I would suggest sticking to Regular(Normal), while working on your scenes, and perhaps even turn off the anti-aliasing, until you want to see a more fished wip render. There is also the "fast preview mode" to use. Doing this will keep your render time frustration down to a minimum. :o) ---------- I find that the premium render setting work best when I have small/fine objects in the mid to background that I want to make sure they show up a little more clearly. The premium settings will also help define fine textures, most definitely the threads in cloth, etc. I recommend premium setting especially with cloth textures! Also, there are times when I have complex reflections in objects, using premium render settings will sometimes help define those reflections more clearly. I motly see this when using a faked hdr scene. Also, If I can...I will render a whole scene with normal settings, and then plop render just those areas I want rendered using the premium settings. (anything to keep those render times down) AgentSmith

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