Physical sun reflection samples / ptex question

[Metzger]

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of this physical sun reflected noise that shows up.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L30120KQ

Any tips at all? You can see it on the bookshelf corner.


Also, I was wondering if the ptex mipmaps are properly loading when calculating GI. When I try testing with ptex maps it gets really really slow for GI calculations. Like it's trying to load the highest mipmap level.

-Thanks!

Using build: maya2011_x64_15343

[Komposer]

here the same with ur scene. (M2011, V2004)

But I saw that subpixel mapping isnt active in rendertab.
That helps perfect.
For me its normal to activate it - but understanding the things isnt realy another story

I saw too, that u set clamp level to 5.
For me its normaly to set it to 1!
5 needs more than double rendertime with minimal diff..

I hope it helps.

[Metzger]

Ah, Thanks! I usually never ran into an issue with a clamp of 5. Great to know this.

-Scott