What do you do -today- when texturing non-rectangular objects?

How do you match the corner points ?
Do you stretch at the price of distortions ?
What do you do when the texture has an orientation (like streaks)? - cut the streaks in Photoshop®, turn them manually, and re-add them - to match the edge?
How do you get the correct orientation on surfaces with an up slope?

With RichDirt you get streaks at the edge, even when objects have a different shape. The orientation is correct - automatically.

Optimize thin - the must have number 1

When doing occlusion on walls, tables, doors - any thin object - occlusion would darken the whole object. The following image shows this - the cuboids get thinner and darker.

The ´optimize thin´ algorithm solves this. The before/after images below show you how well it works and the text below explains why this is so important to get things done fast. The first image is rendered without the ´optimize thin´ feature of RichDirt. The second image uses ´optimize thin´. First take a look, which one do you like more? Read more below (there is a real risk that you stop reading here, because you would miss a really important point). Move the circle !!

Do you prefer the ´right´ image ? Both images use the very same materials, textures, lights, geometry. 100 % identical. The model itself is a real production model made by Pixelsonic. The model´s geometry has -not- been touched for use with RichDirt. Furthermore, none of the materials was touched. All rendering was done via a single Render Element that uses RichDirt. The original geometry includes objects that are very thin:

Without RichDirt the best image you could get is the first of the 2. To get the better image one needs RichDirt - it is the only dirt solution that has the ´Optimize Thin´ algorithm builtin. It even works on the curved part of the ledges ! Why does this create such a big benefit in time (work) ? You don´t have to modify geometry. You don´t have to create local materials (like an extra material for the ledges using a smaller radius to make it look good).

Breakthrough style

Use breakthrough to add more/less break through areas. This is very easy to control, simply set the percentage of gaps/fills. Get the best results with a few breakthroughs, or a lot, the images below use 9% and 92%. Imagine this on a facade.

Wash style

Use wash to intensify the wash effect. Combine this with wash length to determine how far the water reaches. The images below use 35% and 44%.

Sill Edges

Do your most realistic building ever - add sill edges at the edge of window benches. This new RichDirt feature uses even the wind direction, so you get stronger sill edge streaks on the east versus the west side. RichDirt is the worldwide exclusive plugin to support sill edges procedurally !

Better Streets

After releasing RichDirt1 several studios asked for stronger dirt on streets and with doors/kitchen. Classical ambient occlusion fails here, the dirt stops too early. RichDirt2 is your solution for better streets, more realistic pavements. Flat obstacles (street/curb stone) cast a much better (wider) contact shadow now. The new algorithm also works when your uphill streets have a coarse triangulation. The same algorithm can be used to age wooden doors or a vintage designer kitchen.

The image above shows a street done with classical ambient occlusion. The contact shadow is very short and there is no way to make it larger (a larger radius still does not find the curb stone). RichDirt´s optimized flat cone does a much wider contact shadow - which can be used to make a darker area or add some sand here.

How to weather a whole street block in 1 minute ?

In the past the whole weathering process had been manual, and expensive. So it was exclusively used for film productions. RichDirt itself is a big step forward - but a street block with all details still needs a lot of work with the mouse - to update materials. This is solved with RichScene. RichScene handles all the assignments automatically for you.

Using RichDirt2 and RichScene you add weathering in as fast as 1 minute for 7 buildings, including 4 layers of streaks, splashes and more for every building.

Why is this so much faster ?
1. RichScene handles a full scene, adds dirt maps to all materials.
2. RichScene adds to the ´current selection´, for example the front of a a building.
3. RichScene can change colors and styles in several layers on the full scene.
4. RichDirt PRESETS deliver out-of-the-box effects.
5. RichDirt doesn´t require uvs, save time to tune uvs around windows, doors and benches.

What exactly is the difference between RichDirt and RichScene?

RichScene is a second plugin. RichDirt is a ´map´ plugin in 3dsMax terms. RichScene is a manager plugin - it has been created to make your workflow faster. It adds dirt maps to all materials in your scene, changes colors and styles easily. Never before had it been easier to create variety and realism !

RichDirt Extreme

Back to RichDirt ...

Richdirt comes as Standard and Extreme version. RichDirt Extreme adds a bundle of extra features to get even more variations and realism. Ideal for larger projects, optimal when realistic dirt is your goal and time doesn´t allow for manual painting of details.

Merge Objects - the must have feature number 2

When rendering buildings you often have real models, that use ceilings that extend to the walls. Doing ´inner occlusion´ then triggers an edge/streaks. You don´t want this ! In RichDirt Version 1 (as well as any other solution) you had to change the model to get a good rendering. RichDirt Version 2 has solved this - the new ´merge objects´ feature renders like the objects had indeed been merged (the interior split magically disappears).

Dry area detection (RichDirt Extreme)

Dry areas don´t get rain drops, hence less streaks - for example below a balcony. RichDirt automatically detects these areas for you.

RichDirt Extreme adds more variations using 3 groups of parameters

1. Per object id: Change falloff, breakthrough , wash effect when touching a different object id.
2. Per wind (height): Add more breakthrough in the upper part of a building.
3. Per world: Add more details in worldspace to get a richer image for wide/full shots.

Variety Per Object ID (RichDirt Extreme)

Each window bench has a different id. This is used to change the dirt in a unique way. Some benches get more falloff, some a wider radius, some more breakthroughs.

Variety Per World Space (RichDirt Extreme)

Here the ´breakthrough´ changes from 10%,20%,30% to 50%. Done in worldspace it creates bundles of streaks. This is excellent for realism of wide/full shots, to get a good visual variety.

Variety Per Wind (Height) (RichDirt Extreme)

In nature wind is stronger for higher parts of a building, more rain and longer sill edges are typical. RichDirt Extreme supports this via a builtin height function. It is easy to use and adds another level of realism to your renderings. The image below shows more breakthroughs on the upper part. The sill edge length is bigger, as there is more rain.

Attractive pricing

The offer at $79/€79 - compare this to a former permanent license of 3ds Max (3495$) - that had been much much more. You even can´t buy a permanent license of 3ds Max any longer. Today this is $1875 per year, whereas RichDirt still supports permanent licenses. RichDirt has attractive upgrades every year, starting at $15. When you order multiple licenses you get good discounts. But let´s compare apples to apples: Imagine you would hire a person that is really good in painting dirt effects. Take the images above, but at a resolution of 2000 pixels. How long will one need to paint this? 1 hour ? 4 hours ? How many projects do you do each year 5? 10? 20? And how many objects/buildings/facades do you have per project? Imagine that your ´painting guy´ did a great image - but you want it stronger/softer? Simply render several variants as Render Element and combine them as -you- like in Compositing / Post Production !

Farm support

Directly available on your preferred render farm, such as:

Free Render Nodes / Backburner

Each License of RichDirt ® can be used on an infinite number of Render Nodes. For example you buy 1 License. This can be used on 1 seat (= user interface) of 3ds Max. You can use as many Render Nodes as you wish, your investment in extra workstations for faster rendering is fully valid. For example if you have 20 Render Nodes, all of them are included. This free rendering includes all rendering done via BackBurner or the 3ds Max commandline, if your studio has its own Render Node management this works as well.

V-Ray slaves/satellites

Enjoy free rendering with all of your slaves and satellites. Distributed bucket rendering can be a great help when you render single images and want results faster.