> Actually this is becoming rather a headache for such a simple scene - I have
> a cloudscape outside and it's pushing render times into
> hoursandhoursandhours even at quite small resolutions. Does anybody know
> any tricks to speed up media clouds? It really drops to a crawl when
> radiosity is turned on, even if I specify no_radiosity for the cloud
> container (using MegaPOV).
> 

   I use always two-pass rad, so when dealing with media I use it only on 
the second pass, and the render times are acceptable... Indeed, it would 
allow also to increase the sky intensity on the second pass for better 
reflections.

   BTW, I also like the clean simplicity of this scene...

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Jaime

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