> I hate really slow renders. :-( I think anything longer than 5 minutes is
> too slow (my slowest render so far was 1.5 hours, and that had a very
large
> max_trace_level).

I've made an image once, which didn't use fancy
reflections/refractions, or required a very high trace-level,
nontheless, it needed over 120 hours to trace (and
photons + radiosity + meshes were precalculated, so
120 hours includes only about 20 minutes parsing/loading of
meshes, no photon/radiosity calculations).

If you're interested, the image can be found on my homepage,
in the Past Projects section...

But really: you need to get used to long render times, otherwise,
you'll have some difficulties using POV to its full extent, and
I think it just IS awesome.
Just wait, some day, ILM will use POV-Ray to trace their images...

Regards,

Tim

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Tim Nikias
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

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