Tutorial for speed up Glossy Reflections?

[Long John]

it drives me mad it takes ages to render glossy effects.
i don´t know where to start to speed them up.

can you point me in the right direction?

[losbellos]

use interpolated glossy

[Long John]

no way to get the normal glossy faster?
it´s very slow compared to other rendere.

are the default settings usefull or to high?

[egz]

set subdivs to 3, and increase if that is too grainy. 50 is good for interpolation, but is way too much for normal glossy.

[Long John]

thx will try.

[flipside]

Yes, use low subdivs. Also the aa settings are important, because they smooth out the glossy effect too. I usually use low subdivs with high aa settings.