Flickeryness

[CCS]

Any ideas what is causing the flickerage in this clip?
http://www.jscottsmith.com/ng-misc/08-041_vrcQuad2.wmv

Two specific issues I'm wondering about...

(1) Why is the alpha around the horizon trees flickering so horribly? (The sky is currently a flat color as a placeholder.)

(2) What is causing the flickering in the pine needles and long grass? (Currently using Adaptive DMC 2/3, with video filter)

Thx!
Scott

[Morbid Angel]

your aliasing samples are way to low for such complex scene. Higher sampling will solve the problem.

[CCS]

Yup. Thanks Dmitry.
Hours after I read my own post, I almost answered it.
That's what sleep deprivation gets you!

[CCS]

Fixed!

Thanks again Dmitry.
Here is a different clip that I rendered with higher sampling.
http://www.jscottsmith.com/ng-misc/08-041_vrcQuad1.wmv

[duke2]

Fixed!

Thanks again Dmitry.
Here is a different clip that I rendered with higher sampling.
http://www.jscottsmith.com/ng-misc/08-041_vrcQuad1.wmv

Neat! What were the settings for that one?

[mcnamex]

sweet how long did it take per frame and what are their specs, if u dont mind me asking.

[CCS]

@duke2: Same as before, but DMC 1/10 for this one

@mcnamex: (5) 64bit quad cores ... so far averaging around 12-15 min per frame. Much higher than I like to go for, but hard to find another way to make 1000s of trees look good