DustRider posted at 8:24PM Wed, 13 December 2017 - #4320136

**namja1955 said: **"Not sure if it's a lighting issue, a render setting issue, or something else. Looking for some tips/hints on what to look for and try"

Uuummm ..... yes. If your render took 2 hours, it probably needed more time to render (thus the grain in your image) as the DS default time is 2 hours. If this is the case, then under "Render Settings>Progressive Rendering" increase the "Max Time (secs)" to something like 14400 (4 hours), this should give ample time for the image to fully resolve.

Improved lighting should also speed the time for the image to resolve (get rid of the grainy appearance). What lighting are you using, and are you using GPU or CPU rendering?? I would expect the default HDRI to render much faster than this, but if that is what you were using (no other lights), then try rotating the dome to about 25 to see if that helps ("Dome Rotation" under "Environment Settings" in "Render Settings"), this will put a bit more direct light on the figure which should improve render speed.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the tips. I don't remember how long it took to render, it wasn't an obscenely long time. I have tried other renders and bumped up the max seconds to 15000. I hadn't thought about the dome rotation or JACK238's suggestion about environment intensity.

Thanks for the ideas...