Rock & sand test

[Michelh]

It has been a few weeks i didn't post on here. This is a render i did yesterday  the full picture is a bigger render.

[archonforest]

Can u post a bigger one? This is very small to see it well.
Looks cool though.

[Michelh]

Hi archonforest, this is the only other one i have for the moment .. it is a bit bigger but not by much . This render took me over 15hrs as I am on a old laptop.

[archonforest]

wow I see....
Well I like it for sure. Good that u made this "cinema" format. Are u planning to plant some veggies?

[Michelh]

Hey I dont know if my message has ben sent to you or not my comp seems slow at the moment. But yes that would be really awesome. What type of pc do you have as we need a hard core pc for this scene to render at better quality .

[Michelh]

And yes that would be the next step and get some better lighting.

[archonforest]

Hey Micheal got your file but IMHO the AA on 12 is an overkill. Dont think it will add to the quality. 10 should be enough.

[Michelh]

okay but can you keep the GI details and the samples ? my AA was already at 8 in the render you saw but had a very small GI detail and sample of 2.5 i think if i remember well. Actually I am just looking at trying to get the most detail out of this scene. So if you have ideas on how to achive that by all means please do .

[archonforest]

okay but can you keep the GI details and the samples ? my AA was already at 8 in the render you saw but had a very small GI detail and sample of 2.5 i think if i remember well. Actually I am just looking at trying to get the most detail out of this scene. So if you have ideas on how to achive that by all means please do .

Sure. Hopefully I will render it tonight for you.
BTW I noticed a reflection shader there. What is that for?

[Michelh]

It was there just to make things a bit more reflective it is at something like 0.02 i think was just to try stuff but you can delete it if you think it would mess up the scene .

[archonforest]

OKay. I was just wondering what is the purpose to have reflection between the rocks. Thats all. 

[inkydigit]

nice variation in rock shapes and sizes, 15hrs is a bit long though!
hopefully a trade off between quality and time can be optimised!

[Michelh]

Thanks and yes 15 hrs is very long but I only have a laptop my good comp is back home ..

[archonforest]

Here is the final render Michel 

[Michelh]

Thank you so much for taking time to render my scene. It is very appreciated.

Best regards, 

Michel H