Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Aarqon nous illumina en ce 2008/05/01 14:36 -->
> > I see some pictures on the IRTC that took hours to render on powerful computers,
> > yet I can render a scene with almost 200,000 objects in just a matter of minutes
> > on an average computer. What is happening here?
> >
> >
> Take your scene with about 1/10th the object count.
> Use some complex layered textures.
> Make them partialy transparent and add some variable reflection.
> Add an interior block with ior, dispersion and color fading. Crank op
> max_trace_level to 255 as you'll need that.
> Add some blured reflection,... and refraction.
>
> Turn on antialiasing: +am2 +a0.01 +r5
>
> Now, your scene that rendered in minutes will render in hours, if not days.
> And you don't have any isosurface nor parametric.
>
> --
> Alain
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So a lot of work goes into it, work that isn't in mine.  :B
I try.
Also, how long would it take if I did all that with my 200,000 objects?

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