Rendering animation formula

[GAestudio]

Hi, I have always rendered my animation projects (with no moving objects, no moving camera), using the Imap (incremental add...) + LC (flythrough) precalculation method.

I have sent a job to a render farm and they say is better to render with:
Imap: single frame and "use camera path" activated
LC: single frame and "use camera path" activated
so, this way there is no need to make pre-calculation and is fastest in the render farm considering that incremental mode cant be shared in lot of nodes.

I have found some unexpected flickering in the animation. Do you think it is because of this "use camera path" formula?

[Roest]

No moving objects and no moving camera?? So why exactly do you render an animation?

I should always recommend the precalculation method if there are no moving objects but a moving cam. Much more reliable!

[GAestudio]

Sorry, I meant No moving objects, only moving the camera.

[tricky]

No moving objects and no moving camera?? So why exactly do you render an animation?

LOL. That's what I thought. I wish I could convince our clients to do animation with no moving objects or cameras...

[tammo]

You have to precalculate the maps first by rendering a single frame (Set to LC/LC and then IRMap/Saved LC solution) with "use camera path" activated and "render image" turned off.
Then turn "render image" back on, make sure that the IR-Map and LC are set to "from file" and send that to the renderfarm.