N_RayReflect v1.0

Setup

Simply clone/download this repo and add the following line to your init.py: nuke.pluginAddPath('/path/to/normal_ray_reflect/src/python'), replacing '/path/to' with the actual path to the repository. The gizmo will be available as 'N_RayReflect' the next time you launch Nuke. There is an example in the examples/ directory; simply insert a normal pass to get started.

Alternatively just copy paste the gizmo at src/gizmos/N_RayReflect.gizmo into your Nuke script.

Inputs

• hdri
  • The HDRI image that will be seen in reflections/lighting
• camera
  • The camera to shoot rays out of
• normals
  • The normals pass that will be used to reflect, refract, and diffuse the rays
• surface
  • The surface properties at each pixel location
    • R is specular
    • G is specular roughness
    • B is transmission
    • A is transmission roughness
    • The diffuse contribution is 1 - specular - transmission
    • specular + transmission should not be greater than 1 for physical accuracy

Knobs

• Normals
  • The channels to use as the normals pass
• Ray Samples
  • The number of samples to use per pixel
• Incident Refractive Index
  • The refractive index of the incoming ray medium
• Refracted Refractive Index
  • The refractive index of the outgoing ray medium
• HDRI Offset Angle
  • Rotate the HDRI by this amount
• Enable Precomputed Irradiance
  • Use a precomputed irradiance for diffuse lighting
  • This will require only one Ray Sample rather than many in order to converge
• Irradiance Blur Size
  • Blur the HDRI by this amount before using it to compute the irradiance
  • This can help reduce artifacts caused by small, bright, light sources without increasing the 'Irradiance Samples'
• Irradiance Samples
  • The number of samples in the horizontal direction that will be used to compute the irradiance of a hemisphere of the HDRI
    • Half this many samples will be used in the vertical direction
• Output Irradiance
  • Enable this to view the irradiance.

Limitations

• There are no secondary reflections for any material
  • The transmissive objects are treated as shells
    • They have no back wall so rays are not refracted or reflected off the back of the shape
    • If the rays are meant to enter and exit the object the final refracted direction, and therefore the final colour will not be physically accurate

References

• Most of the code was repurposed from https://github.com/obulka/blink_raymarch
• Makes use of http://www.nukepedia.com/gizmos/3d/dummycam
• Thanks to Riley Gray for the idea and testing
• HDRI used in examples from Greg Zaal - https://polyhaven.com/a/aft_lounge

 

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