Hell... I think I'd better grab a pen and paper quick, and make a note of todays date...

aha.... ahemmmmm.... rrright...

July 15th, International "HAVE A GO AT PUMECO" day, must remember that one!

First of all the "Render tests?" thread, now this.

I could be doing without all this you know, but still, It gives PRO-RENDER more publicity, so I'm not complaining.
However, generous that I am, I'll give a little substance to thread by posting some info.

There's obviously doubt here, as to whether or not the MOONLIT ROOM scene was done with one light. Well, the reason I said it was done with one light was because, it WAS, done with one light (THE SUN).

Because of the method PRO-RENDER uses to illuminate a scene, everything in that scene, effectively becomes an INDIRECT light source. So, I will explain to you how PRO-RENDER essentially SEES that scene.

Basically, the SINGLE light from outside the room gets bounced from object to object. So, because there's a wall OPPOSITE the window, the sunlight hits it, get's reflected BACK towards the window, and therefore causes the sphere to create ANOTHER shadow. This is happening throughout the entire MASS of 3D space in the render, and is the reason that my images look the way they do. PRO-RENDER causes Bryce 5 to act as close to real-world illumination as possible.

Oh BTW, there are NO blurry reflections or transmissions in the scene, and no, you cannot do this by simply making adjustments to ambience either way. The image looks the way it does, because PRO-RENDER is a COMPLETE and SPECIFIC method, not a bit's'n'pieces quickie.

Finally, on the subject of that 22hour+ render time, I recall that I gave the specs for it, along with the image.
Check the specs out again, the VIRTUAL RRP for that image is MASSIVE, so I think that warrants it's render time.

Regards,

Len.

The wait can be horrific, but the outcome can be worse - pumeco 2006