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  Re: How to split image rendering across multiple computers (povray 3.7)?  
From: Alain
Date: 24 Jul 2012 21:09:00
Message: <500f472c$1@news.povray.org>

> Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
>> On 23/07/12 17:10, jhu wrote:
>>> If an image is rendered with radiosity, how would I render it across
>>> two computers?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>     My solution is to use a two-pass technique for radiosity: the first
>> pass has to be calculated on a single computer, then the final pass can
>> be split into pieces for each computer. As I only have two computers to
>> use, it's usually not much work to do it manually. The only trick is to
>> remember to copy the radiosity file from the first pass to the other
>> computers....
>>
>> --
>> Jaime
>
> So it's the same as in 3.6?
>
>
Mostly. The main difference is that you must use a command line command 
to save and load the radiosity data.


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