Charles Krause wrote:

> Thomas Lake wrote in message <370E9E3C.E3EAFA83@home.com>...
> >Oh and a note though changing these setting will increase render time,
> depending
> >on how high you set them and the kind of scene you have. Play around with
> the
> >values to get the optimum tradeoff.
> >
>
> Very much so!
>
> I increased the number of elements in the light from a 2x2 array to a 10x10
> array - and lost most of the shadow artifacts. It _quintupled_ the render
> time however.

Ya well 10x10 really is overkill for most images. Try a 5x5 array with adaptive
set to 5.

>
>
> I don't know how much the increased adaptive jitter will increase the final
> render time, as it's STILL rendering ;) On my lowley P133, it's rendering at
> 36 points per second!
>
> One the other hand, so far the shadows look perfect using these two settings
> in conjunction. I think a bit of light code like...
>
> Might be in order.
>
> Thanks for everyone's input :)

Welcome!

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