Sampler info node and render times?

[kriscabrera15]

Hey guys we are extracting some data using the sampler info node, but it seems like when we add to to our beauty render layer (as an render element) its almost tripling our render times. We have been doing a separate pass for it eliminating any reflect/refract lights etc and it seems to fly through it. Was wondering if its actually sampling all the reflect and refract rays also? anyone encounter this before?

[joconnell]

A friend of mine had this with the samplerate element too - he found that the samplerinfo pass in point position mode was making his samplerate elements very red indicating higher aa sampling. Cheers for the reminder and I'll have to have a look at this on the max side too.

[vlado]

Turn off the "consider for AA" option for the extratex render element.

Best regards,
Vlado