Rendered image gone

[GALACTUS]

Hi all

I have just finished a render that took 3days using direct computation at 5000*3750 and i cant retrieve it. I was using the Vray frame buffer and when you minimize it or move it while rendering will remove rendered buckets. Now when i click show last rendered in vray it comes up blank, when i go duplicate to max buffer nothing happens. Help please....

I dont want to restart max for fear that the image which should still be in memory is erased.

Max6, Vray1.45.70

Regards

GALACTUS

[Da_elf]

was there a reason for using direct comp?

[GALACTUS]

It was one of those "lets us have it when its done" projects, so i thought hey what the hell, one machine was just sitting there processing some useless microsoft cycles so.... first bounce QMC second bounce light maps. I thought using the Vray VFB would also eliminate the "error creating bitmap" message.
Also if you keep increasing the light map subdivs you get to a point where it starts to return black samples in increasing numbers ( maybe the energy has completely dissipated heh heh)

GALACTUS

[percydaman]

hey weren't you the one elf that liked to say how much they liked to use direct comp?

[GALACTUS]

Guilty

I look forward to the publication of my new book.....

"Quasi-Monte Carlo The Way of the Enlightened Pixel Warrior"

1st 5 buyers get a brand new pentiumXI with 5THZ ram to render QMC calcs in almost real time.

Thanks you guys i have managed to forget my problems, am going down the irradiance route while i break down the scene and try to isolate why it did what it did

GALACTUS