Misc ClearGT: Transparent Car Previews 1.07

[BloodyThunderX]

Hey man, just a heads-up that the latest CSP preview (preview346) affects the end result of making previews through CSP in regards to the lighting using your Encrypted settings.

This was intiially tested on Black (what I normally use), but on Dark it causes the background colour to no longer match up with the Dark theme for Content Manager. Haven't tested Light.

When I reverted back to preview218, it appeared as intended again.

Left photo is preview218, Right photo is preview346.

 

[BloodyThunderX]

Hey man, just a heads-up that the latest CSP preview (preview346) affects the end result of making previews through CSP in regards to the lighting using your Encrypted settings.

This was intiially tested on Black (what I normally use), but on Dark it causes the background colour to no longer match up with the Dark theme for Content Manager. Haven't tested Light.

When I reverted back to preview218, it appeared as intended again.

Left photo is preview218, Right photo is preview346.

Just wanted to update this post from a month ago with something I've discovered.
The change may be partially attributed to CSP taking Tone Mapping into consideration when being used for final preview renders.

I switched the Tone Mapping type from "Filmic" (how it was set before) to "Reinhard (Filmic)" and the end result is now VERY similar to how it appeared before, though just ever so slightly brighter in comparison.

New image attached alongside a re-up of the preview218 shot for easier comparisons.

 

[Geraint Thomas]

Just wanted to update this post from a month ago with something I've discovered.
The change may be partially attributed to CSP taking Tone Mapping into consideration when being used for final preview renders.

I switched the Tone Mapping type from "Filmic" (how it was set before) to "Reinhard (Filmic)" and the end result is now VERY similar to how it appeared before, though just ever so slightly brighter in comparison.

New image attached alongside a re-up of the preview218 shot for easier comparisons.

Interesting! I'll take a look, thanks for that!

 

[Oleg466]

does not work in new versions of CM

 

[Geraint Thomas]

does not work in new versions of CM

Really? Mine works?

 

[Curratum]

Writing to ask for permission to put up a tweaked version of this ingenious mod. Changed the camera angle to be more like the original Kunos previews, removed the reflections on the showroom "floor", and the custom cubemap, as it wasn't working well with the new angle and colors were too dim on the passenger side and the hood.
Attaching image to show what the previews look like, currently baking all my cars using it:

 

[avatariogaruda]

use CSP for showroom + encrypted ClearGT, is not rendering the first two skins in any car. Is there a fix for this?

I'm on a Gen5 M.2, so it should not be my SSD...

EDIT... it suddenly started working! I removed the use the optimized Yarbis pass feature just added to the pure/CM/CSP.

 

[Geraint Thomas]

use CSP for showroom + encrypted ClearGT, is not rendering the first two skins in any car. Is there a fix for this?

I'm on a Gen5 M.2, so it should not be my SSD...

EDIT... it suddenly started working! I removed the use the optimized Yarbis pass feature just added to the pure/CM/CSP.

Interesting fix, I'll keep it in mind!

 

[destinationriver]

Could you give us the true side view you used with the Porsche in your OP? I tried recreating it, but it looks wack xD

 

[Geraint Thomas]

Could you give us the true side view you used with the Porsche in your OP? I tried recreating it, but it looks wack xD

No problem! I'll create it soon.

 

[Geraint Thomas]

Geraint Thomas updated ClearGT: Transparent Car Previews with a new update entry:

Version 1.07

• Added a new absolute side-on 'profile' option for each black, dark and white theme.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[NGR_ANDY]

Geraint Thomas submitted a new resource:

New 'Transparent' Thumbnails and Studio - A new look for car thumbnails



Read more about this resource...

Somehow, my previews don't have the mirror-like reflection that yours shows here regardless of which preset I use.

 

[Geraint Thomas]

Somehow, my previews don't have the mirror-like reflection that yours shows here regardless of which preset I use.

Interesting. I'll re-download them and will do some investigation, just in case something had changed between the upload and what I use.

Edit: I realised that those photos were old, and the reflections had indeed changed. Now that you mention it, the clearer ones look a little better. I'll release an update soon, but feel free to tweak the preview to one that suits your style.

 

[NGR_ANDY]

Interesting. I'll re-download them and will do some investigation, just in case something had changed between the upload and what I use.

Edit: I realised that those photos were old, and the reflections had indeed changed. Now that you mention it, the clearer ones look a little better. I'll release an update soon, but feel free to tweak the preview to one that suits your style.

I've found the problem. When I downgraded from Custom Shaders Patch 0.2.3-preview1 to 0.1.79, the floor is all nice and shiny again. So the problem is with CSM 0.1.80 and above.

 

[GeForce06]

thanks a lot for your work! could you please create a spotter preview with the front of the car to the left?

 

[SPOOKY666]

Thanks for the preview's, can I flip the Profile preview manually so that cars are facing the left? If not no worries and thank you for your work.

 

[Geraint Thomas]

Thanks for the preview's, can I flip the Profile preview manually so that cars are facing the left? If not no worries and thank you for your work.

I'll release a new one later, don't worry!

 

[James Rice]

Great work, just a few notes/questions I have:
- As discussed above, the background colour no longer matches up. I've only tested the Dark version as that is the one I used, but I had to make some very slight adjustments to the background to get it to match up.
- I noticed you didn't have the Kunos/brand icons on the cars; how is that achieved? Is it as simple as just going into where the app data is and deleting all the icons?

 

[TORA12127]

Geraint Thomas submitted a new resource:

New 'Transparent' Thumbnails and Studio - A new look for car thumbnails



Read more about this resource...

Can you please tell me what settings did you use to take those shoots?

 

[Geraint Thomas]

What settings do you mean?