POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : glass contortionist : Re: glass contortionist Server Time
9 Aug 2024 08:59:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: glass contortionist  
From: Alain
Date: 25 Feb 2005 15:52:43
Message: <421f901b$1@news.povray.org>
Tim Cook nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-02-25 10:38:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> Nice. How (painfully) long was the render time? The dispersion effect 
>> always seems to be a render time multiplier (at least it was for me)
> 
> 
> started it around...10? 9 am? finished about 11 pm, so not too terrible. 
>  i figure if it's noticeably further along after half an hour, it's not 
> too slow for a random effects test render.  the radiosity bothers me 
> though, i want higher quality but the render time would skyrocket with 
> better settings.
> 
For the radiosity tests, try removing the figure. As it's transparent, it have a
relatively small 
effect, but takes a long time. Also, temporarily removing the media, another speed
killer.

Alain


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