Black & White
Salem2007
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Is there a way to render in B&W with Carrara? I guess I can edit in post, but I have an video sequence that I want to be B&W--it would be easier to not have to use post work---I don't have an editor that will convert to B&W.
If Carrara can't do it---what would you suggest?
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If Carrara can't do it, what about iMovie or EditStudio? I think they both have B&W filter features.
I'll check those out--thanks!
VirtualDub is free and can desaturate an image sequence or video easily.
I think there's a plug in somewhere that can saturate/desaturate shaders - but then you'd have to adjust every shader - I recommend VD as an easier alternative.
Seems like post-work is the way to go. I'll check out these tools tomorrow....
What are you rendering?
For figures (like DAZ People), try putting the bump maps in the color channel. If that just isn't right, I better option would be to use a black to white gradient using the texture (color) map as the shader for the gradient. The shader of a gradient is what maps the various levels along the gradient onto the surface.
For everything else that this trick won't work for, try substituting any sort of color with the adequate place along the grey scale. Simply open the color chip and drag the chooser from the pigment directly to the desaturation side of the triangle.
You might then want to also try either the Toon effect for line art?
Again, Not sure what you're trying to render.
Postwork is the easiest solution. If you don't have a video editor that can convert to B&W, try rendering to an image sequence. Many photo editors come with batch convert features. I used to have a free one years ago- don't remember the name now though. I use Image Ready now. Not free ;-)
Many directors these days will shoot in color and go B&W in post. Especially if shooting with digital. Think Sin City as a prime (albeit older) example.
I may have too many elements to go with adjusting the shaders, but that is an alternative I hadn't considered.
I probably need to invest in a decent video editor--I've held off for a long time and tried to use freebies. I think I know the features I really need, now. An image sequence is another solution I hadn't thought of--that may work in the short-term.
I probably need to invest in a decent video editor--I've held off for a long time and tried to use freebies. I think I know the features I really need, now. An image sequence is another solution I hadn't thought of--that may work in the short-term.Project Dogwaffle Pro: Howler
Affordable
Very Cool "Paint" style editor
Opens, edits and saves AVI and Image Sequence Animations
Can convert one to the other
Affordable
:)
Ok, this is probably going to be a very silly questions (expect a lot of those from me as I try to master Carrara) because I haven't really played with sky settings in Carrara yet, but in Bryce I can acheive a black and white effect mostly driven by the sky settings.
AS both programs did (a long time back) originate from the same stable, how similar is the sky lab in Carrara. In Bryce there is a thing called "Colour perspective" and if that is enabled and red/green/blue are of equal amounts I get a grey atmosphere as in this WIP. I then only needed to tweak the mats (or shaders if you prefer) a little to desaturate them
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/index.php?&ACT=50&fid=38&aid=92871_XWEX9TwOiynkK2vw0mE9&board_id=1
As I said it is probably a silly question, :red: just wondered if it was possible in Carrara and would help the OP
Affordable
Very Cool "Paint" style editor
Opens, edits and saves AVI and Image Sequence Animations
Can convert one to the other
Affordable
:)
I thought that was just a paint program---I'll check it out. Thx!
I don't see a way to do that in Carrara, but it may be possible. I have a lengthy render running now--when it's done I'll poke around to see if such a thing is possible.
How are you liking Carrara so far?
I don't see a way to do that in Carrara, but it may be possible. I have a lengthy render running now--when it's done I'll poke around to see if such a thing is possible.
How are you liking Carrara so far?
I am struggling a bit. I do keep trying to do things the way that I am used to, which I guess is not so surprising since I have been using Bryce since 1997 or thereabouts, and a lot of things appear similar on the surface, but are different underneath.
I shall persevere though, after all it took me more than a few days to master Bryce.
Yes, you can de-saturate the sky. Select the Scene in the Instances palette, and use the pull-down menu under Atmosphere to select Realistic Sky. This will give you access to the editor. With the circular Atmosphere icon selected, you should see a color chip and below that sliders for red, blue and green. You can either click the color chip to visually select a shade of gray for the sky color or you can use the sliders, or manually enter a value in the number field. You can also adjust the haze color the same way.
DCG has the Noir plugin that will render in B&W, or other monochromatic palette (ie sepia)
I always forget about looking over there---lots of good stuff, thx.
I made some free filters that do B&W. They are available here.
http://carraracafe.com/downloads/?did=24
Noir is far better but I was playing around with the SDK.
Are they Mac compatible?
I don't have a mac to compile them on.
Sorry.
Bummer! They look great though!
I just downloaded--thx. I'll give it a try after this render finishes---I had no idea it was going to take this long!
Muphasa's B&W plugin works great. Thanks for making it available!
Noir is a Post Render Filter plug-in that can adjust the colour balance of your rendered image and apply a number of other post render effects. Its trademark effect, Noir, makes images more dramatic by darkening the dark areas and lightening the light areas. When applied to the separate colour channels it also emphasizes the colours.
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=8&BannerId=3
From Digital Carvers Guild. Some of the best Carrara plugins that I think DAZ3D should care here at store.
A good friend just purchased three DCG plugins for me: Enhance C, Shader Ops, and Shader Ops 2!
Still trying to catch my breathe from that! So now my Carrara abilities have just grown at an enormous rate - now all I need is time!
So I was just reading through the amazing possibilities that these amazing plugin sets offer. It's so cool that such things are possible for Carrara. A person can really get themselves lost in amazement looking through all of the DCG Plugins for Carrara.
I drooled over some of the DCG stuff for a while--there's some cool stuff there. I'm saving for Dogwaffle now, though. It looks like it'll do what I need. I finally finished my animation incorporating the B&W frames--not as effective as I'd hoped, but I think it came out ok. I posted a link in the Animation forum:
Cyborg2
I used the free B&W filter from Muphasa--they work very well--I came up a little short on implementation, I think. It's all 1's and 0's, so I can always redo parts--which is what I'm doing now (rendering away)!
Oh yeah! I really like those!
Well, I mean.. the effect was very cool - seeing the past. She was beautiful - but what IS she now?
I really like your animations. You really have a good taste for the actions. I dig your stuff!
I ended up watching a few more... but I have to crash now. Do you mind if I post a test render of one of the sample shaders that came with DGC's Enhance C? Cool! Here it is!
There's actually a cool tutorial on his site on how to make this shader from the ground up. I tossed in Starry sky for a tid-bit of contrast.
That's really cool...and no, I don't mind at all! I'm drooling all over again...:-)
Yeah... pretty cool for a single procedural shader! Really something else how this stuff works.
I have a lot of toys to play with in these sets! Not sure if he wants anyone to know, so I won't mention his name... but...
Thank You Very Much for these!!!! Ouch!