Default Sampling settings

[John_Do]

​Hi,

Congrats on the V-Ray 6 release, it’s quite an impressive list of new features and fixes that are in this new version. It’s also really nice to see that customers are listened and feedbacks are heard, it’s getting rare these days.

So to get to the point, I’m wondering if it could be relevant to change the default sampling settings ?

I came across a scene where the default noise threshold value of 0.01 didn’t do enough cleanup. But neither 0.005 or 0.003. Then the Samples Limit got my attention, I cranked it up to the max and reset the noise threshold to the default value (0.01). and that was it !

But I don’t know why ( maybe from using Corona on the side) , I don’t have the habit to rely on both values. I’ve always played only the noise threshold, never the samples limit value. So maybe it’s just me, but by default wouldn’t cranking up the Samples limit to a higher value to make better use of the noise threshold make sense ?

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[aleksandar.kasabov]

Hello @John_Do ,

Thank you for your feedback, it is really valuable for us!

Please note that the default settings have been carefully chosen after measuring the performance of V-Ray on thousands of scenes and figuring out that those settings work best for most cases to provide a balance between image quality and render time. Of course, there are exceptions and those settings might not provide the best result in your case and you can adjust them to fit your needs.

You can check this article, where we have described how to tune your render settings for the best results.

I hope this is of help.

[John_Do]

Thanks @aleksandar.kasabov , it makes sense, next time I’ll check this setting.