ziggie opened this issue on Aug 05, 2009 · 761 posts
bagginsbill posted Wed, 05 August 2009 at 3:30 PM
The dots tell us how closely spaced the GI samples are. If we observe them too far apart in some area we think needs more detail, we raise the Indirect Light Quality. If we observe them too close together, and we think we don't need that kind of detail, we lower the Indirect Light Quality, to gain speed. It also shows us how much work is being performed and we may choose to do an area render, or recompose, in order to avoid difficult areas during a test render.
The time it takes to put the dots on the screen is zero.
I'm getting to know them now, and I can optimize my render just by watching it a little while.
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