Good and Evil

[NWsenior07]

Perhaps the line between good and Evil is not so thin after all...

I'd like to get rid of the graniness in the bottom center, I've already cranked the GI up pretty high, should I try the detail settings next?

[rcallicotte]

Good question and I don't have the answer.  I think this is a common occurrence when pushing certain boundaries with cloudiness.

[nvseal]

What are your atmosphere quality settings?

[NWsenior07]

I have them set at 64 for all three planets. Should I turn the main planet's quality up some?

[moodflow]

I have them set at 64 for all three planets. Should I turn the main planet's quality up some?

You'll likely need 128 or more, but just for the main planet (not the moons).

[Tangled-Universe]

Yep, try 128 or even more after that...
But don't forget to lower back your GI settings and do some cropped test-renders of the "problem area".

Martin

[sjefen]

Nice clouds.
Looks like evil wins

[NWsenior07]

I revisited the TGD and found that my atmo's quality was only 16. I turned it up to 64 and did a test render on the problem region like you suggested Tangled-Universe and the problem was solved. I'm doing a 1 level detail render with the atmo at 80 quality for good measure right now, its up to 21 hours and its not even done with half the dot matrix so I'll have a re-render in the next couple of days.

[Tangled-Universe]

What are your GI settings?
Lowering these could save you lots of rendertime.
Looking forward to see the results of your test.

Martin

[NWsenior07]

My GI is 3/3 though at this point I think I'm going to just the the thing render.

[NWsenior07]

I re-rendered with the new atmo settings, it took 101 hours but I think its worth it.

[Tangled-Universe]

Yes this is really worth the waiting, what an improvement! There's little to no grain 
Very nice picture, good concept and great execution!

Martin