome light. The other one is using 2 Vray Rect lights.
In the meantime, I'm finding out that using Vray Dome lights or any Vray lights that emit soft shadows, create a rendering issue within the smoke. Like cross bands and dark areas. Vray Rectangular lights are fine but I can't seem to use Dome lights unless I set the subdivision to be super high thus making the renders excessively longer.
Although with Vray Rect lights if you set the directional setting to be anything other than 0, it creates the same issue. I'm attaching a picture with the render issue I'm talking about. You can also see at the bottom of each picture, how long each one took to render. One is with One Vray Rect light and a Vray Dome light. The other one is using 2 Vray Rect lights.