Spyware ...

[J_Bug]

It's a still though Wouldn't t be worth it

I guess you have glossies on pretty much everything but the eye in your scene. I see where you're coming from

--Jon

[Metin_7]

If you're gonna go on like this, I'll have to try that DOF.

[Metin_7]

I'm rendering the new DOF version right now. It's been rendering all afternoon, and will have to render on tonight. DOF takes even longer than I'd expected.

Cheerio,

Metino

[J_Bug]

Wow, didn't realize. I've never had a chance to try it except for many moons ago. You didn't have to do it just for me :P

--Jon

[Metin_7]

Well, I think it's a fine suggestion ... and a seemingly time-consuming one.

[Metin_7]

It's morning again now, and it looks like it'll have to render on this morning, and maybe a part of the afternoon as well, so it will probably exceed the 24-hour boundary.

[UBIKmh]

Oops

Sounds like me wanting to use DOF and area shadows on a BIIIIG project.

Time for some 10000 ghrtz computers

Marc

[Metin_7]

I've got a 2,5 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 MB RAM, which is not a bad system I guess. But there's always some rendering technique that gets your machine on its knees, begging you to have mercy with its silicones.

Cheerio,

Metino

[Metin_7]

And it's all thanks to Jon and his bright ideas!

[J_Bug]

...

Oh nevermind :P

--Jon

[Metin_7]

The render is almost finished now. I'll check out how long it took when it's finished(still miss a simple realtime timer in that render dialog, since the beginning of Max).

Cheers,

M7

[Metin_7]

Ok, the new remix with some subtle DOF is finished and updated. Might need a reload to see it in this topic.

Cheers,

M7

[J_Bug]

Looks nice and juuuust enough DOF. Great job How long did the final render take?

--Jon

[Metin_7]

Heya Jon,

Thanks! To be honest I forgot to look at the final rendertime. Guess I was so glad it was finished that I quickly wanted to forget how long it took. But roughly estimated it took about 26 hours at 1600 x 1200 resolution, simple two-level AA (because of a lot of blurry effects in the scene), Irradiance and photons for GI (which didn't take long at all to precalculate), two VRay lights, a HDRI environment and last but not least the seemingly ultimate rendertime stimulant: DOF. So the scene specs are quite heavy. It's not a suprise that it took a long time to render at 1600 x 1200, but still it is too long I think. But machines get faster and VRay keeps improving, so the prospects are bright enough.

Cheers,

M7

[heroes5]

very nice,
i like it :P