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Title: Far Clipping
Post by: muchogrande on July 19, 2011, 02:27:25 PM
Hi all, is there an easy way to control far clipping? Im rendering an animation and would like to extend the far clip. Right now I have some background objects popping into existence instead of fading in from the distance fog.

thanks
-m


Title: Re: Far Clipping
Post by: Madman on July 19, 2011, 06:29:51 PM
You can either increase Zend in the main window (dialog box in the top right corner), or increase the far plane in the Navigator window (bottom left)


Title: Re: Far Clipping
Post by: Jesse on July 19, 2011, 10:56:46 PM
To make the distance objects fade smoothly in, you have to set the 'Depth' slider in the lighting near to the first mark.(*)
It is related to the endplane of rendering, Check the 'Far depth fog' option to get less fog in the foreground and mid parts.

To change the overall distance of rendering, change the farplane value in the navi (or just press F1 and F2 for fast keycontrol).
You can change also the Zend value, but this might be not that easy to handle.

hth

(*) Half way towards the first mark is enough, as i see.


Title: Re: Far Clipping
Post by: muchogrande on July 19, 2011, 11:05:32 PM
Thanks much guys -- working perfect now! Thanks Jesse for such and amazing piece of software!