Hi Paul I would not want to try adding in post as that would make me crazy. :-)

The snow does add to the render time but I am not sure how to figure out how much as this image was an 18 hour render.

Maybe Snarlygribby will see this post and expound on that.

Tom

 

I should have been more specific in my question, sorry.  Indeed I would not try to do in post work what Snow Maker can do I was referring to the snow in the air which could be a simple addition of a layer in an image manipulation program.  If the reduction time is anywhere less that 15 minutes then it would take as long to do post work.  Just looking for ways I could reduce the 18 hours render time without having a major impact on quality. 

Thanks for the tips on placing figures, that is sure going to help in the future. 

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.