> Yeah...area lights plus media are REALLY slow, compared to just using an
> array of spot or point lights.

I find that very surprising... what evidence do you have that points to that
conclusion?

 - Slime
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> Preview render of what's currently on day 8, at line 25 on my other
> machine...this one with simpler media settings and only one spotlight.
A very nice and poetic image!
;-)
Paolo

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Hi,

there is something odd happening with the wings. See the attached file.

Or ist it just me?

Greetings,

Marc-Hendrik

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Slime wrote:
> I find that very surprising... what evidence do you have that points to that
> conclusion?

um...*runs some test renders with a sphere with media*

array of 3x3 point lights:  31 s
3x3 area light, adaptive 0: 11 s (13 s with jitter)
3x3 area light, adaptive 1: 22 s (24 s with jitter)
3x3 area light, adaptive 2: 23 s (25 s with jitter)
...
hrm.  I stand corrected.

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Tim Cook
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PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
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Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
> there is something odd happening with the wings. See the attached file.

Vertical line is cause by shadow cast by no_image no_reflection box used 
to shape the spotlight to be like the array of spotlights in the other 
image.

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Tim Cook
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PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
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