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TEST 2 - INCREASE GI'S EFFECT

In this test, I increased GI from -1.0 to +1.0 to decrease the amount of flickering on the leaves. As you can see, this helped the overall problem, but it's still not as spot on as I'd like to see. Also, this helped, but at what cost? Render time doubled from around 5 minutes a frame to 11 minutes a frame.

As a side note, I also increased breeze to 40% which I like a bit better overall.

At this point, I'd possibly avoid GI for renderings with vegetation, but I want to run a test with Ignore Indirect Lighting on Plants checked to see what effect that may have on the animation.

http://www.vuerealism.com/renderchallenge01/tree02.wmv (2 MB)

GI Lighting (+0.40, 55%, 50%)
Quality boost = +1.0
Ambience: .30 Sky Dome Gain: .85

User settings
OAA (9,9) = 69%
TAA (4,16) = 85%
Adv Efx Qual: 46%

Wind Disabled
Breeze enabled (40% intensity)
Ignore Indirect Lighting on Plants Unchecked
TGA Sequence

15fps = 150 frames = 13hrs 40mins (11 minutes per frame)
2 Computers Rendering

Message edited on: 03/22/2006 08:34

-Ryan Spaulding
 VueRealism.Com