"Chris R" <car### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> "Chris R" <car### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> > I'm about done with this scene, but before I do the final high-quality render I
> > thought I'd post this version to see if there are any suggestions.  This took
> > about 10 hours to render; when I jack up the anti-aliasing and the radiosity
> > settings it will take 2-4x that, so I'm planning to start it before leaving for
> > the Thanksgiving holidays.
> >
> > Nothing terribly new here in terms of techniques.  I used some procedures I had
> > previously played with for stained glass windows to do the nativity set and the
> > "Merry Christmas" wall hanging.  A bunch of the models are reused from earlier
> > renders, but updated with the latest techniques.
> >
> > Enjoy, comment soon, and I'll post the final render next week.
> >
> > -- Chris R.
>
> Here is a more final rendering, although the string of lights hanging on the bar
> did not come out as I expected them to, so I'll probably end up doing some more
> experiments to get them right and then render again.  I may do a rendering with
> focal blur too, but given that this took almost 4 days without any blur, that
> may have to wait until I'm away from my computer for at least a week.
>
> -- Chris R.

Very nice, the peace bauble looks much better now!

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