>> Did you remember to use always_sample off on the reading pass? Also, from
>> my experience, it is best to make sure you have the same nearest_count,
>> error_bound and recursion_limit. If you want it even faster, try reducing
>> count on the second pass: I found that 1/10 of the count on the first
>> pass, renders very quick without losing much quality.
>>
>
> ...also set pretrace_start and pretrace_end to 1 for the second pass, of
> course!
>
> Regards,
>
>
If you want to suppress the pretrace, set pretrace_end LARGER than 
pretrace_start. I found that by mistakenly setting pretrace_end to the 
wrong value.

So, only set pretrace_end 1 while leaving pretrace_start untouched will 
completely avoid any pretrace.



Alain

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