I was faced with avg. 1hr 10 minute frames rendering out to 640x480. I've cut that time considerably by adjusting the GI quality in ballance with the number of light samples used. A Photoshop Gausian Blur of o.4 gets would produce the same look as the Video still on the left. What was supposed to take 58 hours over 5 PCs has been trimmed down to 15 hours.

This is probably best used in a large panning outdoor scene like I am working on. Nothing stays close to the camera long enough to warrant the finer settings. The true test will be in seeing how the final render runs.

A Note:
I don't know why, but the process of rendering to animation adds time to the render process by a few minutes.

richcz3

Message edited on: 05/20/2005 21:15

Great result. When i started playing with animations in Vue 5 Esprit i was also looking to cut render times and the light quality settings are an excellent way to do this. Even with still images you can get away with light quality set around -1.0, and with an animation somewhere around -2.0

Of course each scene will vary depending on how the atmosphere is setup.

Message edited on: 05/21/2005 01:36

Attached Link: http://www.digitalworks.8m.com/images/Test_Gallery/Movies/Vue_640xNOpostwork_02.wmv

CD, glad to read you are getting good results with lower settings. I just encoded the latest test and it looks pretty promising. The grain isn't as evident from the video compression, so I will up the Distance Blur on the next test. In the Advanced Effects option its Default is 100 so I bumped it up 144 and increased the Harmonic Distance Quality to 60%. Everything else is at 50%. I am going to raise Distance Blurring to Intensity of 40% and Max Radius of .40. cheers, richcz3

Really nice animation render. Looks great. Thanks for sharing that valuable info.

Attached Link: http://www.digitalworks.8m.com/movies/Tests/Vue_640xTest_05_01.wmv

Thanks lululee I managed to take more time off the frame rendering by redusing the GI quality and keeping the Indirect Lighting rays at 144. I upped the Distance Bur and its influence while raising the overall AA. I had increased the overall frames but reduced the time from 15 hours to 5 hours 45 min. Take that with a note that the scene is from a different camera using the same scenery. I am still having a devil of a time with controling individual key frames for the cameras rotation and positional changes. Any help there would be appreciated. cheers, richcz3

Richcz3, I've been watching your progress with great interest. Your tests are looking better each time! Thanks for the great info.