operaguy, your render, even though you classify it a "failure", is wonderful!

As for the source of this thread, if this is what he wants then so be it.  I'm in the process of learning how to do caustics in Vue and the preview render is a little over 1 hour but that's okay.  I know when I go to render seriously I'll be setting it up to render overnight.  I don't mind long renders in any of my programs if it allows me to learn my craft better.

I've had renders in Poser that took over 4 hours even with my dual core processor.  That's okay, too.  I just let them go overnight and have a good sleep. 

For myself, I can't ever imagine wanting to post an image that I rendered in less than a minute on a low setting.  All of my production renders have custom settings and they all use Raytracing.  I use a lot of shaders and AO and, without raytracing, the results are dismal to say the least.

Hugz from Phoenix, USA

Victoria

Remember, sometimes the dragon wins. Correction: MOST times.