Arnold Atmosphere Volume Density Not Working

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I am working on a big project but am totally hitting a wall with atmospheric volume. I have used it in the past and gotten results I've loved, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong this time!

Basically I have a scene that I want some volume in, but not a ton. I still want to be able to see fairly far in my scene. When I add Atmosphere Volume, it makes it too dense. I've tried every value in the density tab to no avail. 

This is the best I'm able to get it at, yet it is still WAY too thick.

Here it is with density set to 1:

Here it is with density set to .3:

Here it is with density set to .005:

And here it is with the atmosphere volume off:

As you can see, none of them really look great, and I cannot figure out how to fix it. The more lights I add, the more the atmosphere volume gets white washed out entirely. After scouring the internet looking for a solution, I feel like I should note that my scene is very very big. I don't know if that actually plays a part, but yeah.

Looking forward to any help anyone can give me. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I am working on a big project but am totally hitting a wall with atmospheric volume. I have used it in the past and gotten results I've loved, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong this time!

Basically I have a scene that I want some volume in, but not a ton. I still want to be able to see fairly far in my scene. When I add Atmosphere Volume, it makes it too dense. I've tried every value in the density tab to no avail. 

This is the best I'm able to get it at, yet it is still WAY too thick.

Here it is with density set to 1:

Here it is with density set to .3:

Here it is with density set to .005:

And here it is with the atmosphere volume off:

As you can see, none of them really look great, and I cannot figure out how to fix it. The more lights I add, the more the atmosphere volume gets white washed out entirely. After scouring the internet looking for a solution, I feel like I should note that my scene is very very big. I don't know if that actually plays a part, but yeah.

Looking forward to any help anyone can give me. Thanks!

[Christoph_Schaedl]

The .005 Value does look good to me.

Just add more light to the scene.

[Christoph_Schaedl]

The .005 Value does look good to me.

Just add more light to the scene.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Please keep in mind that this type of fog might not work as expected with lights that are infinite far away.

Light infinite far away + infinite sized fog + Density and Attenuation > 0 => no light.

[mspeer]

Hi!

Please keep in mind that this type of fog might not work as expected with lights that are infinite far away.

Light infinite far away + infinite sized fog + Density and Attenuation > 0 => no light.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I was able to get this figured out. Turns out my scene was in face too big. I had to resize everything for it to work right. Thanks, guys!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I was able to get this figured out. Turns out my scene was in face too big. I had to resize everything for it to work right. Thanks, guys!