How do you light your model ? By an environement ?
If yes use the ambient occlusion shader with the environement sampling on.
You will get basicly the same result and it will not flick.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/harry.bardak/TDlove2006.htm for more info
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> From: BauerOink(at)gmx.de
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: manipulating FG maps, limiting CPU´s used on the master?
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:15:49 +0200
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> Hi folks,
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> artistically, I lag some knobs. I´d like to precalculate the
> FG maps for a turntable modelshot, one where the model
> is rotated, not the camera. Obviously, I get more flicker than
> if I´d rotate the camera around the (static) model and lightrig.
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> So, I use the append option to add to a specified FG map
> but get splotches. I guess it´s due to FG map//light throwing
> shadow onto areas occluded in a previous frame.
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> Any way around this, wouldn´t want to recreate the FG map
> per frame as long as I can get away without crawling or flicker
> otherwise?
>
> Had hoped the append would overwrite portions of the file
> that change instead of just mixing the result (in my case bad)
> and patching the holes for areas previously culled...
>
> tim
>
> P.S: How do I make XSI//GUI use only one CPU of the master?
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