bagginsbill opened this issue on Jun 29, 2007 · 236 posts
ice-boy posted Wed, 04 July 2007 at 3:23 AM
Quote - jj:
ice-boy:
This shader uses a LOT of nodes, so yes it runs slower. However, I don't think the performance is unacceptable, considering how much better the results are. If you're using Poser 6, you really should be turning on the reuse of textures so they don't need to be loaded over and over. Also, caching your shadows will help too.
My test renders are finishing in under a minute, for the most part. Final renders at large sizes are like 5 minutes.The performance will be affected by which shader you choose as well. If you choose the one with AO on the skin, it is very slow. You generally don't need that. I use AMUCFS!RT most of the time. That has reflection and AO in the eyes only, not the skin. The AO in the eye whites is very important, and doesn't cost much because its only a small part of the render.
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