On 30-9-2011 6:50, Tommy377 wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to POV-Ray, so I've studied some works of the more experienced
> artists out there. Some scenes of their works are quite complex and therefore,
> they render very slow.
>
> Now, I wonder how the modelling of such a complex scene is done; How is it
> possible to model a complex scene, if the rendering gets extremely slow? Since
> it becomes impossible at a certain point to keep all the things in mind in a
> complex scene, the rendering of that scene (or parts of it) is the only way to
> check what's going on, isn't it?
>
> As far as I understand, it doesn't make any sense to wait a whole day for
> rendering, just to check if a small object sits in the right place - after
> spending one week in advance to find the proper camera-position to see whats
> going on with that object ...
>
> So, what's the story here?

What most people do while building their scenes, is to test-render using 
simpler settings, like switching off area lights, switching off media, 
switching off photons, using simple textures instead of complex ones, 
replacing complex render-intensive objects by placeholders...

Once everything is in place according to one's intentions, then one 
gradually switch back to the more complex and ultimate scene.

Very straightforward in fact.

Thomas

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