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Size (in pixels) of the exported gradient image. Use bigger number if you want better image quality, but bigger file means longer preprocessing time in Maxwell Render.
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Plugin exports modo Environment Material with Environment type Constant, 2 Color Gradient, 4 Color Gradient or CIE Overcast Sky as an EXR image file. When the file is ready, it sets the new image file for the IBL background layers. |
Maxwell Environment item
Maxwell Environment is a Shader Tree texture layer item. You can add Maxwell Environment layer from the Plugin window (Add Environment button), you can use modo Preset Browser (by double clicking on the sky preset thumbnail), or you can add it as a normal modo texture layer by clicking on the Add Layer drop-down button at the top of the Shader Tree (from the drop-down list select Maxwell > Maxwell Environment).
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Click on the Add Layer drop-down button to add Maxwell Environment item.
Enable
Enable/disable Maxwell Environment layer.
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Please read sub-chapter Sky Constant Dome and Physical Sky in the MAXWELL RENDER 2 Manual for further information about Maxwell environment settings. |
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Modo plugin provides live feedback about the HDR image -> IBL conversion in the Maxwell Properties viewport. You can read the exported IBL offset and scale values (these are calculated from the Texture Locator of the HDR image), and if the plugin can’t convert the Locator parameters perfectly, it displays warning messages with the conversion problem in the INFO field. |
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Please read sub-chapter Image Based Lighting in the MAXWELL RENDER 2 Manual for further information about Maxwell environment settings. |
IBL layers
If you want to use different images for the different Maxwell IBL layers (Background, Reflection, Refraction, Illumination), you can follow the normal modo workflow again.
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