art3mis Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Went thru this somewhat dated Mantra tutorial https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/lesson-7-mantra-render-engines/ but it's somewhat superficial. I need a lot more understanding on how to best adjust the various Mantra properties in different scenarios. Any tutorials to recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandini Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I am in the middle of writing one for helloluxx (check my other stuff out over there to see the quality of my tutorials). http://helloluxx.com/tag/adam-swaab/ It will be a few more weeks before I can start recording/editing/packaging it up. I believe Rohan Dalvi has a couple tutorials out there. http://www.rohandalvi.net/commercial/ He seems to do a pretty good job. See if you can find the Mantra Masterclass on SideFX's website. Lots of good info there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art3mis Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Thanks Adam. yes already have your intro to VOPs and FlipFluids. Will keep an eye out for your Mantra tutorial. Any ETA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandini Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hopefully sometime in the next 4-6 weeks. In the meantime, in terms of render optimization, the last couple versions of the Houdini help file have come with a really good section about quality settings. http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini15.0/render/_index This page is really valuable for dialing in sampling settings, while balancing render times: http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini15.0/render/noise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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