POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : CGSphere WIP: stacked convex lenses : Re: CGSphere WIP: stacked convex lenses Server Time
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  Re: CGSphere WIP: stacked convex lenses  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 12 Nov 2014 15:05:02
Message: <web.5463bd3254566a48192ae5f10@news.povray.org>
"Raiford, Michael" <mra### [at] spammailcom> wrote:
> On 11/10/2014 8:21 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> > Spectrally rendered.  Nightmarish render times.  Attached is an early draft.
> >
>
> Nice glass!
>
> 5.5 day render time isn't so bad. I'm currently rendering a glass
> variation of my checkered sphere and it has been running for about 21
> days. Glass and radiosity do not make the best friends :)

The first three stages (radiosity pass, spectral render, and spectral composer)
took 35 hours and 9 minutes, which is 23% less time (or 31% faster) than my
estimate of 45 hours and 55 minutes.  Here's hoping that the remaining stages
(42 hours and 2 minutes estimated) will also surprise me.


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