I guess I could go into the manual and see if I can find the answer I am looking for but I think I would maybe get a faster response here then takeing my Fat butt all the way into the bedroom/workspace...I just started useing the Render to disk option and I am in the process of rendering an image and lets say I need to leave for a couple of days and I cant leave the computer on But I really dont want to stop the rendering because it already has taken a few hours and if I stop I would have to start all over....OR is there a way to stop the rendering and then start it again...I do not mean rendering normally I can already do that I am talking about Rendering To DIsk options I am rendering a piece out at 24 by 18 inches and I dont want to stop unless I can start the rendering in the very same spot I stopped it at and I dont lose all of the rendering time already spent...Know what I mean?

With render to disk, once it stops that's it. You must start over to render.

Yep, I'm afraid Aldaron is correct. The only way to do what you want is render on screen. When ready to stop, stop rendering by left clicking anywhere except on the pic. Then save (make sure you have the save pic with file option on. When you're ready to resume, load the file and push the resume render button (first one to the right of the big render button).

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There is a way, but I don't recomend it... Turn off your computer during the render. Don't shut down, turn off the power. When you reboot, the partial file will be found and created by your OS. Now, re-open Bryce, make sure the sun is not linked to view (in either stage), and flip the camera 180 degrees so that your scene is upside down. Render to disk again and when the readout reaches the proper precentage, turn off the computer again. You can then splice the two images together in a photo program. This will not always have the desired result. Many times the hues will be slightly wrong at the split and will make an obvious line but AFAIK, this is the ONLY way to salvage a render to disk.

I'm curious, is Render to Disk faster? Is that why people use it? I've never timed it, and for some sick reason I enjoy watching the little white line move down one pixel every five minutes. I can't believe you've actually done that, Enforcer! Quite impresive, although almost as sick as watching a little white line for hours!

Render to disk is not quicker but it will allow you to create images more then 5000 pixels in height. I discovered this method due to storm season in North Carolina. I had an image that was very heavy on the volumetrics and it was taking forever to render. I lost power four times throughout and finally managed to salvage two halves. I've invested in UPS since then. I hope I never have to use that method again. :)

Wow I dont think I will try that option just yet...But now here is another question I had noise not pixelzation but noise when I rendered at 24 by 18 inches and I had the dpi set @ 151 of course tho when I resized to 1024 by 768 it turned out to be an awesome pic,but I want to be able to make Movie size posters and I dont want pixelization or noise any suggestions or Tutorials on useing the render to disk option...just to be safe let me run and grab the manula real fast...ok in the manual it only refeers to render to disk on page 364 go there it tells you diddly squat about nothin any ideas about the options...In other words I need to hear from all on this one...

Did you view the large image at the actual resolution? When you tell a program ( like photoshop ) to fit the whole image on the screen, it has to compensate really large images compressing the dimensions to fit on the screen. Which gives it all kinds of distortion. If you view at actual size, the whole ( large ) image won't fit on the screen, but there shouldn't be and distortion either.

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thanks I will try that....