> Quote - Oh and low light isn't automatically grainy in Lux. It's all a matter of choosing the right "film speed", shutter and aperture. It may be a little more grainy than a bright picture, just like a photograph taken at low light may be grainier, but it should be able to do it. It's next on my To Do list *L* (low light scene that is) > > As artbee said, Lux is like a camera. Once you think in terms of photography, it all makes more sense :) It's just that we've been used to "cheat" for years and years in Poser, and now here's suddenly a render engine that doesn't need it/can't be cheated :)

I just tried the render cube...parts of skins are not being loaded for the Dawn character. Something is just not right. How can a character from vendors like StudioArtVartanian and Fabiana for Dawn not wok in reality3 for Poser? Not even the default skin's character works.

Here is an example with Oriana with Reality 3 from last night. I didn't finish the render mind you. 

I did not change the materials of any kind for these renders. I am wondering if you are using Windows. I am on Mac. I suspect that my version with the update has an error. This is not normal. Has anyone rendered Dawn in reality 3 with Mac?

Quote - When using meshlights, it'll render faster if the light is a flat plane or disk than if it's a round ball. A round ball may seem the logical choice at first, but it has to compute the rays coming off of every facet, which takes up more render time.

Laurie

I'm so confused. I just use the mesh lights that comes with reality 3

Quote - The main point is that you have to balance the light strength (output watts) with iso / shutterspeed / f-stop. Given the latter, you might just need more of the first so move the light output sliders for 1 to 10 to ?? or raise the shuttertime instead (your model won't move anyway).

 I have all this information which I am going to put to use tonight. Thanks

That's looking great! What is your light setup TrekkieGrrrl?

I had 4 lights before and had to stop the render as I need my computer during the day for my photography. I was hoping to get the image rendered overnight. So after the image in the screenshot, I changed the iso to 100 and the shutter speed to...um don't remember but it was somewhere around 1/250s.

I read somewhere that the mesh lights slow down the computer badly. Is that correct?

For now I will take your advice aRtBee, you are very knowledgable (I saw your website's tutorials). I will make a smaller render to test the lighting, like you suggested so I can figure out the best lighting system for a portrait render. I wish I could find more tutorials for reality lighting.

I have the same problem with graininess. I have been waiting for the render for more than 30 hours. Does it stop automatically afterwards?

I have a intel mac core 2 with 4GB 800MHZ DDR2 SDRAM. Does that mean I'm doomed? I need to use my computer and it's unresponsive when rendering with reality 3. I am so frustrated right now. Do I need a super computer to use this and lighting wise I used 2 meshlights and still it's grainy. I tried 4 lights before and same problem. I altered the iso, shutter speed and aperture but still grainy. I am stumped...by the way, I'm a photographer...beats me...no problem finding the right exposure in real life with my tools, I know how they work. Do I need a new computer. I can't afford a 6 core.

Are the new 3,4-GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 iMacs enough to run reality? Or do I need to run it for 24+ hours?

I took this screenshot yesterday and early this morning changed the iso and shutter speed but still grainy as hell.

I am rendering a Dawn model Maraki with only Eternal Kyra hair and 2 mesh lights (top and front). I am using
iOSX 10.6.8
2.8 GHz intel core 2 duo
4GB 800 MHz DDR2

What am I doing wrong?