Hi there, I keep on reading once and again how the Carrara render engine is fast as a bullet... In my case, i can't really go bigger than 2000x2000 simply cause it takes ages to render!! I've dumped the idea of GI, cause it takes too long! It might be cause I use high res textures on my models, and because i'm quite picky with bumps... (i have them almost everywhere!). So... is it normal for CS3 to take 5 hours to render a 2 spot light scene...? What's going on here!!

I'd say that when i just got it, it rendered a bit faster but maybe cause I didn't use as many bump maps as i do now.... Is that the problem? What am I doing wrong?!?!?!

My render settings usually involve no Skylight, nor Indirect light, nor radiosity... (all had to be dumped to quicken things up). I usually notice a BIG decay on speed when the engine gets to the hair... it just gets stuck!!). Thx in advance.

(Oh, and I have my drivers updated and all... could it be too little HD space? 20gigs on a 80gig HD...) Mmmmm......

Message edited on: 11/15/2004 12:04