c4d camera projection on volume breaking

[Anonymous]

Hi Im having some trouble with camera projection on volumes.

I am using a camera projected ramp to control the falloff of a noise displacement.

There is a camera named projector being used in the projection node and everything looks fine through that camera. However when I create a render camera and move it around it is as though the ramp is being reprojected through whatever camera I am rendering through. If i use the same setup on a non volume in the same scene it works as expected, so it seems it could be a bug with volumes??

I included some screenshots and the file below. As you can see when the object is placed on the right side of the screen it falls apart even though it is being rendered by a different camera than the one doing the projection.

head.zip

Going a little crazy trying to troubleshoot this so thought I would post here. Any help appreciated.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Heres a simpler scene with the same issue. Just projecting the ramp into volume scatter color this time so feedback is faster. The projection always switches to whatever camera im rendering from regardless of whats specified in the projection node.

head2.zip

[peter.horvath6V6K3]

Thanks for the repro! It either seems like a bug or a limitation of the camera projection shader regarding volumes. We're taking a look.

[peter.horvath6V6K3]

Looking at your scene it seems like you misuse the camera projection shader. Instead of connection the camera_projection to the ramp, you have to connect the ramp to the camera_projection Projection Color. Like here: https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/download/attachments/39715156/image2017-4-11%2013%3A35%3A38.png?vers...

[Anonymous]

Yea i realized the tutorial I was watching had an incorrect way of using the camera projection node. Thanks for the help