Paula - That feel you're talking about...I don't get that until the scene is set and I begin to tweak the
atmosphere. I rarely know in beforehand what I want to create.

Rutra - well, it sure works :D Those island of yours are absolutely stunning :)) (And I still want
to buy one...hehe)

Silverblade, Stormchaser & Red Dog - I assume that means that all of you have more than 512 kb of RAM? ;)

And yes, an atmosphere can slow down the render time a lot...even a preview render can take
forever to do if the atmosphere is dense and is high quality.

Whenever I tweak my atmospheres I usually consider if the sky will be visible or not, because if
it isn't I usually take down the details in the clouds. Don't need high details in clouds you cannot
see. And if I'm still moving things around after I loaded the atmosphere and want to do test
renders, I turn down the quality of fog and haze (if it's set to a high) and I do the same with the
light.
When I'm done I can always turn those back up again before I start the final render.

C.

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