Noise in smoke render

[musicnblood]

Hello again!

I've noticed some flickering and noise in my smoke rendering. Has anyone else seen this and know what causes it?
This still image was rendered with vray with some fairly high settings.


Thanks for any helpful information!

Chloie

[Paul Oblomov]

phx lightcache.

[musicnblood]

Hey Paul! Thanks for the reply.
I double checked just to make sure and I'm not using lightcache or any global illumination.
I had thought it possible at first that it was an incorrect setting on the light but replacing them didn't help. Its got to be something in the sim or phoenix render settings but I just don't know what....

Chloie

[Paul Oblomov]

Siiimple
http://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/P213M/Smoke+color


http://docs.chaosgroup.com/download/...ts=drop-shadow

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Indeed, Phoenix's own light cache seems to blame. If disabling the light cache helps, then you could get back some render speed by enabling it again and experimenting with the light cache speedup, the get an acceptable balance between speed and quality.

[musicnblood]

Thank you guys!!!
I completely missed the lightcache option in the render options! I've got it looking great now thanks to your help!

Much appreciated!
Chloie

[Svetlin.Nikolov]

Good luck!