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Hi all -
Just trying to refine a basic studio setup I use. It's based on one I got from a tutorial online, and it uses Vray lights bouncing off of a white cove for soft edged lighting.
I find it renders nicely, but slowly.
I am experimenting with swapping the vray lights for max spotlights to make it quicker. Since they are bounce lights only, there are no highlights to consider and no direct shadows so they contribute to GI shadows and reflections, but are not casting 'direct' light on my objects. Given that, I figured max spotlights would be faster, if less accurate.
However I'm finding that the renders are about 30% slower with spotlights bouncing off the walls - even with shadows turned right off.
I thought vray lights would be better, but slower. So far they seem to be *faster* and better. Is that expected behaviour, or should I be looking into other settings for the slowdown with Max lights?
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Just trying to refine a basic studio setup I use. It's based on one I got from a tutorial online, and it uses Vray lights bouncing off of a white cove for soft edged lighting.
I find it renders nicely, but slowly.
I am experimenting with swapping the vray lights for max spotlights to make it quicker. Since they are bounce lights only, there are no highlights to consider and no direct shadows so they contribute to GI shadows and reflections, but are not casting 'direct' light on my objects. Given that, I figured max spotlights would be faster, if less accurate.
However I'm finding that the renders are about 30% slower with spotlights bouncing off the walls - even with shadows turned right off.
I thought vray lights would be better, but slower. So far they seem to be *faster* and better. Is that expected behaviour, or should I be looking into other settings for the slowdown with Max lights?
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