Well, I was just experimenting further, and I found that by replacing the
4x4 area light with a point light, the render time per frame fell from 50
mins to 9 mins! No way did I expect the area_light to hit render time so
badly. Must be the way the motion_blur is calculated. Anyhow, the good news
is that it looks like my anim will be a fairly painless render after all.

Also, jpeg really hurts these two images and I'm not sure why. Previous post
was at 85%, and this one was saved at 100%.

Andy Cocker

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"BigCeef" <big### [at] mariner9fsnetcouk> wrote in message
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> Ok. Not a fascinating image, but my first play with motion blur. I'm
really
> pleased. It's part of a 50 frame anim which I've yet to render... and at
50
> mins per frame on my p200, I'm not looking forward to it... hehe
>
> I'll post it at my site when it's done.
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy Cocker
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> ..... for my music and graphics.
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> 'I spilled spot remover on my dog. He's gone now. '
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