GI render tests; Walli's astilbe

[Henry Blewer]

Wonderful plant Walli. 

This is a render test on using GI and the GI settings on the render tab. This image does not have the GI render settings enabled. GI illumination is 1.

Render time 9 hours 50 minutes! A Very Fast render on my machine. When I get done messing around with the GI, I'll post the tgd file. There are millions of instances of this plant in the render. I think I should have made the plant scale larger...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4199458333_d17ef38ddc_o.jpg

[Linda McCarthy]

I think the plant scale is fine.  This is lovely, njeneb.  Feels fresh, like morning.  Nice atmosphere and POV..and, the trees look great.
I haven't tested renders yet with the GI settings off, but- in general- the renders seem faster now.  Linda

Wonderful plant Walli. 

This is a render test on using GI and the GI settings on the render tab. This image does not have the GI render settings enabled. GI illumination is 1.

Render time 9 hours 50 minutes! A Very Fast render on my machine. When I get done messing around with the GI, I'll post the tgd file. There are millions of instances of this plant in the render. I think I should have made the plant scale larger...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4199458333_d17ef38ddc_o.jpg

[Henry Blewer]

Thanks Linda. I think it's too dark. That's why I am learning to use the GI better.

[EoinArmstrong]

I think the scale is bang-on   Nice pic - would be great to see it with GI and reduced AO

[Malcolm79]

njeneb, another pretty render/artwork!

[mhaze]

Nice work, great pov, nice atmosphere and the trees have presence.

Mick

[rcallicotte]

Good time.  What was it before the new renderer?

More lighting would help.  Soft shadows, too.  I like the blue sky - very believable blue.  Populations are very well laid out.

[Henry Blewer]

I was just rendering a new image with GI. The program crashed. See this link for details and the tgd file.

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=8340.0