Measuring the efficiency of the V-Ray denoiser

[vlado]

Hey guys, we were curious how the V-Ray denoiser performs with regards to reducing the error in renders (i.e. how close the result is to the actual fully converged result). The report is here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/...V-Ray+Denoiser

It's a bit theoretical exercise as often the denoised image may be perfectly acceptable even if the result is slightly blurrier than the real one, but still the report is mildly interesting.

Best regards,
Vlado

[hoppergrass]

One of my issues with the denoiser is the way fine detail textures become "smudgy", of course this is quite subjective and most people (clients) would never pick up on it but it bugs me

have the same feeling with other denoising solutions not just Vrays