"Ive" <"ive### [at] lilysoftorg"> schreef in bericht 
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> Me too, and just as a side note: meanwhile I do always use focal blur even 
> when there is in fact no blurring visible at all (by using very small 
> aperture) because compared to high quality AA settings focal blur gives 
> better results in less time. Especially things like the wires in your 
> image will even with insane AA settings render with 'gaps' but with fairly 
> moderate FB settings they will show as thin lines as they should.

I agree, as I slowly begin to realize the implications of focal blur. Call 
me stupid, but I always need *some*  time to adjust to a new world vision 
:-)
That said, I am currently experimenting with the different cameras and 
settings, and I am curious to see how the power lines are going to show in 
particular. Render time is certainly not prohibitive in relation to aa.

>
> And for the (non-)parallel shadows. In the TC entry it looked to me like 
> the shadow lines are merging at a point approximately at the tree line, 
> and this seems too close and thus non-parallel shadows, but after thinking 
> about it this might be an illusion and the problem seems to be (especially 
> given the sun size) there should be no sharp shadows from the tree tops at 
> all. In this respect your wip 3 shot looks perfect to me. But I did like 
> the calm sky from your TC entry better than the more dramatic one you did 
> make with Terragen - but thats just me ;)

Yes, I know what you mean. The sharp tree shadows in my first wip are mainly 
due to the use of a point light. An area light should replace it of course.

Thomas

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