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13 Aug 2024 01:21:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: How to speed up rendering?  
From: Spider
Date: 20 Jan 1999 13:55:07
Message: <36A6258A.8DA6BEE7@bahnhof.se>
Hehe..
I just use speeding things where results get better/unchanged. Why ??? I belive in
optimized code...  (and I have a slow processor)

//Spider

Ken wrote:
> 
> Lance Birch wrote:
> >
> > Don't quote me on this... (I haven't used POV-Ray since I got MAX, so I
> > don't know if this still works...)
> >
> > Can you use the bounded_by statement still?  This would be one way to speed
> > up the CSGs...  or does POV-Ray do this automatically now?
> >
> > --
> > Lance.
> >
> > ---
> > For the latest MAX plug-ins, images and much more, go to:
> > The Zone - http://come.to/the.zone
> 
> Please note:
> 
> My suggestions have concentrated on the hardware end of speeding
> up the rendering process. I don't feel that tweeking the code
> as anything but a crutch. Limiting the capabilities of any
> software by not using it's features is limiting your abilities
> to use the program to it's fullest extent. For me there is no
> feature I will not use just because it takes a little longer.
> Don't let your hardware become a bottle neck. Starve the children
> and buy a faster machine. That's my motto.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> tyl### [at] pacbellnet


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