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Hi, I'm Andrea from Italy, I've just incresead the RAM in my PC to 384 MB. The question is, how can I take advantage with Bryce, is it possible to configure "something" in Bryce to improve the rendering speed? My pc is a PII 333 Mhz and my operating system is Windows ME. Thanks to all the people who will answer to me Hi Andrea

Having more RAM will allow you to render more complex scenes with more objects and lights, but won't significantly speed up renders in Bryce. Memory doesn't really equal speed. The only speed increase you will see with additional RAM is that there less swapping to the hard disk, which is what slows down low-memory machines. There is nothing in Bryce that will speed the renders just by having more memory. You could have 1.5 Gb of memory, and Bryce wouldn't care. The best ways to speed up rendering in Bryce are: 1-) use fewer and less complicated objects 2-) use lower-frequency and less complicated materials 3-) use fewer lights 4-) stay away from volumetric effects 5-) for scenes with many objects, adjust the "Spatial Optimization" setting (in one of the little triangles next to the camera controls) 6-) Render smaller pictures, then scale up using an image post-processing application (such as Photoshop, or Paint Shop Pro). cheers, Flick