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Playing with the new Cinematic Image Effects (Screenshots!)

Discussion in 'Image Effects' started by Korno, Apr 1, 2016.

  1. Korno

    Korno

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    I have been playing around and testing the Cinematic Image Effects (latest from the source, not the out of date asset store download) and I must say I am very impressed so far:

    These are all real-time GI no baked lighting here. With the following effects stack from top to bottom -

    SSR - Wins but hard to get right I find
    AO - This wins with the grass. really wins.
    Bloom
    Tonemapping and Color Grading - Using the ACES tonemapper with exposure set to 1 = win. I am not using a LUT but if you do be careful a lot of the ones I found need to be flipped vertically.
    DoF - Very stable
    AA - Still not sold on the Anti aliasing for the defered render path. But it seems to be getting better.
    Lens Aberrations - subtle but a lovely effect

    (Not sure if I should Bloom before ssr though?)

    Assets are random free ones and ones that I have bought in the past - amazingly they were mobile friendly stuff.

    Performance on my Geforce 650M 2gb, 8gb memory macbook pro I hit about 40-50 fps but it can get choppy.

    How are other people finding the effects?








    If people are interested I will upload a binary to play with. I want to add a day/night system first though.
     
    Korno, Apr 1, 2016
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  2. Leuthil

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    Looks great! I would be interested in a binary just so I can see how it looks on my computer. :)
     
    Leuthil, Apr 1, 2016
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  3. mantekkerz

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    Yea, looking pretty nice. Really loving these new image effects, even with a basic lighting setup they can make a big difference. It's just so easy to fine tune- I export a LUT (great feature), take a screenshot, due some fiddling, and then import my new LUT and then BAM! Makes such a huge difference to the final feel when you compare with/without the effects. Not seeing any massive performance hit either.

    Good job Unity :cool:
     
    mantekkerz, Apr 4, 2016
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  4. Tim-C

    Tim-C

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    Looking good :)

    Think of the effects like this:
    -Surface effects (ssr / ao), should be applied first
    -HDR needing effects next
    -Tonemapping / color grading -> transfers to LDR
    -LDR effects.

    We have some plans that are starting up to make this a little easier for you to configure, more news when we have something more concrete.

    Thanks! We are working hard to get a whole bunch of new, even cooler stuff your way :) TAA is taking a lot of the teams efforts right now, but we are winding down that work now and there will be some new awesome stuff soon!
     
    Tim-C, Apr 4, 2016
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  5. Korno

    Korno

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    Thanks for this information!

    I hacked together a quick day/night cycle to test the effects under changing lighting conditions. Again I am very pleased!



    The script uses a gradient to change the light color, intensity and abient intensity.
     
    Korno, Apr 5, 2016
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  6. darius.dias

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    I'm new to unity and just prototyping how photorealistic a room scene I can make, and the new beta cinematic effects seem like obvious assets. How do I implement the SSR script? I add it to my camera but no effect :( what am I missing? any assistance would be most appreciated
     
    darius.dias, Apr 6, 2016
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  7. mantekkerz

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    @darius.dias make sure your scene is set to deferred rendering path, SSR only support this path.
     
    mantekkerz, Apr 6, 2016
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