A big thank you to Chaosgroup.......

[JezUK]

Only *very* recently, like in the last couple of weeks, have I started using Progressive Rendering........

...... and I have to say, it is absolutely brilliant

At first I started using it to quickly identify any errors or omissions I might have in my scene....

But right now I'm using it for a production render and I've never had renders coming out of the oven so quickly - I feel like I've been wasting a lot of money with renderfarms when I could have used the Progressive Renderer to get more than acceptable production renders instead.

I mean, we're talking seriously quick, and all pretty much 'out of the box' default settings - I hardly need to do touch anything

Wonderful, wonderful software.

Well done to the good people at Chaosgroup.

And thanks.

[glorybound]

So, just to clarify, you are not changing it to buckets, you are leaving it at progressive? I didn't think it was faster, it just allowed you to kill it and have something usable. Also, does the Denoiser work with Progressive?

[M.Max]

I've found myself using Progressive more and more recently for tests with my new double Xeon machine and it is just awesome for lighting setup and basic materials .
For final renders I'm still using Bucket mode but recently for a couple of projects with a tight deadline progressive saved my life =D, so big thanks from our studio too

So, just to clarify, you are not changing it to buckets, you are leaving it at progressive? I didn't think it was faster, it just allowed you to kill it and have something usable. Also, does the Denoiser work with Progressive?

I haven't noticed any speed up ether, but I need to test it more ..maybe MSR works better with progressive?! -remember reading that somewhere before but I need to check
And yes Prgressive work with Denoiser .Actully progressive mode let denoiser elements update every N second/pass -forget the name of that parameter- so you can decide when to stop rendering.

[dean_dmoo]

Just tested the raysize bundle for distributed rendering on 3 or 4 pc's (as we were having stuck buckets on the final part on a couple of renders with this project);

First attempt I increased it to 512, but all the processors (including the WS) just fluctuates constantly.
Second attempt with 1024, more 100% use but still some fluctuations.
Third attempt with 1280, mostly 100% with some fluctuations on the dual processor RN.

Pc's are old ws i7 3770 (4cores/8threads), dual xeon 2630v3 (2x 8cores/16threads) and 2 new xeon ws (6-cores/12 threads).

[mitviz]

Been using mostly progressive myself, it does seem faster, i havent tested it against bucket rendering but i agree, buckets take forever n you cant see mistakes so fast, progressive rendering is indeed a big plus for vray

[Alex_M]

Yes, I'm using progressive almost all the time except for the finals. I always render the finals with bucket mode. If only you could add/remove render slaves on the fly while rendering with the Progressive like in Bucket mode it would be perfect.