Octane Render fixing object Shadows and Bounce Light

Method14253

Issues below (not rendering shaodws or bounce lights), I haven't found help from Otoy forums, Polycount forums, online search, been looking A few days now.

rendering issue 1



rendering issue 2

Method14253

I've attached an image to help represent my issue.
basically I just want the pretty bounce light from the
green plane to reflect onto the sphere.

gnoop

Seems like "direct light" rendering method "kernel"    Switch to pass trace kernel

SebKaine

your hard contrast might also look like you have a LUT gamma sRGB problem . try this to see if it helps.

Method14253

Big thanks to both or you especially about using path tracing

Switching the kernel to path tracing enabled the bounce light from a plane onto my sphere (render target<kernel<path tracing)

The shadow contrast issue:

 (this was a scale issues) I was able to solve by simply adjusting the AO distance (render target<kernel< Direct Lighting< AO Distance)...

note: could also be solved by scaling down the object