Quote - Or, alternatively, you do what I do, and render direct light and IDL separately, and add them together in post. That way you can fiddle with their relative levels to your heart's content until it looks just right without loads of tedious test renders.

Is that a case of doing a render with no IDL enabled, and then a render with IDL only then?

I fear that may extend my rendertimes even more if so...

Although it sounds like a good way to do it, to me, otherwise...