LaurieA opened this issue on Feb 13, 2011 ยท 1102 posts
alexcoppo posted Wed, 23 February 2011 at 9:47 AM
16 hours long render? once, in Planetside Terragen forum, I read a discussion about a render which had taken 709 hours (29 days 8 hours) to complete.
I am sure that Lux will improve the speed with GPU support; anyway, unbiased renderers are infamous for their time requirements so arm yourself with patience.
One thing that might be useful to check is whether tools like NeatImage, used by photographers to remove high ISO noise, are capable of killing renderers noise; if so, a 50$ investment might save literally hours.
GIMP 2.7.4, Inkscape 0.48, Genetica 3.6 Basic, FilterForge 3 Professional, Blender 2.61, SketchUp 8, PoserPro 2012, Vue 10 Infinite, World Machine 2.3, GeoControl 2