[Bf-cycles] build with OSL support

[Davis Sorenson]

How about having it as a shader option like the glass/glossy shaders have,
where you can choose between CGX, Sharp, and Beckmann? This is similar to
how BI handles choosing shaders.

Davis

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Yasuhiro Fujii <y-fujii at mimosa-pudica.net>wrote:

> pros:
> + Simplify the UI.
> + Simplify the code.
>
> cons:
> + oren_nayar() and diffuse() have different convergence behavior even
> if roughness == 0.0, yield very different looks if convergence is not
> sufficient. In some scene, designers may want to choose oren_nayar()
> even if roughness == 0.0.
> + Thus users must know roughness = 0.0 is specialized.
>
> I can't decide it because of my poor experience, especially designer's
> side.
> What do you think about their cons?
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Brecht Van Lommel
> <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What do you think about implement this as a Roughness input for the
> > Diffuse BSDF node, instead of a separate one? Internally it can still
> > be a separate closure/BSDF, but it could just check if(roughness ==
> > 0.0) diffuse() else oren_nayar().
> >
> > Brecht.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Yasuhiro Fujii
> > <y-fujii at mimosa-pudica.net> wrote:
> >> The O-N patch must be updated, however, the compile errors don't seem
> >> to be caused by this patch. I guess that they are due to tomato branch
> >> merged.
> >>
> >> Blender's source (including cycles) will be changed a lot this week,
> >> due to a Branch Merger hurricane week:
> >>
> http://www.blendernation.com/2011/11/07/developer-meeting-notes-november-6-2011/
> >>
> >> I will update the patch when cycles get to be able to compile again.
> >>
> >>
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